A happy homecoming
Last October, New Jersey legalized same-sex marriage. This milestone came on top of the already-in-place New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, which prohibits...
Letter to me, age 14
If I could share some accumulated wisdom with my younger self, it would sound about like this. Dear Abby, As...
New Beginnings
With the New Year upon us, we are in the most opportune place to look both backward and forward — to use the lessons...
Creep of the Year: Tony Perkins
As 2013 draws to a close, it seems like all anybody wants to talk about is ducks. Well, let me tell you,...
Predicting positivity
For the last two years, I’ve predicted in this very spot on this very week that the next year would be a good one...
My wish for 2014
My partner and I recently had the privilege of spending a few days in Big Sur, the jewel of the California coast. ...
What is your New Year’s resolution?
Angela: I am trying a new thing this year, and that is to not make New Year’s resolutions but just to live life to...
Creep of the Week: Dave Agema
Have you heard the news? American Airlines gives away free health insurance! Now, I know what you’re thinking: This sounds too good to be...
All is calm or bright
As I was writing a column about seniors and LGBT poverty, Kevin Jennings, a longtime gay activist and friend, wrote me the following: “The...
Transmissions: Standing out in a very trans year
The weather has once again turned cold, and the television hawks Clappers and Chia Pets. Soon the barrage of weight-loss and self-improvement...
What is your holiday wish?
Angela: My holiday wish is that everyone is happy — no matter where they are in life or what they are doing — that...
Creep of the week: Les Kinsolving
One of the antigay right’s favorite arguments is that the gays are actually the intolerant ones. It’s a pretty laughable premise, actually....
Letters and Feedback
In October, gay marriage was legalized in New Jersey through Supreme Court Judge Mary Jacobson, who ruled “the ineligibility of same-sex couples for federal...
An unholy spirit
Last week, a local high-school teacher notified his employer he may be a bit late to work — and his honesty won him immediate...
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.,...
Elevated success
This week, a milestone in LGBT history was reached, and if my pride comes off the page at you, please forgive me but it’s...
Letters and Feedback
If we are to end AIDS in Philadelphia, we need accountability from those charged with leading the efforts. In Philadelphia, a bulk...
Confronting Crime
Philadelphia’s Gayborhood was plagued by two high-profile crimes last month in almost the same spot — the rape of a woman who was living...
Creep of the Week: Robert Ritchie
It was only a matter of time before someone made the connection between the fact that Illinois now recognizes marriage equality and the fact...
Above party politics
If you’ve read “PA’s first out lawmaker, one year later” on the front page of this paper, there are two points that should jump...
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