Creep of the Week: Brian Brown
Imagine you are in a grocery-store parking lot loading groceries into your car when up behind you comes an old man. He looks confused,...
Why raising the minimum wage matters
As Senate Democrats struggle with Republicans to pass President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, a secondary battle is taking place over raising the...
Is Violence Always Wrong?
It was the slap shown round the world. At the Oscars, Philly native Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock after the comic made an...
Surveying the landscape
PGN has long been committed to providing the local LGBT community the news it needs — but also the news it wants. In that...
Protecting LGBT youth
It’s great when LGBT media from around the country gets a chance to meet with each other and share their experience and knowledge. ...
Creep of the Week: Iowa House Republicans
When I was in elementary school, I was taught that the Mayflower landed at Cape Cod and that’s how the pilgrims (aka the puritans)...
Black Trans Lives Matter
This week has been a difficult one for Philadelphia’s LGBTQ community, as we lost another Black trans woman, Dominique Rem’mie Fells. We shouldn’t have...
Creep of the Week: Jesse Lee Peterson
When racist white people who lurk on World Net Daily claim they have black friends, they’re probably referring to Jesse Lee Peterson, a black...
Black Lives Matter and the LGBT community
In June, I had the pleasure of addressing the staff of the Democratic National Convention during a Gay Pride luncheon. As all speaking gigs...
Creep of the Week: Dave Daubenmire
Hi there! What are you up to? Me, I’m just reading about the Republican plan to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act that...
A banner LGBT year
At this time of year, most of us pause and look back at how it was. For many of us (at least in 35...
Let’s end SEPTA’s gender-identity discrimination
Some of you may have heard about the discriminatory policies employed by SEPTA when it comes to the use of gender markers on some...
Trans tripping point
Wednesday morning’s outrageous announcement that President Donald Trump intends to close the doors of the military to transgender individuals shouldn’t have come as a...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
“I’m not going to the fucking White House.” Have more beautiful words ever been spoken by a world champion before? Megan Rapinoe of the...
The beginning of Pride
As we go to press, I’m preparing to travel for my last of four speaking gigs this June, all for Pride month. There are...
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...
Unite in the face of the fringe that seeks to divide us
Last week, in response to a derisory letter from the board of the Liberty City Democratic Club (LCDC), a meandering change.org petition concocted by...
Creep of the Week: Tucker Carlson
If you’ve been to the store lately you probably have noticed that things are… missing. There are empty spots on the shelves and people...
Creep of the Week: Laura Ingraham
By now, even if you don’t follow any kind of sportzball, you have heard about Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers player who refused...
An open letter to Eagles player Connor Barwin
Dear Connor, I’m a huge Eagles fan (I have been my whole life), and I think you’ve been a great addition to the...
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