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Every so often, I like to step back a bit and discuss some of the bare basics of being trans. It is very easy...
Defining man
Last week, a transgender man filed an antidiscrimination lawsuit after he was fired from a drug-testing facility in New Jersey. In...
Creep of the Week: Jerry Falwell Jr.
“Pull your pants up.” How many times have we heard this admonishment directed at young Black men? Even Barack Obama, in a 2008 interview...
Creep of the Week: Tony Perkins
Bill Maher had a great piece on his show recently giving Donald Trump credit for exposing the hypocrisy of the religious right. The fact...
Transmissions: Standing out in a very trans year
The weather has once again turned cold, and the television hawks Clappers and Chia Pets. Soon the barrage of weight-loss and self-improvement...
Creep of the Week: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
As I write this, COVID-19 has killed over 900,000 people in the United States.
It’s a hell of a number. 900,000 deaths in just a...
AIDS and Ebola: Fighting the silence
As Ebola virus disease (EVD) continues to spur public attention, AIDS activists have drawn important parallels between the current Ebola outbreak and the history...
With three months until June, we need to hear from PHL Pride Collective
Putting on a Pride celebration is not easy. It takes time, money, good organization, and collaboration with the local government and local LGBTQ community....
Yes we can
At this time next week, the nation will have a new president. As much as we want to wallow in that reality, the president-elect...
Mychal Massie
The news is a shit show. Trump is doing his best to prove that most white people in this country won’t recognize racism unless...
On House Bill 1893
Referring to a bill that would remove protections for Pennsylvanians’ health data privacy, Stephen Caruso’s October 4th article in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star “Pa. House...
The Russian issue
Russia is beginning to prove, under the leadership of President Putin, a former KGB leader, to be not only an authoritative state, but one...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump 3
Donald Trump made history at the Republican National Convention by daring to utter a string of five letters: “LGBTQ.” More...
Raised/razed Catholic
I have been both raised (brought up) Catholic and razed (torn down) Catholic. As a gay person living in a city...
Creep of the Week: Wes Goodman
Something totally unprecedented has happened and I am not sure how to break this news to you, my loyal readers. In fact, I doubt...
Politics, pride and progress
Gay Pride events take many forms and iterations. It could be a parade and festival, it could be a five-minute march in...
Life during germ time
Some people think that being transgender is a mere choice, just a bunch of people who — apologies to my non-trans women siblings —...
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On June 29, 65 school-age children from an inner-city day camp visited a private Montgomery County swim club, where they encountered what looks to...
Police violence is LGBTQ history, past and present
The modern LGBTQ civil rights movement was born out of police harassment and brutality against a group of gay men, butch lesbians and trans...
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