This week I had a great honor. While we in the United States are concerned with the state of our str...
A whole bunch of us queer folk, our organizations, our allies, family, and friends fought hard for d...
I doubt very many of us thought 2017 would be a banner year in terms of civil rights gains in our co...
OK, someone has to say it. We’ve survived the first year of the trump administration, but it has don...
When I was young, about 11, Jewish kids didn’t acknowledge Christmas as anything other than just ano...
Approaching the holidays, it’s not hard as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community to run afoul of non-af...
I am an openly gay man, so you might say you hate the sinner part of me but love me as a person. You...
Much has been made of the lack of attention to human rights by President Trump on his recent excursi...
Is it not obvious by now who is controlling President Donald Trump and his anti-LGBT crusade? Vice P...
I’m going to take a liberty and break one of my major rules about LGBT publishing that dictates that...
I came of age in the 1980’s, a decade of immeasurable loss in the gay community. I watched and lived...
I’ve been traveling out of the country for the last couple of weeks, and with what seems to be so mu...
Dictionary.com describes the definition of funny as “causing laughter or amusement; humorous.” Furth...
Donald Trump and his fake excuse and misdirected attack on the NFL players who are kneeling for soci...
I saw a picture today of a young gay couple standing next to an older heterosexual couple. Then, I n...
This month, NLGJA: The Association of LGBT Journalists has its annual convention, held this year in ...
A few weeks ago, at a campground in southeastern Missouri, I eavesdropped on a group of middle-aged ...
It’s the last week of August — or what are known as the lazy, hazy last days of summer. Soon schools...
To the entire LGBT community: Let’s begin as a community to state the truth without putting lipstick...
A great deal of attention has been paid to the decisions of Chicago Dyke March organizers who reques...
I’m writing this column on Jason’s and my third wedding anniversary. Since marriage is something new...
Hard headline, so let me make it more clear. Whoever is in charge of the Chicago Dyke March has the...
I went to my first Pride Parade in L.A. in 1985 (or was it 1986?) It seems a long time ago, now. But...
Pride is very special to me, since I helped in the first Gay Pride march in 1970. At that time it wa...
For those who are here, I’m actually ecstatic that you clicked the link instead of knee-jerking over...
Right now I should be writing a paper for grad school. Instead I am focused on my disappointment in ...
A couple of years ago, the author and director of the Academy Award-nominated “How To Survive a Plag...
Editor's note: This piece is in response to Mike Murphy's Op/Ed "Whither Pride St. Louis" which was ...
There can be little question that Pride St. Louis, Inc. is one of the most successful and visible LG...
This week, I’m writing about an issue that sheds new light on a subject we all think we know: Stonew...
Sometimes there seems to be a language problem in understanding, to quote a current president, “what...
I asked, you answered. Every so often I ask my Facebook and Twitter friends (about 30,000) to sugge...
How many of you watched the ABC miniseries “When We Rise”? Not many, according to the ratings. ...
Over the last few weeks I’ve been interviewed, filmed, taped and recorded numerous times. I’ve also ...
Mr. President: I write to you today regarding your lifting of the federal guidance on transgender r...
The last couple weeks have saddened those of us who love the freedoms this country offers and who ha...
Last night I watched the HBO documentary on the relationship between Hollywood legend Debbie Reynold...
There is no other U.S. president who can stand even close to the legacy of President Barack Obama on...
“There needs to be more gender variant role models and I am so happy to take on that role and be gen...
We’ve reach that time of year when we look back, take stock of the year and begin to think about wha...
In some circles, I might be referred to as a “fanboy”. This term is typically used to describe someo...
This is a column about a diva. We don’t have enough diva’s anymore, not in the bigger-than-a-story k...
When I was 20 years old, there was an op/ed ran in my college newspaper, The Journal, at Webste...
Though many people haven’t noticed it, what might be considered the most earth-shattering election m...
Several months ago, in this column, I offered my view of the last two candidates standing as choosin...
1. Trump is President-elect. If that angers or frightens you, don’t get upset, get involved. ...
I woke up this morning with heavy feelings of sadness, despair, confusion and isolation. The United ...
You have no choice but to vote for Hillary Clinton. Your very life depends on it. ...
You most likely thought I’d be talking in this column about the race for president but I’m not. This...
Last week, after a trip to Miami for the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association’s annual...
When you read this column, once again I’ll be on a plane 35,000 feet in the sky on another trip I ne...
We’re heading into September and, while most of you are out enjoying your last taste of summer, othe...
In June, I had the pleasure of addressing the staff of the Democratic National Convention during a G...
If you’ve been doing anything for a long period of time and people believe you to be somewhat knowle...
It’s August and finally a time to write a non-political column. The biggest question I get these da...
At ACLU of Missouri, we work every day to protect our constitutional freedoms. And no civil right is...
In LGBT media this week you’ll see history on the move. So here’s a sample: ...
This year’s election for president will be the first in history where LGBT people and the American p...
Like many of you in the LGBT community, I have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from al...
