Don’t let Toomey slide
The U.S. Senate this week confirmed Betsy DeVos as our next Secretary of Education. DeVos has been arguably the cabinet pick...
Making the holidays gay
Thanks to the holidays, there’s a new way to look at climate change — which may make you scratch your head for a moment....
Benefits of GSAs
In a new study this week, researchers found that gay-straight alliances had a positive effect on the mental health and well-being of LGBT youth...
Creep of the Week: Earl Bullard
Here’s a hypothetical situation for you: Let’s say you’ve been the mayor for less than a year of a little town in South Carolina...
Letters and Feedback
Dear Editor: While I respect and appreciate the work of Liberty City Democrats, I am concerned about two matters that focus on their...
Judging while gay
Last week, the San Francisco Chronicle published a column discussing the “biggest open secret” in the same-sex marriage trial in California: The presiding judge...
Holiday mishaps and memories
This Thanksgiving is special for me and Jason. It will be the first time his parents have come to our house for the holiday,...
Pam Bondi
Well, it’s happened. A federal judge has ruled that Florida’s antigay marriage ban is unconstitutional. In his opinion, Judge Robert L....
‘Troubling,’ indeed
It seems like a new Russian scandal crops up every other day. As of presstime, the latest (subject to change!) is the abrupt termination...
65 LGBT leaders endorse Sen. Specter
Abbe Fletman and I are getting to be some team. Last Friday, we acted as co-chairs at a press conference to launch...
Letters
In response to the Pink Penny Awards 2009, April 3-9 I found the rating of Knock Restaurant, 225 S. 12th St.,...
Journalism is vital to explain complicated issues
The healthcare system in America, like much of the country, works well for some people and terribly for many others. And the system is...
Creep of the Week: Jeff Sessions
Ah, religious freedom — that call to arms for conservative Christians who believe that they live in some Bizzaro Land-version of America in which...
And the winner is …
This space is generally reserved for commentary on far-reaching, sometimes hard-hitting news events or policies that affect the LGBTQ community. Lately, the subjects have...
Give and take
As the nation prepares for the inauguration of its 44th president, LGBT citizens in particular can reflect on the ups and downs throughout the...
Creep of the Week: Mark Green
President Donald Trump is continuing his tradition of filling posts in his cabinet with people who are actively opposed to LGBT people having rights...
Letters
Dear Editor: As a non-Philadelphian, I read the story of yet another community nonprofit looted by its executive director (“Former COLOURS exec gets...
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,...
Health and marriage
A new study published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior finds that a stable marriage can be good for one’s health, while...
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...
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