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...
Randy Thomasson
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and these are desperate times for antigay “marriage defenders” like Randy Thomasson of Save California, an organization dedicated...
The real battle for LGBT equality
Listen up, LGBT America. Tuesday’s election showed a sharp contrast in LGBT rights across the country — but also illustrated how we can win...
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...
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...
Unemployed? Volunteer!
Next week’s column is one of those columns that will write itself. It will be the column celebrating our 35th anniversary. I’m...
From Cuba, with love
When you read this column, I should be in Havana, Cuba, writing about the changes in how Cuba deals with its LGBT community. I...
Is North Korea gay-friendly?
With the North Korea situation being in front of the news, the answer to that question is simple: No. But it gives us an...
LGBT path to Council
The first two hurdles for the two out LGBT candidates for City Council have now been cleared. First was filing their...
LGBT leaders do not want your parents
For most of you, the reactions you got when you came out to your parents and the statements they subsequently made would — if...
Getting the story straight
It has been an incredible few weeks. I could use this column to tell you about the recent chat I had with...
Creep of the Week: Anyone blaming Hurricane Sandy on gays
Gays should have seen it coming, frankly. It was only a matter of time before it happened. I’m not talking about the...
A Congressional fail for violence victims
While news reports in the past few weeks counted down the hours until the country plunged over the fiscal cliff, there was another less...
Don’t let Toomey slide
The U.S. Senate this week confirmed Betsy DeVos as our next Secretary of Education. DeVos has been arguably the cabinet pick...
Creep of the Week: Cindy Jacobs
Thanks to Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist thugs, everybody knows that God hates fags. But you know what else God hates?...
From paper to practice
Who would have thought that a broken arm would lead anyone to appreciate marriage equality? About a month ago, my partner...
The right direction on a long path for seniors
Like most LGBT people, you may not think regularly about our seniors and their needs. Did you ever note how few of...
Shots fired
Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order Monday establishing the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs, comprised of 40 unpaid leaders and allies from around...
Lazy Labor Day column
This is the week that most columnists dread, since most of you are on vacation squeezing out the last bit of summer. So we...
Time to take stock of our health
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