This election, it’s about taxes and jobs for the LGBT community
Taxes. Could you imagine a Jew or Catholic voting for a candidate who was opposed to Catholics marrying Jews, or interracial marriage?...
LGBT media, and its best
I was going to recount last week’s schedule and try to express the many steps it takes to get a project completed, and illustrate...
Trade Union of Russian Citizens
Do not fuck with Madonna. Not many court opinions can be summarized in five words, but when it comes to a...
Congress talks fed partner benefits
Last week, a bill to extend benefits and obligations to domestic partners of federal employees was introduced by U. S. Reps. Tammy Baldwin...
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...
Love lessons
It’s easy to get discouraged in our current political climate. When the news is dominated by travel bans, bias attacks and chaos in our...
PGN holiday wishes
Amy: To be able to spend quality time with those I love, never taking for granted the amazing, supportive people I have been surrounded...
Movement on ENDA
There was big news on the Employment Nondiscrimination Act this week — the legislation lost a slew of big-name LGBT supporters. While,...
Whirlwind week
As of this writing, we’re midway through the Democratic National Convention. It’s been a whirlwind of a week, full of parties and protests, hunger...
Census numbers = voting power
The recently released census figures for same-sex couples in Philadelphia, published in last week’s PGN, make a major statement — and prove why Sherrie...
Why does the LGBT community eat its young?
One item you will rarely see in this column is something about New York — simply because the mainstream media is headquartered there and...
Battle by battle
An important victory in the fight for LGBT equality in Pennsylvania was won this week — and the lack of pushback around it is...
Thankful for you
This is, by far, my least favorite column of the year to write. Here’s why. My editor will always remind me...
More than gay
I often joke that I’m a professional gay. I have this-here LGBT column, I’ve written a book on communicating about LGBT issues...
What is your holiday wish?
Angela: My holiday wish is that everyone is happy — no matter where they are in life or what they are doing — that...
Boiling over
Recently, two gay men garnered media attention after very publicly expressing dissatisfaction with their employment situations, in very different ways and with very different...
What is your New Year’s resolution?
Angela: I am trying a new thing this year, and that is to not make New Year’s resolutions but just to live life to...
Reflections on Pride
Perhaps this column should have come out before the Pride parade and festival, but sometimes it’s hard to be reflective while tackling PGN’s biggest...
Presidential politics in Philly
On Thursday, Philadelphia played host to our nation’s leader — and to a man who many surmise aspires to be our nation’s next leader....
The danger of Donald
In the past few months, Donald Trump has been called discriminatory, bigoted, narrow-minded and a slew of other epithets he rightfully earned. But in...
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