PA Pride
Pennsylvania hasn’t given its progressive citizens much to be proud of as of late. Our legislature just passed a budget stripped...
Creep of the Week: Tony Perkins
And so it was that the Defense of Marriage Act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and Proposition 8 was dead in California....
LGBT images on the screen and beyond
Over a recent breakfast with Jason, our conversation took an interesting turn. He and I were discussing a nonfiction article he was...
The defeat of DOMA: Does it mean the end of marriage inequality in U.S....
On June 26, the U. S. Supreme Court held that the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, is unconstitutional. Writing for the majority,...
Turning Points
Pride Month 2013 closed with a bang last week, setting the LGBT-rights movement on a new trajectory. The fall of the...
In response to Brownworth trans series
I have been debating whether I want to step into this (regarding Victoria Brownworth’s series about African-American transgender sex workers). I have...
Back to Christopher Street
Each year when I march in the New York Gay Pride parade — and that has become somewhat rare — I always say at...
Keeping the dialogue open
Last week, PGN began a series about transgender sex workers, exploring these women’s lives, from the endemic discrimination they have faced to the physical...
More than marriage
The U. S. Supreme Court will likely issue its landmark ruling on state and federal bans on same-sex marriage in the coming days...
Creep of the Week: Robert R. Reilly
It always comes back to the children. It doesn’t matter how or where the conversation starts: If homosexuality is involved, someone who...
Reaching the places equality hasn’t
The Supreme Court will be ruling on marriage equality in the next few days. Whatever the outcome — and it would surprise...
The sad state of Pennsylvania
To the editor: I couldn’t help but notice all over my social media recently the excitement about the possibility of Illinois becoming the...
The universality of tragedy
Local and national headlines were dominated in the last week by news of the deadly building collapse at 22nd and Market streets, which killed...
Creep of the Week: Setting Captives Free
There’s an app for that. It doesn’t even matter what “that” is, because there’s an app for everything. You want the photos...
Pride, ‘80s style
The motto of my first Pride parade was “Unity and More in ’84. ” If you think this is ancient history, I can...
Letters and Feedback
In response to “SEPTA to drop gender markers next month,” June 7-13: I am writing in response to Angela Thomas’ excellent story about...
The Need for Pride
With the dramatically building support for LGBT issues in the past few years, some community members have questioned the necessity of Pride celebrations, promulgating...
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...
Remembering Pride’s roots
June is Gay Pride Month. What does that mean to you? When first conceived, it was a celebration of the first anniversary...
Are you a ‘good witch’ or a ‘bad’ one?
This question is most familiar. It was asked of Dorothy as she tried to find her way out of Oz. At Gay...
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