Opinion

Each year Jason and I do a road trip. The rules are very simple: We try to go to places we haven’t been, the place must have something we’ve heard about that is slightly odd, and the place must take...

The 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots have passed, and as an integral part of the anniversary and the 50 years leading up to it, I have an inside track and knowledge as to who the players are and how...

It was one of the most magical weeks that I’ll ever have. When I headed to New York by train, it was already announced that I’d be one of the grand marshals of the Stonewall 50 World Pride parade, and...

Around the nation, people are beginning to notice something stirring in the LGBT community. It’s excitement surrounding the drumbeat of Stonewall 50, and that World Pride will be in New York, meaning people from all over the world will be...

It has been a horrific week for transgender and non-binary people. Muhlaysia Booker, Claire Legato, and Michelle Simone are Black trans women who have been murdered in the past week. At least five Black trans women have been killed so...

Last week my husband said, “Appreciate the privilege.” He was responding to my complaints regarding the hectic schedule I have due to being named one of the grand marshals of the upcoming World Pride Parade that celebrates Stonewall 50. He...

If you are like me, your position on the 2020 presidential election might come down to this: You will elect any of the Democratic candidates for president, no matter how far they stray from your views, because the current occupant...

The Sultanate is one of few countries in the world to impose death penalty for consensual same-sex relations; to date, the Trump-Pence Administration’s response has been woefully inadequate WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay,...

This year is a major historic notch for our community. It marks the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. If you weren’t already aware, within 60 days, not only you but everyone will begin to notice leading up to that last Sunday...

America is more polarized now than it has been at almost any time in our history. That is where this column begins — with those polar ends. To many Americans, Trump is clearly not seen as a good president (an...

Last week, a strange announcement came from the Trump administration. A global campaign, to be led by out U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, was about to begin, and would take on countries that criminalize homosexuality. In the first media...

Once upon a time, the LGBT community had no LGBT choices in politics, only LGBT-friendly candidates, who weren’t LGBT themselves, to endorse. And, once upon a time, there were no LGBT candidates for any elected political office in the land....

The Human Rights Campaign must learn to actually do something other than issue press releases announcing its positions on various federal judicial nominations. The group needs to do what this community used to do: Take action. Or, at the very...

There is a movie that by seeing its trailers and advertising on TV, you’d have no expectation that it has any relevance to you or our community. At the end of 2018, there were five major movies with major gay...

I am absolutely gutted by Tuesday’s hate-filled attack against Jussie Smollett, an out gay actor and musician, a longtime GLAAD ambassador, and a true champion for LGBTQ people who is beloved by the community and allies around the world. We...

As the mother of a gay child who lost his life as a result of homophobia, I cannot stress this enough: homophobia kills. When the state endorses homophobia, more people die, whether by their own hand or by that of...

I want to share a success story with you, which started in the pages of the Philadelphia Gay News: Once upon a time, I wrote a column with the headline, “The Pie in the Sky Project.” It was about a...

Last week for World AIDS Day, Penn Medicine honored me with its Red Ribbon Pioneer Award. Truth is, it really hadn’t dawned on me, why me? When notified about it a month prior and asked if I’d accept,...

Last week, as I turned the pages of my local daily newspaper, the newspaper of record, I saw a few pages of ads from the city notifying the public of the coming elections, where the polling stations were and what...

Is Lil Duval truly living his best life, really? This is what he says in the lyrics of his hit song. It has to be hard to believe that living your best life is a possibility when you have...