Creep of the Week: Roy Moore
As of presstime, five women have accused Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual assault against them when they were as young as 14...
The LGBT community comes of age at The Pennsylvania Society
Last weekend was the annual gathering of The Pennsylvania Society in New York City. This gathering has literally become the meet-and-greet place...
Changing the dialogue
It seems that every few months, we have the grave task of reporting that another transgender woman of color has been slain on Philly's...
Creep of the Week: Gary Cass
With Proposition 8 being overturned in California, some folks are a little pissed. And the fact that Vaughn R. Walker, the judge...
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...
Pennsylvania’s 72 percent deserve a vote
Imagine if your boss could fire you, even though you’re considered a high-quality employee who arrives early and stays late, just because he doesn’t...
Besting computer meltdowns
In the PGN you read last week, you most likely didn’t notice anything different. That in itself was a miracle. Earlier in...
On being thankful
As we head into the holiday season, we might pause for a moment to reflect on the fact that for those among us who...
Creep of the Week: Dr. Michael Brown
My 6-year-old son has two moms. For Mothers’ Day (and, yes, that’s where we put the apostrophe), he gave both my wife (a.k.a. “Mommy”)...
Welcoming the pope without condoning discrimination
A large national Catholic coalition will not be allowed to congregate in the parish they had long been promised during the World Meeting of...
A tale of two states
Despite the scant distance between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, this week shone light on the widening ideological gap between the two states. ...
Philly LGBT convention in a hurricane
While everyone is going to remember last week as the week of the great hurrica ne, some of us will be recalling it as...
HRC 43-year failure
Sometimes there seems to be a language problem in understanding, to quote a current president, “what the hell is really happening here.” Here’s an...
Blaming the victim
The concept of victim-blaming is usually relegated to the realm of violence against women. We’ve all heard, and likely been infuriated by, comments suggesting...
Creep of the Week: Bernard McGuirk
Christmas is upon us, dear readers. The halls are getting decked, gay apparel is being donned, people are striking harps and joining...
Holding police accountable before parade honor
Pride — light beer, free stuff and a big business at the bars aside — is an annual reminder of the 1969 Stonewall riots,...
Rick Wiles
Have you been feeling a bit under the weather lately? Maybe your head feels like it’s been used as a soccer ball, your throat...
Tyranny of the minority
We in Philadelphia live in a relatively progressive bubble compared with what’s happening in the vast majority of the country, where LGBTQ Americans are...
An open letter to Eagles player Connor Barwin
Dear Connor, I’m a huge Eagles fan (I have been my whole life), and I think you’ve been a great addition to the...
Creep of the week: Ryan Anderson (again!)
Hello, gay and lesbian readers. I’d like to talk to you about your pathetic lives devoid of friends or family. It’s hard when the...
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