Still a need for Pride
We’re halfway through Pride Month, when many cities across the nation publicly celebrate being LGTBQIA-plus. This year, during the Stonewall uprising’s 50th anniversary, our...
Creep of the Week: Tom Casperson
Recently a friend of a friend posted a link on Facebook to an article in The Advocate about a woman being kicked out of...
Creep of the Week: David Usher
Think back to all of the times you’ve heard straight women say things like, “Ugh, I wish I could be a lesbian, it would...
An injury to one is an injury to all
For many LGBT folks, unions don’t automatically conjure up a bastion of inclusion. Too often, say “union worker” and one thinks of...
The sad state of Pennsylvania
To the editor: I couldn’t help but notice all over my social media recently the excitement about the possibility of Illinois becoming the...
Pennsylvania, get with the equality program
News came out last week that a record number of pro-LGBTQ bills were introduced in 2018, and that the prospects of many more states...
Pride will unite us or divide us
There are people like Harvey Milk, Matthew Shepard and Barbara Gittings that give meaning to our fight for equality. And there is no truer...
The two things transgender people aren’t
Recently, a Dutchman named Emile Ratelband made a bold proclamation: He wanted to legally change his age. At age 69, he claimed that...
A holiday wish
So, once again, we reach the closing of the year. When I was much younger than I am today, as the scent of the...
Shame on the FOP
Throngs of high-powered Republicans have come out against Donald Trump’s presidential bid, including both President Bushes. Trump has become aligned with the most divisive,...
Letters and Feedback: Aug. 15-21, 2014
Editor: Hamas is no friend of LGBT people. The group’s co-founder called us “perverts,” etc. (For that matter, the Saudi and Egyptian dictatorships, both...
Grading Obama
Wednesday marked the first 100 days of Barack Obama’s presidency, giving pundits, politicians and journalists inspiration to review and critique his performance. ...
Let’s not lower the bar
It seems that every single time President Donald Trump has the opportunity to act “presidential,” he summarily mucks it up. Post-inauguration, when the country...
Two steps forward, one step back
Progress is a slow event. This week, two openly gay judicial candidates won the Democratic nomination in Philadelphia, virtually assuring they will...
Creep of the Week: North Carolina Republican Party
As 2016 is now history, there is perhaps no better poster child for how totally terrible last year was politically than North Carolina. ...
Donald Trump
It has been a strange week. For starters, Donald Trump announced that after an on-again, off-again rollercoaster relationship, he and North Korean dictator Kim...
Creep of the Week: Joe Wilson
Oh, Joe Wilson, shut up. I’m sorry. That was childish. Then again, that’s apparently the level of discourse Wilson operates on....
Mr. President, here’s our timeline
There are 2. 7-million active servicemembers and reservists in the U.S. military. For debate purposes, let’s say 5-percent (use whatever figure you wish...
A prayer for the nation and our next president, Barack Obama
Opening Inaugural Event, Jan. 18, 2009, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. Welcome to Washington! The fun is about to begin, but first,...
Homelessness: An ignored community issue
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