Creep of the Week: Peter LaBarbera
I do not watch The Disney Channel. Mind you, this is not any kind of elitist pronouncement. It’s just that I’m more...
The price of practicality
This past week saw a highly publicized move by the Department of Justice to treat same-sex married couples equal to heterosexual couples. ...
Snow-stopper
This winter just isn’t letting up. Seemingly every few days, the Philly area gets hit with another snowy, slushy mess, shuttering...
Creep of the Week: Todd Starnes
I did not watch the “56th Annual Grammy Awards. ” For one thing, I don’t give a shit. For another thing, I’m too...
Discrimination’s due
A new study conducted by Ann P. Haas and Philip L. Rodgers of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Jody L....
Letters and Feedback
In response to “Hoping for dialogue in Circle of Hope,” Jan. 31-Feb. 6 As a former Circle-of-Hoper, who only left...
By youth, for youth
This week, PGN marks its first-ever supplement written specifically for and by LGBT and ally youth, an exciting development that aims to show our...
Creep of the Week: Council Nedd II
It is Martin Luther King Jr. Day as I write this, which means that people on the Interwebs are debating about whether...
Irene’s story
Let me introduce you to Irene Benedetti: a short, slim, soft-spoken woman who hails from South Philly, but could be from any Italian neighborhood...
Hoping for dialogue in Circle of Hope
On Dec. 4, an article appeared in City Paper about my friend Andy Stahler and how he was thrown out of a...
Days of our lives
This week, PGN is launching a new monthly feature entitled “Day in the Life Of,” tracing the personal and professional stories of some local...
Creep of the Week: Chris Christie
We can all sleep easier now knowing that it is still a huge pain in the ass for transgender people in New Jersey to...
Should Councilman Green’s seat be an LGBT seat?
Gov. Tom Corbett has nominated Philadelphia City Councilman-at-Large Bill Green to head the School Reform Commission, which seems to be a somewhat-controversial decision. ...
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...
Bridges and bullies
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s name has been in the press a lot lately — and the “any press is good press”...
Creep of the Week: Janet Porter
“Duck Dynasty” is a gift that keeps on giving for the antigay right. In case you’re like me and don’t care about...
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...
Letters and Feedback
Editor: I just read the article with the new police policies towards trans people in the city. I am at...
Policy progress
For the first time ever, the Philadelphia Police Department has adopted a policy regarding treatment of those who identify as transgender. ...
Creep of the Week: Peter LaBarbera
On New Year’s Day, two guys married on a float in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. How nice for them. And...
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