Creep of the week: Donald Trump (again!)
A recent episode of “This American Life” featured a gay teenager who was totally gay for Donald Trump. This kid’s parents were totally opposed...
Moving forward, looking back
Jason and I went to a heterosexual wedding last weekend. (I wonder if heterosexuals say, “I went to a gay wedding last weekend”?) Anyway,...
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...
What really matters
As this seemingly never-ending election season drags on, it’s becoming hard to not get wrapped up in the minutiae: Our newsfeeds are populated by...
Creep of the week: Pat McCrory
I’m tired of talking about toilets, everybody. I don’t love using public restrooms, mostly because of the ick factor and lack of total privacy....
Catholic League smoke screen
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia and other Catholic dioceses around the state are held in such disrespect by Pennsylvania citizens that it takes an out-of-state...
Pushback against the pushback
When the nation won marriage equality last year, most pundits predicted that there would be pushback. With a hotly debated social issue making such...
Creep of the week: Manny Pacquiao
Let’s pretend that it’s your job to get punched in the head over and over and over again by muscular men who train for...
Sentimental times
In less than a month, this newspaper will celebrate its 40th anniversary. That’s really something when you consider there are only two other LGBT...
Bracing for the Republican ride
Nate Silver of The New York Times’ “FiveThirtyEight” website, and the most accurate of political pundits, attempted this week to bring sanity to the...
Breaking-news balance
We here at PGN think of breaking news as a fickle friend; some weeks it trickles in at a molasses-like pace, and other weeks...
Creep of the Week: Log Cabin Republicans
As a kid, I loved Log Cabin pancake syrup. Not only that, but I thought real maple syrup was gross. Then...
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...
Letters: To mourn, or not to mourn, Justice Antonin Scalia
Editor: In February 2015, I had the unique opportunity to meet and talk with the late Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a man...
Marco Rubio
On Feb. 8, Marco Rubio was asked a very important question by New Hampshire resident Timothy Kierstead, a man who said he’d been married...
Predicting the presidential lineup
As stated in this column months ago, before Dumpty Trump made his infamous and racist remark about Muslims, we should not look at him...
The Republican SCOTUS gift
OK liberals, the Republicans, in their “wisdom,” have said they won’t consider President Obama’s nominee to replace Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court....
Creep of the week: Donald Trump
Well, Iowa is over and Donald Trump emerged victorious. That is, if what he was aiming for was second place. He lost to bag...
Letter: On Saul Ewing’s partnership with Name Change Project
Timothy Cwiek’s article about Saul Ewing’s partnership with TLDEF’s Name Change Project on Feb. 4 did an excellent job of describing that program and...
SCOTUS tantrum
The sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia left politicos on both sides of the aisle scrambling; just moments after his passing was...
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