When Coming Out Is a Death Sentence
October 11 was National Coming Out Day. It’s a day when LGBTQ people reach out on social media to support others coming out with...
We’re here, we’re queer, we count in the 2020 Census!
Contributions by:
● Greg DeShields, Chair Philly Count LGBTQ+ Sub-Committee
● David Bielenberg, Executive Director Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus
● Zach Wilcha, Executive Director Independence Business Alliance
As...
Tennessee, or why we need ENDA
This week, the governor of Tennessee signed into law a bill barring municipalities from passing local nondiscrimination measures that supercede state law. ...
What are the New Year’s resolutions of PGN’s staffers?
Carol: To spend more time with my family, especially with my son and daughter-in-law, and to help those who are less fortunate. ...
Why black gays should support marriage equality
The subject of marriage equality is not a popular one in the black LGBT/same-gender loving community. Often, black gays who oppose marriage...
Time to start looking back
An easy way for a columnist to get a column out quickly is to do an update on previous columns. Allow me...
The question of Jussie Smollett
Jussie Smollett of the TV show “Empire” has recently been in the media and it’s not a pretty story. The short of it: One...
An Obama DADT apologist?
When this columnist interviewed presidential candidate Barack Obama in September 2008, he promised to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the discriminatory military ban on...
You asked, I answered
This week’s column is (mostly) not about Donald Trump. Instead, as I do from time to time, I asked my Facebook friends to suggest...
Four down, 46 to go
In the past week, gay and lesbians have gained the right to marry in the states of Vermont and Iowa. That’s...
When will Pennsylvania pass LGBTQ nondiscrimination legislation?
Last week, Virginia became the first state in the South to pass a law protecting LGBTQ folks from discrimination. While Philadelphia has a nondiscrimination...
Philadelphia Older LGBT Adults Project is enrolling participants
In the past couple of years, there has been a lot of talk about improving existing services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older...
Elections and whom to support
Once upon a time, the LGBT community had no LGBT choices in politics, only LGBT-friendly candidates, who weren’t LGBT themselves, to endorse. And, once...
Creep of the Week: Dr. Robi Ludwig
Another day, another terrible thing happening in this world — and another person trying to pin it on the gays. Piece-of-shit...
Creep of the Week: Samaritan’s Purse
Hospitals are for sick people. They are places of healing. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic tales of those on the front lines working tirelessly to...
Bob Frey
Bob Frey, a Republican candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives, was recently in the news for saying some really unhinged, not to mention...
That’s what you do for family
This week, as I anticipated a trip and knew I had unfinished business to attend to, I awoke at 5 a.m. ...
Let’s not forget LGBTQ business in our efforts to achieve full equality
On March 4, 2019, Woodbury Community Pride held its first economic development/business-attraction program geared toward LGBTQ business owners and entrepreneurs. It was the result...
Creep of the Week: Bryan Fischer
You know, it’s really a shame that so many gays and lesbians spend so much time in closets when really it’s the bedroom they...
No, really — shut up, Pope
As I’ve said time and again, Pope Benedict is the pope that just keeps on giving. Last week, he made a new...
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