Ending the neglect
Last month, a study from the Foundation for AIDS Research, entitled “Trans Populations and HIV: Time to End the Neglect,” detailed the overwhelming health...
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...
Your lack of LGBT history and research
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Awarding the search for justice
PGN learned this week that our longtime reporter Tim Cwiek was awarded a prestigious national award for his investigative reporting on the unsolved homicide...
Creep of the Week: Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant
If you live in a state where something shitty is happening, you always have the reassurance that, hey, at least you don’t live in...
Why you should watch ‘Glee’ again
A few years ago, Fox Broadcasting Company came up with a brilliant idea to bring the musical show back to the TV format, with...
Building a trans-affirming mental-health program
In the last 10 years, feminist and women’s spaces have grappled with how their histories and missions connect with transgender communities and how they...
On QFest and Tribeca
The recent news that Philadelphia’s QFest, arguably the highlight of my moviegoing summer, has been postponed has me crestfallen. For almost 20...
Equality across the board
This past Tuesday marked Equal Pay Day — where people in all corners of the nation called for equality in the workplace for women....
Creep of the Week: Hobby Lobby
It’s really amazing that in 2014 Americans are still fighting over birth control. As in whether or not contraception makes Jesus cry,...
Decades removed, but not everywhere
There is not a week that goes by where I do not get requests for interviews or speaking engagements or to be a part...
An open letter to the LGBT community from Philly Pride Presents
Philly Pride, the gay Pride organization for Greater Philadelphia, is pleased to bring our community its two biggest events: OutFest in October and PrideDay...
Creep of the Week: Bill Schuette
In 2004 when voters passed the so-called Michigan Marriage Amendment, I had been “married” for a little over a year. My wife...
Equality on the spot
Nobody likes a pop quiz. The phrase alone may hearken some back to the sweaty palms and craning necks of middle school,...
A formula for print-media success
Over the last few years, we have all read about the perils of print media, or “old media” as some like to call it,...
Fighting back against crime
There have been a number of headlines in the past few weeks that have suggested an uptick in violent crimes in the Gayborhood. ...
Creep of the Week: Franklin Graham
There are a lot of things about the right-wing universe that don’t make a lot of sense to me. The fanatical obsession...
Pitch for Philly
Let’s chat about the 2016 Democratic National Convention. I know I had made a promise to myself not to get involved with...
Violence in Center City is not on the rise
On March 20, a stabbing involving a bartender and an off-duty police officer occurred outside the Venture Inn, a downtown watering hole that I...
How the gay blood ban affects cancer patients
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