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What We Love: Drag at the Venture Inn

Longtime gay bar and restaurant Venture Inn – nestled on a particularly gay strip on Camac St. – is throwing a drag show Feb. 4 […]

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Cliff Lee, Zen Master

Cliff Lee made an appearance at the Auto Show at the Convention Center yesterday, and it sure was nice to see him. In fact, it […]

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Remind Me Again Why Philly Cabs Suck

At 7 a.m. two Sundays ago, I was on my way to Mexico to get married. (Before I left the office that previous Friday, we […]

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Who Says There Are No New Ideas?

Not long ago, a young pair of urban farm activists named Nic Esposito and Erica Smith had an idea: They wanted to fill some of […]

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Some School Choice-ers Have Defeatist Attitude

“Since 1995 the average mathematics score for fourth-graders jumped 11 points. At this rate we catch up with Singapore in a little over 80 years […]

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Does Oral Sex Increase Cancer Risk?

There was a sign hanging in the dentist’s office recently warning about the dangers of oral cancer. Attention getting, to say the least. New Scientist […]

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Hump Day Headlines

Maryland GOPs are against marriage equality. Jane Lynch is writing a memoir. Out magazine announces 100 most eligible gay bachelors. Pentagon takes next step for […]

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Abortion Is Making Me Crazy

On the plus side, a study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that women who have abortions are far less likely […]

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Lower Merion Fifth Graders Prepare for College Now

I’ve spent a lot of time this winter trying to figure out if I’m smarter than a fifth grader. So far the results are not […]

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Bemoaning Winter Weather

Ever notice how many negative catch-phrases are associated with “snow?” Snow job. Snow (cocaine.) Snow (static on the TV screen.) Snowbound. Snowstorm. Snow-blind. SNOW (Social […]

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Michael Coard’s (Unprinted) Letter to the New York Times

Those who can, do. And those who can’t, or who are biased, criticize. This statement effectively summarizes Edward Rothstein’s December 14 and 28 attacks in […]

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My Secret Pool Boy Shame (Not Really)

There is an underground club for breeders at 12th Street Gym. And I cruise it every Saturday. Before we head over, we don Euro-style swim […]

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Girl-on-Girl Cheating OK, Guys Say

When the University of Texas in Austin asked more than 700 college students about infidelity, half of the men admitted they would forgive their girlfriends […]

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Help Make Schools Safer for LGBT Students

Nine out of 10 LGBT students experienced harassment at school in the past year. These students are more likely to feel unsafe and are less […]

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Illinois Legalizes Civil Unions

This week, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation granting givil unions to same-sex couples in his home state. While Illinois doesn’t define the move as […]