Networking 101 (for those who hate networking)
Philadelphia is fast becoming a hot destination for conventions and conferences. Most conventions are actually more about networking and less about programming:...
Putting Philly’s LGBT community on the map
This week, our community is hosting not one but two national LGBT conventions/events. It’s a tribute to our community, and especially our...
Creep of the Week: Michele Bachmann
My dear Gaymericans, it has come to my attention that there is some concern about a woman named Michele Bachmann. The scuttlebutt...
Post-gay?
This week, the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection is host to two significant LGBT events: the Amateur Sports Alliance of North America...
Creep of the Week: Phillip Hinkle
If I close my eyes and try really hard, I can almost transport myself back to a time when gay sex scandals involving antigay...
Emerging complexities in Clementi case
Last week, lawyers for the roommate of a gay Rutgers student who committed suicide in September filed briefs asking for the case against him...
Life after 55: It does get better
Although the media campaign targets LGBT youth, “It Gets Better” also holds true for LGBT elders. Whether related to health, housing, social...
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...
Creep of the Week: Rick Santorum
I have to admit, Rick Santorum has good reason not to like gay people. I mean, with the help of Dan Savage,...
Now, the hard issues
Last week, PGN’s editorial looked at the fun events in the LGBT community for the rest of the summer. This week, the...
Frustration after theft is compounded unnecessarily
I recently became a statistic in the annals of Philadelphia crime. The theft of my bicycle was painful, both emotionally and to...
Bridging the digital divide
Regular readers of this column already know that, earlier this year, Comcast Corp. created a Joint Diversity Council after it merged and...
Creep of the Week: Sally Kern
Haters gon’ hate, am I right? And according to Oklahoma state Rep. Sally Kern, the most hateful thing you can say...
Summer of…
Somehow, it’s already August. Wasn’t just last week Pride? Though it seems like the dog days of summer are upon us, the...
Chaput should reach out
Many of the recent articles on Archbishop Chaput’s appointment to head the Philadelphia Archdiocese have noted his adherence to official Catholic doctrine on homosexuality....
Creep of the Week: Bryan Fischer
Like many gay and lesbian Americans, I’ve been proudly watching videos and news stories about same-sex couples getting to — finally! — legally wed...
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...
One down, at least two more to go
Last week, President Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen certified the...
Senior housing and the LGBT community
Earlier this week, some of us working on elder LGBT issues watched a screening of the documentary “A Place To Live: The Story of...
Creep of the Week: Marcus Bachmann
Marcus Bachmann and the Christian counseling clinics he owns are not antigay. And if you say they are then you’re just an...
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