Creep of the Week: Vladimir Putin
Want to be horrified? Do a Google image search for “antigay attacks in Russia. ” Scroll through the photos of gays, lesbians and...
Women on the bench
Last week, the Senate voted to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, making her the third woman ever to...
You asked, I answered
This week’s column is (mostly) not about Donald Trump. Instead, as I do from time to time, I asked my Facebook friends to suggest...
Marching into the future
Regardless of the final outcome of the mid-term elections, the administration has made it clear that they wish to erase transgender people from all...
Letters and Feedback
To the Editor: We can’t miss this opportunity. For more than 30 years, federal legislation to end legal discrimination against...
Finding, keeping and not worrying about love this V-Day
More so than other holidays, Valentine’s Day can be a difficult time for some. For those who are unintentionally single, unhappy in...
Goo-goo over Gaga
This week, Lady Gaga has garnered plenty of media and public attention, both nationally and in Philadelphia. At Sunday’s MTV Video...
Scouts: Time is taxpayers’ money
For over 25 years, the Boy Scouts of America Cradle of Liberty Council has been in violation of the city’s fair-practices ordinance barring discrimination...
An activist’s memory lane
In recent months, it has occurred to me that a little research on my past was in order for a project that has occupied...
Off to the races
Now that 2015 is in full swing, so too is campaign season — and it’s shaping up to be a busy one. ...
A 40-year PGN journey
Last Friday I attended a meeting of the National Gay Media Association, an organization of the publishers of the LGBT legacy publications. At one...
Creep of the Week: Kevin Swanson
The last time I was snacking on some Teddy Grahams, I thought to myself, These little bears sure are cute. Hey, the...
Shut up, Pope, part II
Pope Benedict XVI just happens to be one of my favorite people. After all, thanks to a column I wrote about him...
Big changes in local nightlife/bar scene
Let’s skip politics for a week: After all, aren’t we all tired of the state-by-state marriage road show? Here’s the scoop on changes...
Youthful optimism
First, let me say what this column is not about. One of my closeted friends who has been totally outraged by...
Creep of the Week: Sandy Rios
If there’s one thing kids in America hear too often, it’s how totally cool and fantastic homosexuality is. Once upon a time,...
Don’t wait, do tell
On Tuesday, U. S. District Judge Virginia Phillips denied the government’s request for a stay on her ruling overturning the military’s ban on...
Political immunity
We live in an age where news that the president’s son communicated directly with what has been deemed a hostile foreign intelligence agency is...
Blame the dead pope?
Pope Benedict XVI blames Pope John Paul II for the cover-up of abusive priests. At least that was one of just four...
Bridging the digital divide
Regular readers of this column already know that, earlier this year, Comcast Corp. created a Joint Diversity Council after it merged and...
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