The beginning of Pride
As we go to press, I’m preparing to travel for my last of four speaking gigs this June, all for Pride month. There are...
A bipartisan push for visibility
To close out Pride month, three Congress members introduced a bipartisan, nonbinding resolution this week to highlight the economic firepower LGBT business owners bring...
Pride is more than performance
It’s Pride month, and this means a whole lot of people will take or have taken to the streets across the world, festooned in...
A wasted photo op
If you don’t like politics, or could care less about HRC, you shouldn’t read this column. HRC came to Philadelphia this...
The suicide epidemic
Suicide in the United States is on the rise — in some states, exponentially. Nationwide, suicide rates have risen by 25 percent from 1999...
The suicide epidemic
Suicide in the United States is on the rise — in some states, exponentially. Nationwide, suicide rates have risen by 25 percent from 1999...
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...
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...
An LGBT response to the Alzheimer’s epidemic
The population of Americans ages 65 and older is projected to grow from 53 million in 2018 to 88 million by 2050. The...
Wedding-cake decision threatens all minorities
Fifty-three years ago on July 4, 1965, I marched with Barbara Giddings and Frank Kameny in the first Reminder Day demonstration at Independence Hall...
Talk is not cheap
Ah, summertime — the living is easy. We toss our cares to the wind, head for a little R&R and, for many, that great...
Room for everyone
In the weeks ahead of Pride, organizers, participants and activists individually told PGN that this year, we would see more new and inclusive events....
Research and reality
A fascinating study has come out of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data to study the brains of transgender people...
The real fallout of the wedding-cake ruling
If you thought the wedding-cake issue is over, not by a mile. Here in a nutshell is the ruling and the list of changes...
Pride was created to be inclusive
Yo! Don’t you know what Pride stands for? Well, some revisionists or people who just want attention are once again complaining. So sit down,...
The real meaning of Pride
Recently I had brunch with Judge Dan Anders, who happens to serve as the president of the International Association of LGBT Judges. He tells...
Positive state
The LGBT State of the Union brought together local leaders of the city’s most active and well-respected organizations to engage in candid conversation. Perhaps...
Nobody’s room
The other day, after doing a talk at a local middle school’s “Rainbow Connection” group, I picked my wife up from work. Tired after...
Dogs are family, too
The last couple of months have been filled with triumphs like last week’s ceremony at the Smithsonian’s American History Museum in Washington, D.C. (see...
How one person can drive change
Montgomery County’s Hatboro City Council passed an ordinance this week that ensures residents are protected from discrimination based not only on their sexual and...
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