Wishes granted
A very well deserved congratulations to the William Way LGBT Community Center for securing a $1 million grant from the state of Pennsylvania that...
A battle won, but the war rages on
Gavin Grimm, at long last, has won his case.
When Grimm was in his second year at Gloucester High School in Virginia, he came out...
DIY your fabulous queer wedding
The average wedding in the USA costs — wait for it — $33,291. That’s a down payment on a big house or half of...
National Night Out highlights Philly gun violence
It’s been another week of mass shootings in America. The killings in El Paso and Dayton have left 32 dead and 57 wounded, many...
Jeff Bezos: Creep of the Week
You know of this man: He’s the founder and owner of Amazon. And you probably know of “Creep of the Week,” the syndicated column...
Mychal Massie
The news is a shit show. Trump is doing his best to prove that most white people in this country won’t recognize racism unless...
GAG order
After a weekend of back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, an organization, Gays Against Guns, held a rally with some...
Emerging victorious
At long last, North Carolina’s House Bill 2 is dead.
For those who may not know the significance, I’ll explain: The Public Facilities Privacy &...
Is the queer community eating its own (again)?
Two years ago I wrote this op-ed for The Advocate. I think these words are as true today as they were then. In my...
Creep of the Week – Ryan Fournier
As if I needed another reason to love Elizabeth Warren, she’s gone and done something yet again that upset right-wing Republicans. Granted, she pretty...
Evolving ideas and policies regarding gender
Pennsylvania will soon join 13 states and Washington, D.C. that already offer the gender designation of X on state-issued IDs. While it’s no surprise...
What’s in a name?
For numerous parents having a child is a wonderful event in their lives. Questions begin immediately: When is the baby due? Will it...
On the road again
Each year Jason and I do a road trip. The rules are very simple: We try to go to places we haven’t been, the...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
Donald Trump is a racist. Racists are not good people. Therefore, Donald Trump is not a good person. But to other racists, he’s the...
The impact of ICE on trans folks
The current immigration issues are certainly not only an LGBTQ issue. However, members of the LGBTQ-plus umbrella, and specifically trans folks, are not exempt...
On being a radical Christian
When Vice President Mike Pence went to visit the CBP detention centers on July 12, I was relieved. Pence calls himself a Christian first...
Not Your Performance
Scarlett Johansson is in the news again. The actress and sometimes singer faced heavy criticism after she — a white woman — played an...
Where was Philly’s Stonewall 50 coverage?
“Why weren’t the events of Stonewall’s 50th anniversary covered by the Inquirer?” That’s the question I’ve been asked after a whirlwind month that had...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
“I’m not going to the fucking White House.” Have more beautiful words ever been spoken by a world champion before? Megan Rapinoe of the...
The intersection of faith and LGBTQ identities
Religion and faith are two complicated words in the LGBTQ-plus community. Faith-based organizations have historically contributed to oppression of the LGBTQ community, such as...
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