The past and present of Philly Pride
Something last week that appeared in PGN was a little unusual and might actually pave a path to solving the LGBT Pride decision in...
Mongering the hate
This week, Philadelphia was visited by the hate mongers of the Topeka, Kan. -based Westboro Baptist Church, in town to protest the funeral...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
Great news, everybody! Donald Trump is not planning to rescind President Obama’s 2014 executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT people. I...
Bad breaks and missed reunions
The worse break of my life, literally. Last Saturday, we had a new air-conditioning unit installed on the office rooftop. It was...
Was Lincoln gay? Historic common sense
With the new Steven Spielberg film “Lincoln,” the debate about the late president’s sexuality is once again on the front burner. Let’s...
The Case for Free Speech
As cries of “cancel culture” regularly resound from various quarters, the importance of free speech — actual legally protected speech — has become ever...
Police violence is LGBTQ history, past and present
The modern LGBTQ civil rights movement was born out of police harassment and brutality against a group of gay men, butch lesbians and trans...
Creep of the Week: Tony Perkins
The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy who is not having gay sex. ...
Battles won, battles left to fight
I am amazed at what I’ve learned over the past few weeks about an event in which I took part — the Stonewall riots...
The pope, the Democrats and the LGBT community
So what do the pope, the Democrats and the LGBT community have in common? Stay with me on this. As...
Gavin Newsom, Elizabeth Birch (and me)
This week, President Obama officially announced (to no one’s surprise) that he was a candidate for reelection. The following day, I was...
The desperate quest to keep children ignorant
I would like to claim that I turned gay when I developed a crush on LeVar Burton while watching “Reading Rainbow” as a child....
Creep of the Week: Eric Porterfield
Eric Porterfield is blind, literally. According to his website, Blind Faith Ministries, he lost his eyesight in 2006. But Porterfield is also figuratively blind...
Creep of the Week: Alex Azar
At the time of this writing, 89,564 people have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. An uninterrupted moment of silence for each person would...
Remembrance and rage
The heat and humidity of summer in the Gayborhood has exploded into the brisk colors of fall. The celebrations and vibrancy of Pride and...
Live and learn
The litany of celebrity deaths we saw in 2016 seemed to become emblematic of a year gone bad. Despite the many...
Buy Gay in the Gayborhood
Since my last column on buying gay in the Gayborhood, we’ve dined at Bump, Vilanni, Venture Inn and More Than Just Ice Cream. ...
Kudos to Obama, Clinton
This week, the Obama administration took several steps to defend the rights of LGBT people across the globe. On Tuesday, President...
What is your holiday wish?
Don: For everyone to know peace and happiness in the coming year, and for America to just survive. Gary: My holiday...
Considering the proposed senior center
The William Way LGBT Community Center board of directors has been engaged in a committed process to conduct due diligence to consider the proposal...
TRENDING
RECENT ARTICLES
Allen Ginsberg was a political poet
Allen Ginsberg, the celebrated poet, counterculture icon, and out gay man, died 25 years ago, on April 5, 1997.
In a recent interview, the musician...
