Creep of the Week: Omar Mateen
No one on an FBI watch list should be able to easily buy a gun. No one should be allowed to buy a gun...
Making the business case for PA Fairness Act
While rancor and posturing drives most of today’s political discourse at both the national and state levels, those of us in the real world...
An unholy spirit
Last week, a local high-school teacher notified his employer he may be a bit late to work — and his honesty won him immediate...
Dogs are family, too
The last couple of months have been filled with triumphs like last week’s ceremony at the Smithsonian’s American History Museum in Washington, D.C. (see...
An open letter to the LGBTQA community on racism
I have been actively involved in, and at times considered a leader of, the Philadelphia LGBTQA community for many years. I have helped to...
Finding your own holiday spirit
By this time you’re either caught up with the holiday spirit or you’re so tired of it that you’re asking when it will end....
Entering the home stretch
We are less than 90 days away from opening the new LGBT-friendly affordable senior apartments here in Philadelphia. But don’t cheer for...
Catholic hardliners
This week, the Catholic Church announced it was accepting the resignation of Cardinal Justin Rigali and installing Charles Chaput as Philadelphia’s new Archbishop. ...
Vote for the world you want, but also the world you have
Joe Biden will change the country for the better. We know this from his work in the Senate, as Vice President, and as the...
Tackling transitions
The last few weeks have shown that the local LGBT community is one in transition, in more ways than one. ...
On excellence
“General excellence.” Upon hearing we’d won this category, my thoughts were, Just another award. Now that might sound jaded, but these days that seems...
First ally governor
Listen up, LGBT history fans. When you think of LGBT history, you likely think of San Francisco or New York City, but the truth...
Feedback: Oct. 30-Nov. 5
In response to “Advocates march on D. C., divided on Obama,” Oct. 16-22, 2009: I am a transsexual woman. I have...
This election is your Stonewall moment
You might be like most people right now who are just sitting back believing that the lead in the polls that Biden/Harris have at...
Light amid rage and ignorance
It’s 3 A.M. and the light from a crescent moon streams through my venetian blinds. In the silence of a city asleep, I flash...
Community rifts
In Philadelphia, the LGBT community isn’t always known for its harmony. There are deep rifts that date back to decades-old affronts, real...
Responsible media coverage of the LGBTQIA-plus community
When the story of Maurice “Reese” Willoughby’s apparent death by suicide broke, all outlets pushed forward the same narrative: his death came as the...
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...
Two steps forward, one step back
Progress is a slow event. This week, two openly gay judicial candidates won the Democratic nomination in Philadelphia, virtually assuring they will...
A year in the making
Would you believe it’s been over a year now since the John C. Anderson LGBT-friendly senior apartments opened to much fanfare? Well, all of...
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