LGBTQ athletes are starting to be heard
This week, soccer superstar and lesbian Megan Rapinoe won Sports Illustrated’s sportsperson of the year. The co-captain of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team...
Rapid Onset
I have always been intrigued by history. I love to look at how things came together over time and how advances in knowledge, technology...
Donald Carter and LGBT history
There’s one in every city — that person who, once he enters the room, makes us all feel a sense of togetherness no matter...
It’s time to raise the age, PA!
State after state, town after town, communities in other states are moving quickly to address one of the most critical public health issues facing...
Winter 2017 Reflections
So what do we say in the aftermath of all these recent events? Will you accept this new world? Will you support him in...
Taking a stand on behalf of LGBT elders
With all the noise in Washington, it may be easy to miss the Trump administration’s efforts to harm older LGBT older people: but...
Fluidity of freedom
As Pride Month comes to a close and Independence Day approaches, freedom has been a hot topic. While the word itself often signifies a...
Creep of the Week Brett Kavanaugh
Well, gay sex was decriminalized in India, so that’s great news. For those of you saying, “Well it’s about TIME, India!” I’d like to...
Calling on Obama to end the blood ban
President Obama, in a speech at the Human Rights Campaign dinner, you reaffirmed your intention to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” to repeal the...
The warriors fighting AIDS
Last week for World AIDS Day, Penn Medicine honored me with its Red Ribbon Pioneer Award. Truth is, it really hadn’t dawned on me,...
In response to Chuck Volz’s op-ed, “The Pride Animal Farm,” Nov. 6-13, 2014:
A joint statement from the co-presidents of InterPride, Brett Hayhoe (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) and Sue Doster (New York City, NY, USA): ...
Reminder Days: Starting the march forward
They came on buses from Washington, D.C., and New York City. They dressed in suits and ties and dresses. They readied cardboard signs that...
Creep of the Week: Vicky Hartzler
U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) really doesn’t like transgender people and she really, really doesn’t want them serving in the military. ...
HRC doing nothing again
The Human Rights Campaign must learn to actually do something other than issue press releases announcing its positions on various federal judicial nominations. The...
Ditching Dolce & Gabbana
Gay fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana drew ire from all directions last week with derogatory comments about LGBT families and in-vitro fertilization....
Creep of the Week: Joseph Allen
For many years, people have been trying to figure out what makes a person gay. Scientists, psychologists and theologians alike have been...
We need more LGBTQ news, not less
The news was shocking. On Jan. 15, Grindr laid off the entire editorial staff of INTO, their award-winning news site. According to Business Insider,...
It’s time to be counted
What we are witnessing in Charlottesville is nothing short of a brazen attempt to return America to an era of Jim Crow, separate and...
Creep of the Week: Linda Harvey
After years of arguing that being gay is not a choice and that gay people can’t magically become straight via a wish and a...
Don’t use LGBT youth as pawns
Here’s the bottom line: The Attic Youth Center is about the well-being and safety of LGBT youth. Last week, there were allegations regarding the...
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