Hope for the holidays
OK, enough moaning over the election already. It’s the holiday season and nothing will really change for another few weeks, so let’s take...
The fight for same-sex parenting in Pennsylvania is not over
Her bright blue eyes stared at me from across the fluorescently lit Target aisle. She had a bright pink bow wrapped around her bald...
Creep of the Week: Brian Brown
They’re baaaaaaack. The National Organization for Marriage, that is. Though, they never really went anywhere. They were just stuck in place for a while...
What is your holiday wish?
Don: For everyone to know peace and happiness in the coming year, and for America to just survive. Gary: My holiday...
Trump win means heightened need for HIV/AIDS activism
Since 1983, AIDS activists have demanded government attention to a deadly health problem that was ignored by President Ronald Reagan, who would not say...
Making the holidays gay
Thanks to the holidays, there’s a new way to look at climate change — which may make you scratch your head for a moment....
Time for action in PA
Human Rights Campaign released a report this week that ranked the Keystone State among the worst in the nation for LGBT rights. ...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
When I watched a video of President Obama giving Ellen DeGeneres the Presidential Medal of Freedom and heard him talk about her bravery for...
Youthful optimism
First, let me say what this column is not about. One of my closeted friends who has been totally outraged by...
Discrimination doesn’t pay
With Trumpocalypse a few weeks away, it may be tempting to assume, rightfully so, that the new administration will be tone-deaf to progressive causes....
Creep of the Week: Betsy DeVos
School sux, amirite, guys? Pencils, books, teachers’ dirty looks. Ugh. Who needs it? I mean, the very idea of public education...
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...
Giving in the time of Trump
If you’re anything like us, your email was likely bombarded earlier this week for requests to contribute to “Giving Tuesday.” Countless nonprofit organizations across...
An LGBT success story in the 2016 election
Though many people haven’t noticed it, what might be considered the most earth-shattering election moment for the LGBT community took place this year. ...
Transmissions: Remembrance
I’ve long dedicated my life to transgender causes. Yet there is one thing I will forever be most known for, and that is the...
A tour of gratitude
It might sound surprising but I’m actually looking forward to 2017. This past year was one of the busiest of my...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
Hey, so how is everybody doing? Feeling optimistic about the future? If the target audience for this column was KKK members and fans,...
What is the PGN staff thankful for?
Don: I’m thankful that I’ve made it through another year in reasonably good shape. At my age, that’s getting to be quite an accomplishment. ...
Picking ourselves back up
It’s been quite a week for America. People dealt with the fallout of the shocking presidential election in myriad ways. Maybe...
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...
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