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...
The LGBT welcome mat
Pope Francis, thank you for your kind words about LGBT families and LGBT children. Last week, His Holiness said, “The Catholic...
The Duggars
I’ll admit I’ve never watched “19 and Counting,” the reality show about the Duggar family. But from what I understand, it’s...
Healthy living with HIV
As recently as the late 1980s, an HIV infection usually meant an early death. Within a few years or even a few months of...
Expanding Giving Tuesday
Each year as the holiday season ramps up, we seem to be adding more themed days: Black Friday has now bled into Black Friday...
Racism
Oh, hey guys. I was just surfing the Interwebs looking for antigay idiots I can write snarky comments about. But then I read that...
Embracing the hectic holidays
This is the holiday season but our sluggish economy doesn’t seem to be having any effect on the holiday schedule. Just...
Broadening the conversation on the Catholic family
The announcement that Pope Francis will be visiting Philadelphia next September for the World Meeting of Families is a chance for Catholics and non-Catholics...
Creep of the Week: Jase Bolger
In Michigan, where I live, it is perfectly legal to fire someone for being gay. Or for being lesbian, bisexual or transgender, for that...
Challenge to the next guv
For more than 45 years now, this columnist/activist has been involved with the political system of this state. As one of the first to...
What are you thankful for this year?
Carol: I’m thankful for all the wonderful people I work with, especially Greg. I’m also very thankful for a husband who put up with...
Transgender Day of Remembrance: The big question
Fifteen years ago, on a rainy evening in San Francisco, a group of transgender people and others met at the Castro Street MUNI station....
Jeffrey Sutton and Deborah Cook
I was driving home after picking up my son from school when I heard the news that the Sixth Circuit Court had upheld the...
A lesson from our youth
Like many people in my position, I get numerous requests for speaking engagements. Since my time is limited, I choose them carefully, especially since...
AIDS and Ebola: Fighting the silence
As Ebola virus disease (EVD) continues to spur public attention, AIDS activists have drawn important parallels between the current Ebola outbreak and the history...
Church synod LGBT slap in the face?
For the LGBT community to simply ignore what happened at the Vatican a couple of weeks ago when Pope Francis convened a synod on...
James David Manning
I think we all know that Starbucks is a little, well, gay. I mean, they sell drinks like the Gingerbread Latte, Peppermint Mocha and...
Best of the best
Last week, PGN celebrated its fourth-annual Best of LGBT Philly awards, where our readers recognized the best of the best among community leaders, nonprofits...
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...
In response to Chuck Volz’s op-ed, “The Pride Animal Farm,” Nov. 6-13, 2014:
A joint statement from the co-presidents of InterPride, Brett Hayhoe (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) and Sue Doster (New York City, NY, USA): ...
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