Creep of the Week: Rick Snyder
Fact: Michigan’s Republicans, who are literally in charge of every branch of state government, do not give a shit about kids. In case that...
Steve King
I don’t believe in God. But I have a good-enough handle on his discography to know that “Heaven” is one of his greatest hits...
Instead of Human Rights Campaign, let’s focus on local and statewide LGBTQ organizations
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If Carroll can’t get justice, how can we?
Like millions of American women, I’ve been reading E. Jean Carroll for decades. Witty, incisive, uncompromising and very, very smart, her work has appeared...
That time when the now-D.A. defended the activist
You know that old expression, A picture is worth a thousand words? Well, what about, A picture is worth an incredible memory and a...
Ditching Dolce & Gabbana
Gay fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana drew ire from all directions last week with derogatory comments about LGBT families and in-vitro fertilization....
Historians need to step up to the plate
Was President Lincoln a gay man? Were President Buchanan and Francis King partners? Can we prove that lesbians and trans people fought in the...
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...
Creep of the Week—Mat Staver
Poet Langston Hughes. Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky. Civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin. Mathematician and “Father of Computer Science” Alan Turing. Writer and journalist...
Time to start looking back
An easy way for a columnist to get a column out quickly is to do an update on previous columns. Allow me...
Focusing our efforts for progress
Did the summer just end? It certainly did, and the fall political season, as expected, began right on time, the day after Labor Day....
When Coming Out Is a Death Sentence
October 11 was National Coming Out Day. It’s a day when LGBTQ people reach out on social media to support others coming out with...
Wives, husbands and equality in the Keystone State
As marriage-equality litigation makes its way through the courts in the Keystone State, for LGBT couples who want to marry, I can forewarn you...
Pursuing equality abroad
This week, the United Nations Human Rights Council issued a statement titled “Ending Acts of Violence and Related Human Rights Violations Based on Sexual...
National Night Out highlights Philly gun violence
It’s been another week of mass shootings in America. The killings in El Paso and Dayton have left 32 dead and 57 wounded, many...
Corporate, state and societal responsibility
Corporate, state and societal responsibility Last week, a transgender woman was beaten by two teenagers in a McDonald’s in Baltimore County, Md. ...
Politics, bits and pieces
President Obama, you nailed it. From operation to burial, a perfectly thought-out plan. Did anyone notice that this administration did not issue...
PA’s gay Republican? A good thing
A Republican Christian right-of-center state representative from a conservative Pennsylvania district has come out — and some in our community have reacted like the...
Number 19
Wow. Let’s all just take a breather ... And go. On May 20, 2014, Pennsylvania became the 19th state...
Ducking transgender athletes
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