You must vote for Hillary
You have no choice but to vote for Hillary Clinton. Your very life depends on it. This is LGBT History Month...
Creep of the Week: Pat Robertson
Oh, Pat Robertson. He really is trying too hard to present himself as the epitome of angry and dogmatic old man determined...
Philadelphia Older LGBT Adults Project is enrolling participants
In the past couple of years, there has been a lot of talk about improving existing services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older...
Why thinking for oneself matters
Recently, CNN interviewed a nurse from South Dakota who said that some patients with Covid-19 still refuse to believe the virus is real. Even...
Stop the Chechen carnage
Some headlines in Europe have yelled “Concentration camps for LGBT people,” or “100 gays rounded up, beaten and imprisoned” or “Kidnappings of LGBT people...
Walking while transgender
This week, the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force released the first large-scale study of discrimination against...
It’s about our spouses, dummy
It’s about our spouses, dummy The last three years have been intense, the last three months more intense and the last three weeks...
Exploitation, not unity
We echoed the audible gasp in the U.S. House chambers Tuesday night when President Donald Trump announced the formation of an office to investigate...
The PGN time machine
Putting together this issue has not been unlike Michael J. Fox getting launched into the past in a DeLorean “Back to the...
Not gay enough
Last week, the sexual orientation of a candidate for the Pennsylvania state House caused an uproar, but not in the way such attacks normally...
Why care about healthcare reform?
Let’s start out with healthcare — especially since I now have new first-hand experience due to my fractured heel and surgery. The...
Not as bad as you think
Let’s state the obvious: the LGBT community of Philadelphia seems to be in disarray. Recently there have been conflicts involving Mazzoni...
A wasted photo op
If you don’t like politics, or could care less about HRC, you shouldn’t read this column. HRC came to Philadelphia this...
Creep of the Week: Michael Brown
Whenever someone begins a statement with, “I’m sorry, but … ” that’s usually a sign that 1. They are not sorry, and 2....
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...
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: Star Parker
The 2015 Values Voter Summit — an annual event where conservatives gather round to bitch about abortion, big government and gays — has come...
What the fuck
As a PGN staffer made his way into work Wednesday morning, a man on a bicycle rode by and yelled, “Trump won. Fuck...
Friends and foes in the right wing
Well, if it isn’t progress sneaking up on us. This week, several conservative pundits took some (tentative) steps toward tolerance and...
Hollywood is lagging behind
Hollywood awards season is upon us! This week we saw the Golden Globes and the release of the nominations for the Academy Awards, aka...
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