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...
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...
History in flight
Waiting for a flight at Philadelphia International Airport proved to be a lesson on how and why Philadelphia is a leader in LGBT inclusion....
40 years strong
This is a very special week here at PGN. On Jan. 3, we marked the 40th anniversary of the first issue...
Creep of the Week: Rep. Bruce Griffey
Remember when Donald Trump won the 2016 election and his supporters called Hillary Clinton voters sore losers for their outrage and disgust? And then,...
It’s not just Georgia — it’s Pennsylvania too
On March 25, Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed major election legislation into law. Kemp did so in a locked room surrounded by white...
Creep of the Week: Tony Perkins
Bill Maher had a great piece on his show recently giving Donald Trump credit for exposing the hypocrisy of the religious right. The fact...
Unemployed? Volunteer!
Next week’s column is one of those columns that will write itself. It will be the column celebrating our 35th anniversary. I’m...
Talking points
This week, President Obama gave two speeches that stirred the nation. The first, to students on the first day of school, raised...
It’s Time for Safe Injection Sites
Among the worst and most consequential policy decisions we’ve ever made as a nation was choosing to treat drug addiction as a crime....
“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...
When silence betrays us
Can we talk? Even — or especially — with a thorny subject in which we are bound to give and receive offense? If not,...
Creep of the Week: Florida’s Anti-Trans Athlete Law
Whenever I want to bum myself out, I do a Google news search for “Florida.” Because if terrible things are happening in the country,...
Suicide is preventable, but awareness and outreach are imperative
Three people associated with mass shootings died of apparent suicides in a little more than a week between March 17-25. Two were survivors of...
LGBTs deserve Republican attention
Nation, take a look at what is happening with the U.S. Senate race here in Pennsylvania. It is a microcosm of what is happening...
The new LGBT media
As I write this, I am at 33,000 feet on a packed American Airlines flight to Chicago to attend several LGBT media conferences, among...
Biden is not what 2020 — or Philadelphia — needs
On April 29, former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, were having a sit-down interview onABC’s “Good Morning America.” It’s...
Creep of the Week: Milo Yiannopoulos (again)
Remember when Simon & Schuster was going to publish a book by Milo Yiannopoulos and people were all, “But he’s a racist/misogynist/anti-trans hate...
Make us count
Visibility is power. Conversely, invisibility is oppression — and that’s just what the Trump administration is seeking to do to LGBT Americans. ...
One more important voice
The Office of LGBT Affairs announced Black trans woman Celena Morrison’s appointment as executive director on Jan. 28. On Monday, March 2, she will...
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