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...
Your semi-regular reminder to VOTE
Pennsylvania’s 2022 primary elections are coming up on May 17th. In less than three months, people will decide which candidates they want to represent...
Creep of the Week: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz
A wise man once said, “What a stupid son of a bitch.” And that wise man was President Joe Biden, talking about Fox News...
Help shape the future of LGBTQ news
Can I ask you a favor? It’s all about what the future of Philadelphia Gay News will be. Although journalism is changing, it still...
The desperate quest to keep children ignorant
I would like to claim that I turned gay when I developed a crush on LeVar Burton while watching “Reading Rainbow” as a child....
When is a swimmer not a swimmer?
Lia Thomas is a swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a transgender woman. The latter statement is currently jeopardizing the former.
Thomas...
Creep of the Week: The FDA
Are straight people OK? And before you answer, just let me say: No. No, they are not.
Case in point: I just read an article...
A look at the two gay candidates running statewide
As the Associated Press recently reported, Pennsylvania politics is in the national spotlight. And we in the LGBT community have two statewide races where...
Stop Denying History
On February 1, actress and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg was suspended for two weeks from her job at the long-running talk show, “The...
Creep of the Week: Mike Spaulding
Not sure if you know this, but I am a big fan of heavy metal music. It’s not the only music I like, but...
Record number of LGBTQ athletes at 2022 Olympics
Just like the summer iteration one year ago, this year’s winter Olympics in Beijing will have a record number of out LGBTQ athletes. Outsports...
Cheers to HRC and State Troopers
The Human Rights Campaign’s “Municipal Equality Index” is considered the gold standard in measuring how over 500 city governments provide services and welcome their...
Surveying the health of our communities will save lives during a pandemic
As a fifty-five year old gay man who survived the terrifying early years of the AIDS epidemic and who is committed to weathering our...
How We Imagine Health Equity in 2022
It is January 2022, and we are entering the third year of a global pandemic, one that still feels like a nightmare we will...
Chambersburg’s nondiscrimination repeal could happen anywhere
On January 24, Chambersburg Borough Council voted 7-3 to repeal the LGBTQ nondiscrimination law that was passed in September 2021. The reason for the...
The Transition Shower
A friend of mine alerted me to a social media post from a woman named Becca Green, and I wanted to share it here....
What Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Taught Me About Activism
My parents were Civil Rights workers and co-founders of the Philadelphia to Philadelphia Project, an interracial group that operated between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia,...
In the Senate race, being Black, Gay and from Philly is an advantage
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