Marco Rubio
On Feb. 8, Marco Rubio was asked a very important question by New Hampshire resident Timothy Kierstead, a man who said he’d been married...
And that’s the way it is
Walter Cronkite died last week. I took it hard emotionally, and I couldn’t quite understand it. I realized Walter summarized a lot...
Character, common sense
The Creep of the Week column runs next to this editorial each week, but we felt it necessary to deem our own “creeps” this...
My valentine to Jason and to Mom
Isn’t love grand! We just celebrated Valentine's day, and for anybody who has that special someone in our lives, it’s an opportunity to celebrate...
Talking and Walking
This week, PGN’s offices were visited by two California men who are walking cross-country to raise awareness about bullying. The logistics of...
Creep of the Week: Steve King
If you’ve never listened to Caffeinated Thoughts Radio, let me get you up to speed. It sounds a lot like one of those drive-time...
Holding police accountable before parade honor
Pride — light beer, free stuff and a big business at the bars aside — is an annual reminder of the 1969 Stonewall riots,...
Editorial: Creating change
As PGN goes to press, up to 4,000 people are flooding into Philly to address LGBT equality. The timing couldn’t be more significant, as...
Letter to the Editor
A big thank you to the William Way LGBT Community Center for its bold step in assuming the responsibility to take the next steps...
Creep of the Week: Charlie Crist
Look, I don’t know if Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is gay. And while it really should be a non-issue because being gay...
Creep of the Week: Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant
If you live in a state where something shitty is happening, you always have the reassurance that, hey, at least you don’t live in...
A Ugandan bill wants the death penalty for homosexual acts
There are so many issues I’d love to touch on in this week’s column: The LGBT Presidential Town Hall held by CNN, family leave...
The biggest LGBT stories of 2020
Although Trump continued to chip away at the rights our community has attained over the last few years, we did make some amazing gains...
Hillary Clinton’s PGN op-ed
As you saw on the cover of PGN this week, and most likely were surprised by, we are running an op-ed from the Democratic...
Presidential politics in Philly
On Thursday, Philadelphia played host to our nation’s leader — and to a man who many surmise aspires to be our nation’s next leader....
Trans tripping point
Wednesday morning’s outrageous announcement that President Donald Trump intends to close the doors of the military to transgender individuals shouldn’t have come as a...
LGBT media, and its best
I was going to recount last week’s schedule and try to express the many steps it takes to get a project completed, and illustrate...
Access to housing for every family
Martin Luther King Jr. famously said that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” ...
A governor we can count on
All of the Democratic gubernatorial candidates are with us on our issues — nondiscrimination, marriage equality, anti-bullying and hate crimes, among them — which...
Now, the hard issues
Last week, PGN’s editorial looked at the fun events in the LGBT community for the rest of the summer. This week, the...


















