What does National Coming Out Day mean to the PGN staff?
Don: Since I always was an outsider, coming out was no big deal. Relax and be yourself. There's no reason to live a lie...
The other side of the interview
A couple of weeks ago, I found myself in a new position with media. As a publisher and opinion/column writer, this is a business...
Populations who dare not speak their names
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Perhaps an Island of Misfit Gays is the answer
PGN has traditionally focused its coverage on local news, leaving the more national and international reaching stories to other newspapers. Sometimes, however, there are...
We won’t stand for violence
Last week my husband said, “Appreciate the privilege.” He was responding to my complaints regarding the hectic schedule I have due to being named...
Fighting the good fight
Last Saturday, President Obama addressed 3,000 LGBT individuals and allies at a fundraiser for the Human Rights Campaign. Timed to coincide with...
On history, struggle and triumph
February is Black History Month, and the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp. (the same people who brought us Philadelphia’s groundbreaking gay tourism...
Ode to our four-legged friends
A lot of times, reporting news can be a heavy task. Here at PGN, we cover murders, political wrangling, cases of...
Creep of the week: One Million Moms
Alert! Alert! All One Million Moms to their battle stations! A new TV show has a gay. I repeat: A new TV show has...
Obama talks the talk, but will he walk the walk?
I’m the only writer in the LGBT media who can write this analysis. Let’s get right down to the facts, for fairness....
Political Roundup
My Labor Day weekend column is always one that muses on topics that just don’t make it in during the rest of the year. ...
‘We need you to be counted’: Why health data collection matters
By Adrian Shanker and Chris Bartlett There is a funder who frequently says, “Without the data, the chatta don’t matta.” And you know...
The long arc of equal-rights history
In the years after the Civil War and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment that freed slaves, Congress debated the status of the black...
Mayor Pete will make a great Secretary of Transportation
In my October Q & A with candidate Joe Biden, I asked whether he would put LGBT people in his cabinet. His answer was...
Trump, the Reality Edition
So how bad is it? Let’s take a look at what he’s done in almost two years in office. Tariffs: Trump’s...
HRC and champagne
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure to speak at Baltimore University about my new book “And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to...
Marco Rubio
On Feb. 8, Marco Rubio was asked a very important question by New Hampshire resident Timothy Kierstead, a man who said he’d been married...
Listening to our youth
The voices of LGBT youth are among the most silent in our community. Even though their future is our future, the ideas and ideals...
Creep of the Week: Thomas John Paprocki
What a wonderful day for an exorcism! On Nov. 20 in Springfield, Ill., Gov. Pat Quinn signed the bill to legalize...
Guv, Dems need to step up
This week, the state House Government Committee passed HB 300, the statewide nondiscrimination bill. Though introduced previously, this is the first time...
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