Undoing the Bush legacy
In President Obama’s first 60 days, he’s made some great strides toward undoing some of the damage left by eight years of President Bush....
Act now to advance equality
Earlier this month, thousands of Philadelphians honored LGBTQ history, celebrated progress and affirmed our diverse identities at Pride. In the wake of these...
Creep of the Week: Jeff Sessions
When the country’s chief law-enforcement officer meets with a group that toils daily to hurt LGBT people, that’s deeply troubling. But when he goes...
Privilege: A license to be quiet?
I have it made.
I could quite easily flop into a comfortable rocking chair on the front porch with a cup of coffee and a...
Creep of the Week: Louis Gohmert
A few months ago, I watched “The Martian,” starring Matt Damon as an astronaut who crash lands on Mars and is left for dead...
Creep of the week: Michael Brown
Backlash. That’s what we’re seeing here in the flurry of anti-LGBT (and heavy on the T) legislation that’s been proposed and passed across the...
Silencing LGBT Pride in Egypt
Donald Trump and his fake excuse and misdirected attack on the NFL players who are kneeling for social justice have some people saying it’s...
Letters
The following is an open letter from James Lohr, chairman of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Johnstown chapter, to John DeBartola,...
Battles won, battles left to fight
I am amazed at what I’ve learned over the past few weeks about an event in which I took part — the Stonewall riots...
Is PrEP forgetting the LGBT community?
If you’re a member of the LGBT community, you’re affected by HIV/AIDS in many ways. And if you needed information related to AIDS/HIV when...
Creep of the Week: Marcus Bachmann
Marcus Bachmann and the Christian counseling clinics he owns are not antigay. And if you say they are then you’re just an...
The women who would be president
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) stood outside in a blizzard on Feb. 10 and declared her candidacy for president of the United States, becoming the...
Mike Pence
Was anyone really surprised that Donald Trump picked Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his co-captain for the most terrifying boat ride since the Titanic?...
Left outside
In April 2015, a year before the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education under then-President Barack Obama issued guidance to public schools clarifying that...
Creep of the Week: Tracy Morgan
Imagine you paid money to see some stand-up comedy and the comedian was totally hilarious. He had this amazing bit about homosexuality...
An open letter to the LGBTQA community on racism
I have been actively involved in, and at times considered a leader of, the Philadelphia LGBTQA community for many years. I have helped to...
My road to Stonewall
I’ve already started what I’m calling my “Stonewall 50 Tour,” which includes more than 20 speaking gigs, interviews, exhibit openings, parades and conferences. It...
Letters
In response to the Pink Penny Awards 2009, April 3-9 I found the rating of Knock Restaurant, 225 S. 12th St.,...
Creep of the week: Tim Wildmon
Happy belated Pride Month, everybody! Or as right-wingers like to call it, End Times. As you may know, President Obama once...
The battle for legitimacy
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