Letters and Feedback
Once again, Philadelphia has come out on top of the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index, which is especially appropriate in light of the...
A thankful staff
Angela: I am thankful for having a fun and crazy-cool job that affords me to live in an apartment filled with cats and amazing...
Creep of the Week: Thomas John Paprocki
What a wonderful day for an exorcism! On Nov. 20 in Springfield, Ill., Gov. Pat Quinn signed the bill to legalize...
Thankful for you
This is, by far, my least favorite column of the year to write. Here’s why. My editor will always remind me...
Rainbow Flag Day
During the government shutdown this fall, my partner, Traci, and I found ourselves in Philadelphia with a handful of useless tickets to the important...
Learning from our headlines
As Thanksgiving approaches, many of us may be asked to answer the ubiquitous “What are you thankful for?” question before we dive into our...
Creep of the Week: Laurie Higgins
Hooray for Illinois and Hawaii, the latest states to allow gays and lesbians to get legally married. As People for the American...
The dark early days of AIDS
Watching “The Dallas Buyers Club” on the big screen this past week, the new film about the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, had...
The end of the slippery slope
I’ve heard some variation of this kind of argument more times than I can count: “If we let gays marry, next we’ll have to...
Creep of the Week: The Moscow city government
As you probably already know, Russia is not exactly a paradise for LGBT people. Even talking about being gay is a crime...
Presidential politics in Philly
On Thursday, Philadelphia played host to our nation’s leader — and to a man who many surmise aspires to be our nation’s next leader....
Entering the home stretch
We are less than 90 days away from opening the new LGBT-friendly affordable senior apartments here in Philadelphia. But don’t cheer for...
Talking and Walking
This week, PGN’s offices were visited by two California men who are walking cross-country to raise awareness about bullying. The logistics of...
Creep of the Week: Bryan Fischer
It’s a dark day for gay and bi-curious men. Well, at least for all the gay and bi-curious men who were hoping...
Channeling Stalin
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but life is getting pretty damn scary for gays and lesbians in Russia. Russian President Vladimir...
Letters and Feedback
To the editor: I believe I live in the greatest country in the world. At its core, the American Dream...
Edging forward on ENDA
The U. S. Senate is expected to bring the Employment Nondiscrimination Act to the floor for a vote before Thanksgiving, setting up what...
Creep of the Week: Kevin Swanson
Creep of the Week: Kevin Swanson I was just reading about a middle-school student who shot and killed his math teacher in...
The marriage-equality elephant in the room
At the dinner party for the wedding of friends who became the first same-sex couple in their New Jersey county to legally wed last...
Regulating conversion therapy at the municipal level
Recently, there has been a flurry of legislative activity pertaining to conversion therapy, a controversial practice that attempts to eliminate an individual’s sexual desire...
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