Sex talk with the Wall Street Journal
Never in my almost-39 years of journalism would it have dawned on me that PGN, the little LGBT newspaper that just wouldn’t quit, would...
Parents, protection and pee politics
On Aug. 12, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB1266 into law. AB1266, also knows as the School Success and Opportunity Act, ensures...
New releases “Love, Simon,” “Instinct” breaking barriers
Two events this week of great magnitude to the LGBT community were just seen as daily occurrences. But I assure you, they were not. ...
Creep of the Week: Bill McCollum
I’ve never much cared for Florida. I mean, sure, alligators are cool. It has nice weather in the winter and is home...
The anti-LGBTQ-plus legislation to watch this fall
PGN has covered various court cases this year that mention the Civil Rights Act and whether it covers LGBTQ individuals. Most recently has been...
First ally governor
Listen up, LGBT history fans. When you think of LGBT history, you likely think of San Francisco or New York City, but the truth...
Transmissions: Standing out in a very trans year
The weather has once again turned cold, and the television hawks Clappers and Chia Pets. Soon the barrage of weight-loss and self-improvement...
‘We need you to be counted’: Why data collection matters
There is a funder who frequently says, “Without the data, the chatta don’t matta.” And you know what, they’re right. That’s...
LGBT progress measured on the small screen
After more than 40 years of what has become the “new gay movement” — a more aggressive style of gay activism after Stonewall —...
Pa.’s (vice) presidential predictions
Since I’ve been on a successful streak with my predictions of late, let me make a few more. There is an...
That time when the now-D.A. defended the activist
You know that old expression, A picture is worth a thousand words? Well, what about, A picture is worth an incredible memory and a...
Creep of the Week: Jerry Cox
Newsflash: Homosexuality and pedophilia are not the same things. Equating the two makes as much sense as equating adopting a pet kitty...
Jeb Bush
Newsflash: Jeb Bush has finally weighed in on the plight of anti-gay Christian wedding vendors. In an interview with David Brody...
Michelle Bachmann
OK folks, let’s get a couple of things out of the way here. First, Michele Bachmann (R- Minn.) is still a member of the...
Creep of the week: Pat Robertson
Thanksgiving is a particularly problematic holiday. I mean, not only do people try to cram the whole extended family into Grandma’s 900-square-foot house, but...
Dollars instead of trans equality
Former City Councilman Bill Green announced that he’d be running for Congress against incumbent Congressman Brendon Boyle, a major LGBT ally. I wish I...
Four down, 46 to go
In the past week, gay and lesbians have gained the right to marry in the states of Vermont and Iowa. That’s...
Equality across the board
This past Tuesday marked Equal Pay Day — where people in all corners of the nation called for equality in the workplace for women....
Considering a senator’s sentence
Vince Fumo was sentenced this week and, like everything he has done in his 30-year political career, the sentence was controversial. Many...
Franklin Graham
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