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Power in Speaking
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It’s all over, Dems have a nominee
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My life is not your hypothetical
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LGBTQ community showed up on Super Tuesday
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Thank your local LGBT newspaper for web freedom
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Creep of the Week: Scott Lively
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Lowering the cost of HIV prevention medication is essential to ending the HIV epidemic
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One more important voice
The Office of LGBT Affairs announced Black trans woman Celena Morrison’s appointment as executive director on Jan. 28. On Monday, March 2, she will...
Creep of the Week: Iowa House Republicans
When I was in elementary school, I was taught that the Mayflower landed at Cape Cod and that’s how the pilgrims (aka the puritans)...
Goodbye Archbishop Chaput
This week another conservative Catholic Bishop goes into retirement — Philadelphia's Archbishop Charles Chaput. He leaves not having obtained his life’s goal, and we...
Zaya Wade is a role model for all of us
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Creep of the Week: Laura Ingraham
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The primary has not been decided yet
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What lies ahead
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Boxers PHL, its staff and the Gayborhood
Boxers PHL, a local LGBTQ sports bar, recently closed its doors awaiting further notice due to a liquor license challenge by David Singer, who...
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