Cover to cover
The cover is overall stark, but arresting. The model, with flowing brown tresses, is sitting somewhat uncomfortably on a barely seen stool, looking directly...
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...
This historic year: 2019
This year is a major historic notch for our community. It marks the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. If you weren’t already aware, within 60...
Dolce & Gabbana
As I write this, I’m taking a box cutter to my collection of Dolce & Gabbana handbags, shoes and frocks (wait, are frocks a...
Stop and appreciate progress that has been made
With all the attacks on LGBTQ rights recently, especially with many coming directly from Trump administration policies, it’s difficult at times to stop and...
Marriage equality and the ACA
Now in full effect, the Affordable Care Act is improving the quality of health care and providing health coverage for Pennsylvania’s uninsured. ...
Donald Trump, Orlando and Nazi skin-heads
Like many of you in the LGBT community, I have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from allies here and around the world...
Creep of the Week: Scott Lively
Happy Pride Month, everybody! June is the month when the sale of rainbow merchandise skyrockets and antigay right-wingers decry the very right of LGBTQ...
Mongering the hate
This week, Philadelphia was visited by the hate mongers of the Topeka, Kan. -based Westboro Baptist Church, in town to protest the funeral...
Buy Gay in the Gayborhood
Since my last column on buying gay in the Gayborhood, we’ve dined at Bump, Vilanni, Venture Inn and More Than Just Ice Cream. ...
Edging forward on ENDA
The U. S. Senate is expected to bring the Employment Nondiscrimination Act to the floor for a vote before Thanksgiving, setting up what...
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...
Pat Murphy, all-American hero
Last Saturday was my annual holiday party, but it was not the average holiday party since, earlier that day, the Senate passed the repeal...
Creep of the Week: Rick Perry
So how about that Gov. Rick Perry, eh? Awesome alert! Am I right? “I wish Rick Perry was my daddy and/or...
Dear legislators: Put our money where your pledge is on defeating HIV/AIDS
Early this week, a news alert from The New York Times proclaimed, “H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the...
Josh Duggar
By now you’ve probably heard about the scandalous revelation that Josh Duggar, the oldest child of the Duggar clan, has admitted to molesting five...
How the Philadelphia court system can help deter hate crimes
Passage of statewide legislation to help protect the LGBT community from hate crimes has been painfully slow. With an unsympathetic and Republican-controlled legislature, we...
Gavin Newsom, Elizabeth Birch (and me)
This week, President Obama officially announced (to no one’s surprise) that he was a candidate for reelection. The following day, I was...
Shut up, Pope
You read that correctly, and let me reiterate: Pope Benedict shut up. Why use such harsh language? Well, this is not the...
Mike Pence
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