Let the gay season commence…
Starting this weekend, there are about a million LGBT events in the city. OK, that’s an exaggeration, but it really does seem...
Maximizing on the Bowl
This weekend, the greatest confluence of the professional sports world and American commercialism — the Super Bowl — will return, presenting myriad opportunities for...
What is your holiday wish?
Don: For everyone to know peace and happiness in the coming year, and for America to just survive. Gary: My holiday...
Giving thanks to vaccine volunteers
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the HIV epidemic. Many advances in HIV therapy have been made over this time, and...
Pat Robertson
Sound the alarms, everybody! Crazy old televangelist Pat Robertson has gone and exposed the deep, dark secret of lesbian and gay people, and there’s...
Mat Staver
Like many a homo, I am anxiously awaiting the Supreme Court’s ruling on whether or not my marriage is allowed by law or a...
Punishing gay youth
A study published last week in the January edition of Pediatrics found that lesbian, gay and bisexual youth are 40 percent more likely to...
Best of the best
Last week, PGN celebrated its fourth-annual Best of LGBT Philly awards, where our readers recognized the best of the best among community leaders, nonprofits...
Give Mazzoni Center’s new CEO a chance
This week, Mazzoni Center announced Lydia Gonzalez Sciarrino as its new CEO. With Mazzoni Center’s annual budget of $16.5 million and...
Creep of the Week: Stacey Campfield
Ah, yes. The joys of sex education. I think all of us have fond memories of that day in fifth or sixth...
Making the holidays gay
Thanks to the holidays, there’s a new way to look at climate change — which may make you scratch your head for a moment....
Letter and Feedback: Aug. 14-20
In response to “‘Lack of fiscal responsibility’ prompts Equality Forum board resignations,” Aug. 7-13: This is clearly a case of...
Romney, really?
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked up a number of endorsements in recent weeks that have started a buzz — including from celebs...
The politics of marriage equality
The primary election is now history, but history was made for marriage equality on more than one front. And I wonder how...
Michigan’s Republican state senators
Everyone knows that bullying is wrong. It is awful to be bullied and a person who is a bully isn’t exactly a...
Creep of the Week: Ryan Anderson
Now that the rainbow dust is starting to settle after all the big gay parades celebrating the Supreme Court decision, we can finally get...
Separate but equal
At the beginning of last week, same-sex couples in Pennsylvania had next to nothing in terms of rights: They couldn’t file taxes jointly, they...
Linda Harvey
I was in 10th grade when Bill Clinton was running for president. One day during French class, somebody made a comment about how they...
Creep of the Week: Gov. Rick Snyder
I’m in a rather shitty Embassy Suites in San Diego using $12 wifi and typing this on my iPad. Why, you ask?...
Challenge to the next guv
For more than 45 years now, this columnist/activist has been involved with the political system of this state. As one of the first to...



















