Creep of the Week: Scott Esk
When I was a little kid, I really wanted a rock tumbler. I remember looking through the JC Penney catalog and telling...
Creep of the Week: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
I’m writing this on the first day of the Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nomination for the Supreme Court....
Getting the story straight
It has been an incredible few weeks. I could use this column to tell you about the recent chat I had with...
A banner LGBT year
At this time of year, most of us pause and look back at how it was. For many of us (at least in 35...
Polling Pennsylvania
A number of new polls over the past few weeks have offered interesting insight into the Keystone State’s LGBT community — and its growing...
Social media goes red
As the nation becomes increasingly more reliant on social media, critics have contended that sites such as Facebook are numbing our society’s interpersonal skills...
Should we out Catholic bishops?
Seriously, is it time to start to outing closeted U.S. Catholic Bishops? Let me help you out with an answer to that question. If...
65 LGBT leaders endorse Sen. Specter
Abbe Fletman and I are getting to be some team. Last Friday, we acted as co-chairs at a press conference to launch...
The new scarlet letter
Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison this week for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004, who was...
In Catholic communion
We are less than a week away from Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families. Again,...
What is your New Year’s resolution?
Carol: My New Year’s resolution is to try and spend more quality time with my family. We had a lot going on this year...
Opinion: The LGBT community must support the war against radical Islam
The clear cause of the massacre in Pulse nightclub was radical Islamic terrorism. Nothing else. While murdering 50 and injuring 53...
Holiday mishaps and memories
This Thanksgiving is special for me and Jason. It will be the first time his parents have come to our house for the holiday,...
Closing a chapter
In my first story for PGN, I had to mention the phrase “penis-shape bagel-eating contest.” What did I get myself into? I wondered. I...
Safe schools aren’t a luxury: A Pennsylvania mom’s fight for her non-binary child
The school principal wanted to talk about the dress. It was “inappropriate,” she said.
I remember just staring at the principal when she said this,...
Yes we can
At this time next week, the nation will have a new president. As much as we want to wallow in that reality, the president-elect...
Ending the neglect
Last month, a study from the Foundation for AIDS Research, entitled “Trans Populations and HIV: Time to End the Neglect,” detailed the overwhelming health...
Voter suppression, Al Schmidt and me
I was paralyzed in 2016, a month after covering the Democratic National Convention. It was devastating. I had been living with MS for 30...
On losing an ally
Last weekend turned out to be one of those nailbiters. First District Councilman Frank DiCicco was searching the fibers of his gut,...
Letter: On Michael George’s candidacy
I am deeply worried about Michael George (R) being elected to one of the three vacancies on the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court. I write...
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