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The Politics of the “F” Word

Someone posed a question on Facebook today about whether it’s ever okay to use the word “faggot.” Before you can even answer the question, you […]

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Gay Marriage: Our Generation’s Civil Rights Issue

Each spring, I join with observers around the world to retell an ancient tale and pose a number of questions.  (No, it’s not the story […]

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Why I Love MDNA

Listening to MDNA, I’m 16 again, driving around in my old beat-up Subaru and “Open Your Heart” is blaring – on the cassette player. I’m […]

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Here’s the Blitz

In 2007 – at the age of 22 – upon graduating college in Philadelphia, I moved to Jersey City, N.J., to begin my career as […]

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And the Verdict is Guilty

The name Tyler Clementi has become synonymous with teen suicide in this country ever since the Rutgers student plunged to his death on Sept. 22nd […]

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Dating the Pre-Elderly

So a few months back, the unthinkable happened. It didn’t happen to anyone except me, so I’m pretty much the only one who got bent […]

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Inside Fashion Week

Even though I worked at Harper’s Bazaar for a few years in my youth, I’ve never been thin or rich enough to be truly fashionable. […]

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Year of the Bible? Seriously?

UPDATE: According to a recent news report, the “Year of the Bible” measure may actually be repealed. We’re expecting a press conference from Rep. Mark […]

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If Alcohol Were a Person…

This essay was submitted to G Philly by a reader. The writer’s been sober for two years. If alcohol were a person … … I […]

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Choosing to Be Gay

Cynthia Nixon (perhaps best known as Miranda from Sex and the City) recently told a reporter for The New York Times that in her experience, […]