No winners here
The trial is done, the verdict has been decided and the sentencing issued. While many LGBTs heralded the news that convicted gay basher Kathryn...
Creep of the week: Louie Gohmert
I think Trent Reznor/Nine Inch Nails said it best: “Bow down before the one you serve. You’re going to get what you deserve.” ...
‘Queer’: Word du jour?
There seems to be yet another controversy in our community this week. The issue du jour is over HuffPost changing its dedicated LGBT site’s...
Appreciating the chaos
PGN is in the throes of planning for our 40th-anniversary issue (coming your way April 8!). Putting together an edition...
Creep of the week: Liberty Ridge Farm
While I’ve never been there in person, Liberty Ridge Farm looks like a beautiful place according to the photos on its website. Lush green...
Iowa: What it means
Finally, the Iowa caucuses have come and gone and with them come the pundits and candidates with their spin. But what about the LGBT...
Think before you speak
There are many reasons New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wouldn’t make a good president: his approach to education, that pesky “Bridgegate” scandal, his less-than-stellar...
Creep of the week: Ben Carson (again!)
Whether you call them “special rights” or “extra rights,” it has long been the argument of the anti-gayers that what LGBT people want goes...
Calling out insensitive, anti-Semitic protest
When I was a boy of 13, my grandmother took me to my first civil-rights demonstration to teach me about racism and social justice....
Creep of the Week Jan. 22: Kevin Swanson
You guys … I have good news: Kevin Swanson doesn’t want to murder all of us in the name of Jesus. And by “us,”...
Demanding diversity
Hollywood’s biggest night is under fire — and it’s long overdue. A photo collage of the 20 actors who received Academy...
LGBT history: It’s not what you’ve been told
Very simply, there are many LGBT people out there trying to revise LGBT history. Most have either a financial stake or...
An anniversary invite
This month, Philadelphia Gay News is beginning a yearlong celebration of a major milestone: 40 years in publication. The first...
Creep of the Week: Matt Bevin
Kentucky sure knows how to pick ’em, don’t they? Gov. Matt Bevin (Tea Partier and Kim Davis’ BFF) was sworn in on Dec. 9,...
An endearing – and empowering – email
I’ve often shared emails I receive with you, and one that came in last week remarkably represents how far we have traveled on that...
Creep of the Week: Ben Carson, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz
Making sure that gays and lesbians were never afforded legally recognized marriages was the focus for the antigay right for so long. So many...
Thank you, Mummers
This may sound odd coming from an LGBT publication, but we’re glad that Finnegan’s Brigade mocked Caitlyn Jenner in last week’s Mummers Parade. ...
40 years strong
This is a very special week here at PGN. On Jan. 3, we marked the 40th anniversary of the first issue...
Our community’s outrage over Knott, Harrigan and Williams: what the outcomes we might desire...
The crimes committed against Zachary Hesse and Andrew Haught on Sept. 11, 2014, were heinous. As a community, we have the right to be...
Creep of the week: Marco Rubio (again!)
There is a certain bench that presidential contenders long to fill. It’s the Holy Grail of appointments: the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
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