Creep of the week: Marco Rubio (again!)
There is a certain bench that presidential contenders long to fill. It’s the Holy Grail of appointments: the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
Incumbent mayor faces primary challenge for first time in 32 years
Philadelphia’s primary election is May 21 and for the first time since 1987, the incumbent mayor will face primary challengers. In 1987, then-District Attorney...
Thanking our supporters
No doubt by now you’ve seen or heard about the proposed LGBT-friendly, affordable senior housing project that I’ve been involved with. And...
Our beloved dog
Jason and I have a little French bulldog named Zola. She just had her 1st birthday. And, as should be expected, Jason and I...
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...
Creep of the Week: National Organization for Marriage
You know, nothing says summer lovin’ like jumping in a van and going on a whirlwind national tour to “defend marriage” from depraved homosexuals....
Gov. Rendell on LGBT pub crawl
On Oct. 30, Gov. Rendell will do an LGBT pub crawl to help get out the LGBT vote for the Nov. 2...
Marriage equality means more Pennsylvanians have access to health insurance
The struggle for same-sex couples to access health-insurance benefits has been long-standing. Despite some employers offering same-sex benefits, Pennsylvania same-sex couples could not access...
Picking the next governor
This is not a political endorsement . .. Great way to start a column, but the truth is we really want...
Creep of the Week: Alliance Defending Freedom
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, aka the “gay wedding cake” case. ...
I’m not crazy
The World Health Organization is dropping transgender identities from its list of mental disorders in its newest edition of the International Statistical Classification of...
Creep of the Week: Setting Captives Free
There’s an app for that. It doesn’t even matter what “that” is, because there’s an app for everything. You want the photos...
Medical marijuana: How I see it
Republicans and Democrats may continue to spar over the budget in Pennsylvania, but they have come together to pass medical marijuana. In a true...
Pride in being pushy
At the ribbon-cutting of the John C. Anderson LGBT-friendly senior apartments Monday, former Gov. Ed Rendell, in a very warm-hearted way, called me a pain...
On marriage and democracy
This week, several lawsuits are challenging bans on same-sex marriage and related benefits — in Massachusetts at the federal level and in California at...
Reflections from an ‘old’ reporter
I thought I’d use this space to share with you some of the fun I had while reporting in Cuba last week, and...
Creep of the Week: National Organization for Marriage
If you’ve been hearing air-raid sirens ever since July 8, they’re likely coming from National Organization for Marriage HQ, where everybody is freaking out...
LGBT voters: Here’s the one vote you need to make
There is one vote in particular that every LGBT person in this nation must make: You absolutely must vote for your Democratic congressional candidate....
Five years later
On Sept. 22, 2010, Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University freshman, ended his life. In the five years since his tragic...
Creep of the Week: Jeff Sessions
A long, long time ago, in 1986, Jeff Sessions was nominated to be a federal judge in Alabama. But the Senate Judiciary Committee was...
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