Picking ourselves back up
It’s been quite a week for America. People dealt with the fallout of the shocking presidential election in myriad ways. Maybe...
Voter suppression
They say if you don’t vote, you can’t complain. This is actually not true. You can complain all you want. Especially if you’re someone...
Questions for the Catholic Church
Attention LGBT media, mainstream media: Don’t you think it’s time to stop asking softball questions of the leadership of the Catholic Church? Let me...
Far-right video game spreads hate
If you want to know what the far right that supports President Trump thinks of you, they want you dead. You think I’m kidding....
Creep of the Week: Andrew Shirvell
Hopefully by the time you are reading this, Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell is out of a job. Shirvell recently took...
Metcalfe’s mania
It is by no means a secret that state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe is an opponent of LGBT rights. However, his actions this week...
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...
What comes next
Resist you did, and you won, so what to do now? Here’s the LGBT roadmap: Nancy Pelosi stated that if Democrats...
40 years after first reports, myths persist about HIV/AIDS
On July 10th, 1981, PGN ran its first article about “a rare and fatal form of cancer” with 41 known cases in New York...
A great idea, but is it too late to make a real difference?
There are so many items to check off our to-do list in the movement to Equality, and sometimes we miss an idea whose time...
Creep of the Week: Terry Jones
Hey, are you pissed that President Obama has been all nice-nice with the gays lately? Then you should totally set him on fire. ...
Character, common sense
The Creep of the Week column runs next to this editorial each week, but we felt it necessary to deem our own “creeps” this...
Republican ploy for redemption
Ken Mehlman, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and co-chair of President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign, who ran what...
A restroom, a symbol
In November 2011, I found myself making a whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C., to be part of a meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office...
Creep of the Week: Dave Agema
If you go to Michigan state Rep. Dave Agema’s website, you see quotes related to Michigan’s economy. It’s pretty boilerplate Republican speak:...
What is the PGN staff grateful for?
Don: I'm thankful for the stability this year has brought to my life: my husband, my PGN family, my cats and my home. After...
You are not valid
Earlier this week, the Department of Education dealt yet another blow to trans students. Around this time last year, the Trump...
Reflections from an ‘old’ reporter
I thought I’d use this space to share with you some of the fun I had while reporting in Cuba last week, and...
Golden Globes highlight impact of queer representation
The 77th Annual Golden Globes ceremony on Jan. 5 was notable for political speeches and long-overdue recognition of women and people of color.
There were...
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...
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