When you used to say the word “Orlando,” it brought up the image of Harry Potter, Disney World castl...
We all have different ways of coping with tragedy. Mine is to write. I feel that when something, any...
The Philadelphia soda tax is a local story, but it’s also one that is playing out nationally. And, i...
When you’re in the media, you get invited to events where you see other media professionals with who...
We talk about coming out as if it’s something you only do once. In my experience it’s an ongoing par...
This week’s column is (mostly) not about Donald Trump. Instead, as I do from time to time, I asked m...
This last sleepy, dreary, overcast Saturday, you might have missed President Barack Obama as he gave...
This is a tough election year cycle for me. ...
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program Tuesday, Donald Trump asked why people didn’t look into the reports...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite the overwhelming public consensus, including from over 500 editorial boar...
Almost a decade and a half ago, I was sent by my grandmother to Teen Challenge. Teen Challenge is a ...
Listen up, LGBT history fans. When you think of LGBT history, you likely think of San Francisco or ...
Last Friday I attended a meeting of the National Gay Media Association, an organization of the publi...
After Republican senators announced they would unequivocally not “advise and consent” to any nominee...
Jason and I went to a heterosexual wedding last weekend. (I wonder if heterosexuals say, “I went to ...
Nate Silver of The New York Times’ “FiveThirtyEight” website, and the most accurate of political pun...
OK liberals, the Republicans, in their “wisdom,” have said they won’t consider President Obama’s nom...
There seems to be yet another controversy in our community this week. The issue du jour is over Huff...
Finally, the Iowa caucuses have come and gone and with them come the pundits and candidates with the...
One of the first things I had to do when I decided to revive this column is to reconcile that I am n...
Very simply, there are many LGBT people out there trying to revise LGBT history. ...
I’ve often shared emails I receive with you, and one that came in last week remarkably represents ho...
This is a very special week here at Philadelphia Gay News. On Jan. 3, we marked the 40th anniversar...
What a year, and what a ride. As we all do, I’m beginning to look back at my year. And for me, it ce...
This will undoubtedly be the most unusual Christmas column I’ve ever written and it has to do with a...
If you’re like me, you often get a question from one of our non-LGBT allies that goes something like...
Let me ask you, readers, if you feel I’m going a little far when I suggest that I’m frightened that ...
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure to speak at Baltimore University about my new book “And Then I...
Unless you live under a rock, you know that the president and chancellor of the University of Missou...
Listen up, LGBT America. Tuesday’s election showed a sharp contrast in LGBT rights across the count...
Recently, while browsing social media, I encountered many articles and editorials about anti-LGBTQ b...
These last few years have been incredible for us as a community, and for me personally. My just-rele...
One of my favorite movies as a kid (and to this day) was “Auntie Mame.” ...
Today, September 23, is Celebrate Bisexuality Day, part of Bisexual Awareness Week. There ...
We are less than a week away from Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Famil...
While you’re reading this, I’m on a plane on my way back from San Francisco where I spoke at the Nat...
Donald Trump. When many hear that name, they want to laugh — but don’t. He’s hit a certain nerve in ...
Oh, how I hoped to not be writing another column about the World Meeting of Families in September, b...
I’ve spent a lot of time in airports in the last few months, and I’ve noticed wonderful phenomena: L...
It’s been amusing and angering watching the debate and suggestion of a boycott over the fo...
PROMO, Missouri's statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organiz...
In recent months, it has occurred to me that a little research on my past was in order for a project...
Your Holiness, Many of us in the United States are looking forward to your visit, especially here i...
Falling in love with someone for the first time can be a scary and exciting experience. It can also ...
Archbishop Chaput in his actions this week proves to be exactly what our friends in Denver, whose ar...
Dear Equality Supporter, This past Tuesday, Governor Nixon issued Executive Order 15-04, ...
Republicans, it’s no longer 1950. But, if you continue to take positions that are held by only those...
I was an altar boy while I was growing up in Hicksville, Long Island, NY. I attended St. I...
Visibility is so very powerful. Seeing individuals who reflect and represent you and your ...
Last week, my phone rang and the voice on the other end very apprehensively said their name and then...
I made it through the first 11 minutes and 4 seconds of the Jenner-Sawyer interview. ...
There is a national spotlight on the 50th anniversary of the first LGBT demonstrations in front of I...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Springfield News Leader Editorial Board, today, published a scolding rebuke o...
About seven years ago, I was invited to attend a meeting for people in leadership position...
Some moments in life never lose their power. There are two moments, two short hours, that I will alw...
I started performing drag over five years ago. I guess you could say it was my little in into the St...
The Human Rights Campaign announced on July 30th that it would publicly support efforts to end the a...
The “T” has been silent for way too long. This year we will change that. As I att...
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” -Maya Angelou Throug...
In early 2013, my partner Allan and I began hearing talk that nine of our friends and acqu...
A few years ago I asked Judy Shepard how she felt about Fred Phelps, the founder of the in...
