Black Lives Matter and the LGBT community
In June, I had the pleasure of addressing the staff of the Democratic National Convention during a Gay Pride luncheon. As all speaking gigs...
Queering the campus
At colleges across the region this week, boxes are being unpacked, families are being hugged and dorm doors are being closed as thousands of...
Creep of the Week: Ben Kinchlow
It has come to the attention of many people, including and especially, many Republicans, that Donald Trump is a Looney Tunes character come to...
Out at the Olympics
The 2016 Olympic Games wrap up this weekend after a precedent-setting run for LGBT athletes. While the games made successful strides for LGBT visibility...
Creep of the week: Scott Lively
Full disclosure: I did not watch the Republican National Convention. I just don’t hate myself enough. But I have watched clips online. And my...
Activism free from fear
If you’ve been doing anything for a long period of time and people believe you to be somewhat knowledgeable on a particular issue, they...
Battle by battle
An important victory in the fight for LGBT equality in Pennsylvania was won this week — and the lack of pushback around it is...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump 3
Donald Trump made history at the Republican National Convention by daring to utter a string of five letters: “LGBTQ.” More...
Politics is about addition
Politics is about addition — not subtraction, and not division. If the Republican Party doesn’t realize this, we risk alienating an entire generation of...
No Donald, you don’t
PGN had ringside seats at the Democratic National Convention, an exhilarating, eye-opening experience that we’re all grateful to have had (yet also grateful the...
Creep of the week: Raúl Labrador
With the massacre of men and women at a gay club in Orlando barely behind us, one could perhaps be forgiven for thinking that...
The 13-pound liver
It’s August and finally a time to write a non-political column. The biggest question I get these days as I’ve...
Mike Pence
Was anyone really surprised that Donald Trump picked Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his co-captain for the most terrifying boat ride since the Titanic?...
Whirlwind week
As of this writing, we’re midway through the Democratic National Convention. It’s been a whirlwind of a week, full of parties and protests, hunger...
Hot July politics
It’s a hot summer here on the East Coast, and usually a newspaper columnist expects that would be a period where people are tuning...
Tracing the LGBT DNC legacy
In LGBT media this week you’ll see history on the move. So here’s a sample: The Democratic National Convention...
Making history in Philly
The donkeys are in position, the flags are unfurled and the streets have been beautified. Philly is ready for the Democratic National Convention. ...
MACT-Philadelphia responds to recent gun violence
In response to the massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando; the deaths of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota; and the...
Pat McCrory
Remember when FEMA put all of those people in North Carolina in trailers after the streets were flooded with the pee of transgender men...
LGBT vote may tilt Senate
This year’s election for president will be the first in history where LGBT people and the American public will be voting on the issue...
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