The state of the Gayborhood
As debate rages at the national level between supporters of the two major-party presidential candidates, Philadelphia’s LGBT community is seeing its own level of...
Our story to tell
When I was a kid, there was precious little out in pop culture about trans issues. Sure, there were movies like “The Christine Jorgensen...
Star Parker
We may be well into July, but the anti-gay panic that comes to a boil in June as a result of gays having done...
Homegrown threat
The latest ISIS terrorist attack not only struck fear in Europeans, but also in many Americans — as it illustrated what’s really at stake...
Suicide Prevention Month
September is Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month in the U.S. Suicide can affect anybody — any family or any workplace. Less than four months...
Cracking the egg
There are those who believe that transgender and nonbinary people only become trans or enby after they are exposed to the notion or after...
HRC missed the mark
Last Saturday night should serve as a lesson to all of us. There were a host of events that you could choose...
Race, religion and discrimination
Recently, there have been a lot of heated discussions on race, religion, discrimination and hate speech — some well-informed and some not so much...
30 Rock from a different LGBT vantage point
There we were, sitting in the conference room in the NBC headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Center with a horde of NBC news executives —...
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...
Creep of the Week: Thomas John Paprocki
What a wonderful day for an exorcism! On Nov. 20 in Springfield, Ill., Gov. Pat Quinn signed the bill to legalize...
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...
Liz Cheney, the GOP, and Us
Liz Cheney is headline news. The sole member of the House from Wyoming, population just under 600,000, is — as of this writing —...
Creep of the Year: Tony Perkins
As 2013 draws to a close, it seems like all anybody wants to talk about is ducks. Well, let me tell you,...
Creep of the Week: Peter Sprigg
Ho ho ho or whatever greeting you choose this season, but the holidays are upon us. For the majority of Americans, that means spending...
What’s Next in the Struggle to End Discrimination Against LGBTQ People
It is, finally, illegal to fire or refuse to hire someone because they are gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, or transgender, thanks to a June...
Pitch for Philly
Let’s chat about the 2016 Democratic National Convention. I know I had made a promise to myself not to get involved with...
Letters and Feedback
Once again, Philadelphia has come out on top of the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index, which is especially appropriate in light of the...
Losing allies is not good
State Rep. Brian Sims, to put it politely, lost his temper with State Rep. Tom Murt this week. This is not the first such...
Discrimination in the workplace is a sad reality for LGBT people
A recent study from the Williams Institute revealed something you probably already know: discrimination against LGBT people is rampant in many workplaces. It’s so...
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