Bernie, meet Ralph Nader
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program Tuesday, Donald Trump asked why people didn’t look into the reports that Ted Cruz’s father was pictured with Lee...
Creep of the Week: Tom Casperson
Recently a friend of a friend posted a link on Facebook to an article in The Advocate about a woman being kicked out of...
Trans-parency
The Pennsylvania primary is finally behind us. Whether your candidates won or lost, we can likely all agree that we can use a respite...
Historic honors
Before I get to the meat of what this column is about, I’d like to offer an opportunity to anyone who’d like to go...
Primary 2016 Endorsements
These are the candidates PGN is backing in April 26 primary election. Get out Tuesday and make your vote count! ...
Candidates we can count on
On the front page of this week’s issue is our slate of endorsed candidates for the April 26 Pennsylvania primary election. Our editorial team...
Creep of the week: Dan Forest
Did you hear the one about how North Carolina is a great place for women and girls? Because North Carolina just...
Boycott North Carolina? HRC, where’s your leadership?
The tail is wagging the dog. At least that is what is happening with the homophobic and transphobic legislation recently adopted in Mississippi and...
Forward from 40
The staff at PGN breathed a big sigh of relief last week when we sent our commemorative 40th-anniversary issue to the printer. The 100-page...
Creep of the week: Michael Brown
Backlash. That’s what we’re seeing here in the flurry of anti-LGBT (and heavy on the T) legislation that’s been proposed and passed across the...
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...
[email protected]: A Photographic Retrospective
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of The COLOURS Organization, a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia that has provided social-justice initiatives, community-building...
A 40-year PGN journey
Last Friday I attended a meeting of the National Gay Media Association, an organization of the publishers of the LGBT legacy publications. At one...
What does PGN mean to staffers?
Carol: I would say PGN is my home away from home. As a straight Italian woman raised in South Philly by two very strict...
Creep of the Week: Laurie Higgins
It’s almost that time of year again: April 15 is the annual Day of Silence, where students across the country choose to spend the...
Is it worth it?
North Carolina is in the midst of seeing one of the many prices of hate. After the state pushed through a...
Creep of the week: One Million Moms
Alert! Alert! All One Million Moms to their battle stations! A new TV show has a gay. I repeat: A new TV show has...
Judicial irony
After Republican senators announced they would unequivocally not “advise and consent” to any nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court that President Obama seeks to...
Making the business case for PA Fairness Act
While rancor and posturing drives most of today’s political discourse at both the national and state levels, those of us in the real world...
Homegrown threat
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