Of Pandas and Prepubescence
Like so many others, I recently sat down to watch the new Pixar movie, Turning Red. For those who may not be aware of...
Considering a senator’s sentence
Vince Fumo was sentenced this week and, like everything he has done in his 30-year political career, the sentence was controversial. Many...
Creep of the Week: Gov. Rick Snyder
I’m in a rather shitty Embassy Suites in San Diego using $12 wifi and typing this on my iPad. Why, you ask?...
Tackling transitions
The last few weeks have shown that the local LGBT community is one in transition, in more ways than one. ...
My trip to Israel
Following the war with Hamas this past summer, I felt a tremendous sense of urgency to travel to Israel. I needed to demonstrate my...
We need more LGBTQ historians
As an undergraduate at Temple University, I was a student member of the committee that founded the women’s studies department. It was an exciting...
It’s about our spouses, dummy
It’s about our spouses, dummy The last three years have been intense, the last three months more intense and the last three weeks...
LGBT visibility throughout presidential eras
Mayor Pete’s campaign for the Democratic nomination for president certainly is the surprise of this election cycle. He’s riding an amazing wave, which in...
Pa.’s (vice) presidential predictions
Since I’ve been on a successful streak with my predictions of late, let me make a few more. There is an...
Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is important to LGBTQ folks for a variety of reasons. During the civil rights movement, he used civil disobedience...
Obama talks the talk, but will he walk the walk?
I’m the only writer in the LGBT media who can write this analysis. Let’s get right down to the facts, for fairness....
Spending our gay dollars
Let me offer a humble suggestion, if I may. As the saying goes, charity begins at home. Our home is what we...
Finding joy in troubling times
It can be difficult to be thankful amid such a turbulent time in history. Bad news and uncertainty seems to come in all varieties...
What’s marriage got to do with it?
This week, PGN is showcasing same-sex wedding options in our Arts and Culture section, in response to the growing number of neighboring states that...
New year, new look
In 2011, PGN is poised to celebrate its 35th year. With this anniversary, we are updating our look — hopefully, you noticed...
Why community spaces matter
There was a recent opinion article in The Guardian titled “With queer spaces closed due to Covid, I feel more disconnected than ever from...
Creep of the Week—Mat Staver
Poet Langston Hughes. Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky. Civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin. Mathematician and “Father of Computer Science” Alan Turing. Writer and journalist...
Philly’s 9th-annual Trans March comes when it’s needed most
This weekend’s 9th annual Philly Trans March will take to West Philly’s streets in the name of justice, equity and liberation. On Oct. 12...
Give Mazzoni Center’s new CEO a chance
This week, Mazzoni Center announced Lydia Gonzalez Sciarrino as its new CEO. With Mazzoni Center’s annual budget of $16.5 million and...
Creep of the Week: Phillip Hinkle
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