This is unacceptable
This week, one story preempted the news cycle in Philadelphia, permeating into the national media: the Penn State sex-abuse scandal. Last...
Keeping the dialogue open
Last week, PGN began a series about transgender sex workers, exploring these women’s lives, from the endemic discrimination they have faced to the physical...
New year, new look
In 2011, PGN is poised to celebrate its 35th year. With this anniversary, we are updating our look — hopefully, you noticed...
A happy homecoming
Last October, New Jersey legalized same-sex marriage. This milestone came on top of the already-in-place New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, which prohibits...
Ending the bullying
Over the past few months, school bullying — and its sometimes-dire consequences — has garnered media and national attention. This week,...
Movement on ENDA
There was big news on the Employment Nondiscrimination Act this week — the legislation lost a slew of big-name LGBT supporters. While,...
The new pandemic
LGBTQ people have been here before — the early days of a pandemic. The first cases. Then more and more. Who will get it?...
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...
Creep of the Week: Jesse Lee Peterson
When racist white people who lurk on World Net Daily claim they have black friends, they’re probably referring to Jesse Lee Peterson, a black...
Creep of the Week: Alex Azar
It was only months ago when the Log Cabin Republicans announced that they were endorsing Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection bid in a Washington Post...
Sibling rivalry
Republican Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett dug himself deeper into the trenches of bigotry last week. In an interview with Harrisburg’s CBS...
The Lines Blur
Caster Semenya is a South African middle-distance runner. She took home Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016 and has won the world championships three...
Ignorance is not bliss
With legislative, judicial and public-opinion victories this year, the LGBT community in our country appears to be at an unprecedented crescendo. But our wins...
History returns to Independence Hall
Something happened a few weeks ago that literally made me stop and take note of how far we have come in our struggle for...
Jeb Bush
Newsflash: Jeb Bush has finally weighed in on the plight of anti-gay Christian wedding vendors. In an interview with David Brody...
Becoming our better angels
The former guy has sent Twitter troll Ric Grenell of Log Cabin Republicans as his “envoy ambassador” to Kosovo. This appears to violate the...
The blame game
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia found itself at the center of another LGBT-focused public dustup this week — and again redirected the blame. ...
Creep – Ryan T. Anderson
The U.S. government is locking children in cages and refusing to give them soap or toothpaste, but for some folks, the most pressing issue...
Benefits of GSAs
In a new study this week, researchers found that gay-straight alliances had a positive effect on the mental health and well-being of LGBT youth...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
The Supreme Court ruled that LGBTQ workers are protected under federal employment discrimination law. This is huge. In another world we’d be celebrating this...
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