The power of no
You might have noticed that this summer has been slightly different for me, but that comes after five years of constant motion. People keep...
Creep of the Week: John K. Bush
When America wakes up from the nightmare of the Donald Trump presidency — assuming we survive it, of course — we will be left...
Conversion therapy is child torture
To the entire LGBT community: Let’s begin as a community to state the truth without putting lipstick on a pig. Personally, it sickens me...
Bully pulpit
It’s easy to view President Donald Trump as a clownish caricature; however, no matter his level of blustering buffoonery, we can’t discount the effect...
Creep of the Week: Jeff Sessions
When the country’s chief law-enforcement officer meets with a group that toils daily to hurt LGBT people, that’s deeply troubling. But when he goes...
Behind the scenes of the biz
There is a belief in the newspaper biz that summer is the time for columnists to step away from issues of the day and...
Trans tripping point
Wednesday morning’s outrageous announcement that President Donald Trump intends to close the doors of the military to transgender individuals shouldn’t have come as a...
Creep of the Week: Vicky Hartzler
U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) really doesn’t like transgender people and she really, really doesn’t want them serving in the military. ...
Business bias
This week’s PGN carries a story about a lesbian couple who was refused service at a bridal-dress shop in Pennsylvania. It’s...
Creep of the Week: Linda Harvey
Have you raped a rainbow today? No, that isn’t from a Skittles advertisement gone wrong. It’s just what LGBT people do....
Turning back the clock on trans rights
July 1, 2017, could have been a historic day for transgender rights. The military was set to finalize its implementation of a rule...
Creep of the Week: Karen Handel
Another day, another truly terrible person elected to Congress. America is on a roll when it comes to voting for people who are the...
Wedding wisdom
I’m writing this column on Jason’s and my third wedding anniversary. Since marriage is something new for our community, and us, I thought I’d...
Pride Month silence
For the first time in many years, Pride Month passed without a mention by the president of the United States. The...
Act now to advance equality
Earlier this month, thousands of Philadelphians honored LGBTQ history, celebrated progress and affirmed our diverse identities at Pride. In the wake of these...
Chicago Dyke March: Full of shame!
Hard headline, so let me make it more clear. Whoever is in charge of the Chicago Dyke March has their heads...
Fluidity of freedom
As Pride Month comes to a close and Independence Day approaches, freedom has been a hot topic. While the word itself often signifies a...
Creep of the Week: Betsy DeVos
If you’re a school administrator, teacher or even a whole school district and you want to assert your right to discriminate against some...
Republican health-care bill poses danger to LGBT Americans
President Trump and Congressional Republicans recently gathered in the White House Rose Garden to celebrate the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of legislation that...
Rainbow flag — bringing us together
There is no question that the rainbow flag has become the symbol of our community’s fight for equality. And that flag that the community...
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