Students as teachers
Another transgender high-school student in Pennsylvania is taking on his school board over a discriminatory school policy. A Johnstown teen this...
Creep of the week: Ryan Anderson (again!)
Hello, gay and lesbian readers. I’d like to talk to you about your pathetic lives devoid of friends or family. It’s hard when the...
Creep of the Week: Brett Kavanaugh
I just read on NPR’s health blog about a new study that found that “an estimated 3.3 million nationwide said that their...
Creep of the Week: Peter Sprigg
As I write this, gays and lesbians are celebrating the fact that President Obama called for equal rights for everyone, not just straight people,...
Anti-cop sentiment at Pride embarrasses our community
I was appalled and embarrassed to read that activists had bullied our gay and transgender police officers into stepping down from their formal role...
Banning conversion therapy
This week Delaware Gov. John Carney signed into law a statewide bill banning conversion “therapy.” Not only is this cruel practice to attempt to...
Making the business case for PA Fairness Act
While rancor and posturing drives most of today’s political discourse at both the national and state levels, those of us in the real world...
Pam Bondi
Well, it’s happened. A federal judge has ruled that Florida’s antigay marriage ban is unconstitutional. In his opinion, Judge Robert L....
The spectrum of oppression
Coming out is personal to each of us, so is how we recognize and understand our oppression. Each of us has a moment that...
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...
The Transition Shower
A friend of mine alerted me to a social media post from a woman named Becca Green, and I wanted to share it here....
It’s about our spouses, dummy
It’s about our spouses, dummy The last three years have been intense, the last three months more intense and the last three weeks...
Far-right video game spreads hate
If you want to know what the far right that supports President Trump thinks of you, they want you dead. You think I’m kidding....
“We’re Here” brings LGBTQ visibility to rural, conservative America
All Drag shows are not the same. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” panders while “We’re Here” on HBO creates change.
Watching “Drag Race” you’ll be entertained by...
Congrats to Collins
LGBT history and sports history were both made this week when NBA Washington Wizards center Jason Collins became the first openly gay actively playing...
From Stonewall to the White House
I was sitting on the train Monday heading to Washington, D.C., to join the president and First Lady at the White House for their...
Creep of the Week: Tim Hicks
Attention all incestuous Iowans. Your dream is coming true. Soon you’ll be able to marry the object of your incestuous affections. Since...
A formula for print-media success
Over the last few years, we have all read about the perils of print media, or “old media” as some like to call it,...
Creep of the week: Les Kinsolving
One of the antigay right’s favorite arguments is that the gays are actually the intolerant ones. It’s a pretty laughable premise, actually....
Thankful for you
This is, by far, my least favorite column of the year to write. Here’s why. My editor will always remind me...
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