What is an LGBT newspaper?
A story PGN published last week elicited a number of online critiques about an issue we’ve seen crop up from time to time, and...
Creep of the Week: Scott Lively
My wife and I just celebrated our 20th anniversary. Do you know who else is celebrating 20 years? World Nut Daily, a website...
Top of my profession with Ben Franklin
When you set out to change the world, you never expect to actually see the results of those years of struggle, or to win...
Learning from our elders
The LGBT community lost one of its pioneers this week, whose life and legacy left a lot of lessons for future generations. ...
Glass half full of progress
I saw a picture today of a young gay couple standing next to an older heterosexual couple. Then, I noticed that the two men...
Creep of the Week: Dave Daubenmire
Hurricane Harvey wrecked havoc on Texas, especially Houston and the surrounding areas. Thankfully, the hurricane has prompted people who’ve previously denied global warming to...
Applaud journalism
This weekend, NLGJA: The Association of LGBT Journalists has its annual convention, held this year in Philadelphia. The organization and its membership may not...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump (surprise!)
Houston’s under water right now, but don’t worry, Donald Trump is feverishly working to ferret out transgender service members. I’m going...
Protecting the dream
If there’s one lesson that emerged in the last nine months of political turmoil, it’s the importance of recognizing intersectionality. LGBT issues impact women’s...
Creep of the Week: Sam Clovis
If you’re a bigoted jerk in America, you can trust that the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect sees you and isn’t afraid to...
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...
Rizzo, PGN and the BBC
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) is the world’s largest broadcaster. It began in 1922 and has a stellar record for its journalism, both news...
Donald J. Trump (yes, again)
Heather Heyer, 32, was murdered at a Nazi rally by a Nazi terrorist slamming his car into a crowd. In America. In 2017. ...
Keep up the fight
The appalling white nationalist violence in Virginia earlier this month, and our president’s unbearably terrible response, set off demonstrations by racial- and social-justice activists...
What did America do on its summer vacation?
It’s the last week of August — or what are known as the lazy, hazy last days of summer. Soon schools will open and,...
Creep of the Week: Linda Harvey
It’s August, which means summer will be over soon. If you’re a parent, chances are that your kids spent part of their time off...
Rizzo must go
The horrifying violence in Charlottesville, Va., has had significant reverberations throughout the country in the past few days. Shocking images...
It’s time to be counted
What we are witnessing in Charlottesville is nothing short of a brazen attempt to return America to an era of Jim Crow, separate and...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
At 8:55 a.m. July 26 Donald Trump tweeted: “After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States...
On love and marriage
PGN’s semi-annual Wedding Issue is among the staff favorites. We get the opportunity to hear local couples gush over the moment they decided to...
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