My road to Stonewall
I’ve already started what I’m calling my “Stonewall 50 Tour,” which includes more than 20 speaking gigs, interviews, exhibit openings, parades and conferences. It...
Progress of Pride
Last Sunday was Pride in New York City and, of course for me, it is always a special day regardless if I’m there or...
Accountability Matters
James Baldwin said, “I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.”
I have thought a lot about that quote from the...
Creep of the Week: Right Wing Conservatives
Hip, hip, hooray! The U.S. House passed The Equality Act! We’re all equal now! There’s no more hate, no more homophobia, no more Marjorie...
Is Pennsylvania the next Alabama?
This week, a wake up message was delivered to our community. Anti-trans legislation passed the State House of Representatives. Now the bill heads to...
Creep of the Week: David Usher
Marriage between same-sex couples has, to say the least, become a complicated social issue. Mind you, it shouldn’t be complicated. But it’s...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
The Supreme Court ruled that LGBTQ workers are protected under federal employment discrimination law. This is huge. In another world we’d be celebrating this...
August ‘Follies’
It’s August and you and I both don’t need to get into any detailed discussions about anything of substance. After all, do...
Taking umbrage with abuse coverage, Pink Penny
Editor: I have a couple of questions about the April 3-9 edition of PGN: What exactly was “gay” about the...
Creep of the Week: Bryan Fischer
You don’t have to be a World War II history buff to know how terrible the Holocaust was for homosexuals. Especially since...
Defending Lyrics
Dear Editor: My name is Angie St. John Lamour (aka Howard Stegemann Jr.). I have been the hostess at Club Lyrics...
Lessons from COVID-19
More than anything, COVID-19 is exposing societal problems that legislators have not solved. In 2020, we still have a large homeless population that is...
Creep of the Week: Jeremy Walters
Dear Internet Citizens: Facebook is not private. I don’t care how many privacy-setting loops you jump through. The more “friends” you have,...
Truth telling
Coming out is a highly personal process. As the community celebrates National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, as well as LGBT...
The Republican SCOTUS gift
OK liberals, the Republicans, in their “wisdom,” have said they won’t consider President Obama’s nominee to replace Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court....
Symbols and words matter
In defending the Confederate flag flying on public property in South Carolina, political pundit Sara Fagen said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week with George...
Where is my equality?
Like many queer Americans, I cried when the New York vote on marriage equality came in late Friday night. I spent years...
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...
On QFest and Tribeca
The recent news that Philadelphia’s QFest, arguably the highlight of my moviegoing summer, has been postponed has me crestfallen. For almost 20...
Holy news Batman!
Just when you think there might be a lull in LGBT news — bam! — breaking news all over the place. This...
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