The dual nature of Pride month
Pride month is a lot of things to a lot of people. It’s a time for joy and for pride at how far we’ve...
Cuba, where LGBTQ means lesbians, gays, bi, trans, questioning: repression or openness?
As I was standing in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba, looking at the giant silhouette of Che Guevara, I smiled, recalling the Che...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump (surprise!)
Houston’s under water right now, but don’t worry, Donald Trump is feverishly working to ferret out transgender service members. I’m going...
Letters and Feedback: Aug. 15-21, 2014
Editor: Hamas is no friend of LGBT people. The group’s co-founder called us “perverts,” etc. (For that matter, the Saudi and Egyptian dictatorships, both...
Your words, and mine
This is the last column of the summer, and I’ve done something that I do every so often — asked my Facebook friends what...
Perhaps an Island of Misfit Gays is the answer
PGN has traditionally focused its coverage on local news, leaving the more national and international reaching stories to other newspapers. Sometimes, however, there are...
Candidate contenders emerging
Listen up (or, in this case, read on). There’s some interesting backstage politics going on in Philly and Montgomery County that...
Creep of the Week: Cardinal Timothy Dolan
What’s more powerful, Hollywood and Washington, D. C., or God? If you don’t believe in God, that’s easy: Hollywood and D.C.,...
Fairness Act long overdue
This week, PGN covered the story of Gov. Tom Wolf and allies calling for the state legislature to vote on the Fairness Act, which...
Sean Hannity
By now you’ve heard of Adrian Peterson, the professional footballer charged with child abuse. The case has ignited a national debate about spanking and...
An open letter to N.J. Gov. Corzine
Dear Gov. Corzine: I hope you don’t mind me writing to you at a sensitive time when you’re dealing with your...
A clear-cut case
A federal judge has ruled against a Catholic agency that refuses to accept LGBT couples as foster parents. The city announced in May that...
Endorsements
The LGBTQ community has a wealth of out candidates and allied incumbents running for office. We at PGN do not endorse based solely on...
What can HIV/AIDS teach us about COVID-19?
Us columnists often want to write about the issues that our readers find of interest. To do that, I take to my FaceBook page...
The anti-LGBTQ-plus legislation to watch this fall
PGN has covered various court cases this year that mention the Civil Rights Act and whether it covers LGBTQ individuals. Most recently has been...
Policy progress
For the first time ever, the Philadelphia Police Department has adopted a policy regarding treatment of those who identify as transgender. ...
Making a real American change
Everyone in Philadelphia is as proud as peacocks with the Eagles’ win in the Super Bowl. Even President Donald Trump posted a congratulatory tweet....
Advocating for the first out generation
I was considering giving my views on the race for governor of Pennsylvania in this week’s column, but as you’ve noted by this edition...
Making it better
News came this week that a transgender teen took his own life in a Philadelphia suburb, a tragedy that illustrates the wealth of work...
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