Stirring the local political pot
For my readers nationwide, this may not be of interest to you since it’s a local political story. On the other hand,...
Straightening up at the Boy Scouts of America
Sometime in the 1920s, my grandfather became the then-youngest Boy Scout to obtain the top rank of Eagle Scout. When he died,...
On getting gay-married
As the editor and a former staff writer at PGN, I have been writing about marriage equality for five-and-a-half years. From the...
LGBT media, and its best
I was going to recount last week’s schedule and try to express the many steps it takes to get a project completed, and illustrate...
Creep of the Week: Louie Gohmert
There are few topics that raise the collective temperatures of Americans on all sides as much as gun control and gay marriage. ...
Santorum’s marriage musings
Rick Santorum just doesn’t know when to stop. The former senator from Pennsylvania was voted out of office several years ago,...
Creep of the Week: Dave Agema
Facebook’s ever-changing privacy settings can be confusing, but you might want to click the “Only Me” setting if you’re about to post something completely...
LGBT history, from burlesque to drag
The coming-of-age of gay society is in full view on Broadway in two different shows — a block-and-a-half away from each other, but nearly...
Letters
I was surprised to read the letter in the April 4 PGN in reference to the Creating Safe and Welcoming Schools Conference at Arcadia...
Out of bounds
Rutgers University is in the market for a new basketball coach. On Wednesday morning, the New Jersey university announced that it...
Creep of the Week: Sandy Rios
If there’s one thing kids in America hear too often, it’s how totally cool and fantastic homosexuality is. Once upon a time,...
The godfather of LGBT marriage equality
Everyone is predicting how the U. S. Supreme Court will rule on marriage equality. Let me give you my prediction. We already...
Waiting for history
As the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act, I’ve heard the following a lot: “Do you...
Social media goes red
As the nation becomes increasingly more reliant on social media, critics have contended that sites such as Facebook are numbing our society’s interpersonal skills...
Creep of the Week: Andrea Lafferty
As you may have heard, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has come out of the closet. Not as gay, but as the father...
Candidate contenders emerging
Listen up (or, in this case, read on). There’s some interesting backstage politics going on in Philly and Montgomery County that...
Letters and Feedback
I wanted to make a quick note in reference to the article about the conference at Arcadia University (“Arcadia to host safe-schools discussion,” March...
Sick leave an LGBT cause
Philadelphia City Council last week approved legislation to guarantee paid sick leave to most Philadelphia workers — but its future is anything but certain....
Creep of the Week—Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II has no direct impact on my life. I’m not one of her “subjects,” nor do I follow the obsessive...
Shapp’s granddaughter
If you’ve read this column long enough, you know that the author, yours truly, doesn’t shock easily. But, when I do, it’s...
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