Charting a new course for LGBT youth
Community Academy is like any other charter school in big-city America: trying to etch out an existence for students who somehow don’t make it...
No matter the election outcome, we’re now in a culture war
It’s Tuesday afternoon as I write this, and we don’t yet know who was elected president or senator or state legislator. This election has...
We wish and resolve …
Adriana: My resolution for the year is to highlight more stories from underrepresented groups, especially transgender women of color. Don: I wish everyone to...
Your right to know
A decade or so ago, I was sitting across from a local newspaper reporter as she interviewed me about my work on the Transgender...
Time to start looking back
Philadelphia becoming the nation’s most LGBT-friendly city . .. construction on the LGBT-friendly affordable senior apartment building ahead of schedule ... the LGBT...
The Hidden Epidemic
This op-ed discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is at risk of suicide, The National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 1-800-273-8255 and is...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
As Benjamin Franklin was leaving the Constitutional Convention of 1787, somebody asked him what kind of government the U.S. was going to have. “A...
What are the holiday wishes of PGN’s staffers?
Carol: My Christmas wish for this year is that my family and friends continue to stay in good health and that everyone experiences love,...
On majorities and marriage
The California state Supreme Court’s decision this week to uphold the ballot initiative that revoked same-sex marriage was disappointing, but not totally unexpected. ...
Mayor Pete will make a great Secretary of Transportation
In my October Q & A with candidate Joe Biden, I asked whether he would put LGBT people in his cabinet. His answer was...
Steve King
I shall begin this week’s column with a limerick: There once was a Republican named Steve who was racist like you wouldn’t believe but...
ENDA’s exemption
Luckily for me, I get to write about a fun person in this column: my friend Matt Foreman, the former executive director of the...
A time to turn the tide
In the earliest days of the Remembering Our Dead project, which led to the Transgender Day of Remembrance, many of us shared a hope...
Pope Francis: Chaput to heterosexuals, no marriage?
Your Holiness: OK, I know this is the third open letter I’ve written to you, but your archbishop here in Philadelphia just is not...
Vote Hard and Vote Democrat
This is my last column before the election. To say this is the most important election of your life does not do it justice....
Creep of the Week: Bryan Fischer
Did you hear the news? It’s now OK to be a gay Boy Scout. But you still can’t be a gay Man...
Jeb Bush
Newsflash: Jeb Bush has finally weighed in on the plight of anti-gay Christian wedding vendors. In an interview with David Brody...
Getting vaccinated is an act of LGBTQ equality
There’s an extremely simple, low-risk and high-reward thing you can do to help further LGBTQ equality: get a COVID vaccine. The upside to getting...
Creep of the Week: Ray Rooney, Jr.
When it comes to heterosexuals and homosexuals, there is a glaringly obvious difference between the two. And, no, it isn’t that gay...
Gimmie Shelter
In 2016, right around this time of year, I wrote about an often-overlooked element of the United States government. While we do have a...
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