Ernest Owens

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Trump’s Victory Has Me Considering Gun Ownership

Another day, another incident. Across Philadelphia and around the nation, you can’t help but notice that marginalized people — whether Muslim or of color, LGBTQ […]

Donald Trump at a rally
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After Trump’s Win, White Liberals Are Now a Minority

Around 2:40 a.m. on election night, I left the watch party I’d been attending and took an Uber home. It was shortly after the Associated […]

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Opinion: Marc Lamont Hill, I Can’t ‘Afford’ a Donald Trump Presidency

Trailblazing Black gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin once said, “Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it.” In […]

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G Philly’s New Editor: A Welcome

Allow me to reintroduce myself: My name is Ernest. Ernest Owens — born in Chi-Town, I grew up in H-Town. Now I’m living in Philly […]

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Op-Ed in The Advocate Addresses Racial Inequality in Philly Gay Scene

We’ve had plenty of interesting chats with Philly writer Ernest Owens over the last several months about his argument that the Gayborhood is suffering from, […]

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Our Chat With Metro Columnist Who Wrote That Gayborhood Bars Are Racist

When Ernest Owens wrote “Black Not Fetch Enough for Woody’s” in last week’s Metro, he was hoping to start a discussion. Well, he succeeded: As of […]