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Is That a Gun in Your Bedside Table? Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

I grew up in a household without guns. Never saw one, never touched one. The notion of firing one was inconceivable.

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Brave New (Gender) World

Last week, the director of Nepal’s Central Bureau of Statistics announced that starting with May’s national census, citizens of that nation will be able to […]

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And the city’s most popular politician is …

Chaka Fattah. Yep. Well, at least among Democrats who say they’re likely to vote in May’s primary. But that’s where all the action is, anyway. […]

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A Gay Situation at the Jersey Shore

Are you the next Snooki, only gay? Auditions are being held Feb. 5 at Club in or Out in Hammonton, N.J. for an all new […]

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Please Caption This Photo

17th and Market Streets, 9:30 a.m., January 19, 2011.

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Guess Who’s Gay?

Back in the late 1980s, Michelangelo Signorile, a popular writer and gay activist who now hosts his own radio show on Sirius XM Radio’s OutQ […]

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How Many Bells for Baby Blues?

This weekend Craig LaBan will be checking out Baby Blues in West Philadelphia. [poll id=”122″]

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Gay Hate Crimes in the Spotlight

A new video has been circulating on Facebook this week that takes on gay hate crimes and myths about homosexuality head on. With profiles of […]

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House of Pain: Live

We’re trying something new this afternoon as we’re live blogging from Le Pain Quotidien. Post your comments and questions to Kirsten Henri and Arthur Etchells […]

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What Dr. King Knew

One of the reasons I’ve never managed read any of those best-selling self-help pop psychology books that I suspect I’d find fascinating (if not life-changing) […]

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Return of Restaurant Yenta: What Should Go Into the Latham Hotel?

Once upon a time — well, more like three-plus years ago—we wondered what the problem was with the unoccupied restaurant spaces at the Latham Hotel […]

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Hump Day Headlines

New GOP chairman vows to fight marriage equality. Former NBA champ Charles Barkley speaks out against anti-gay discrimination. Same-sex couples enjoy new hospital visitation rules. […]

City Life

One Book, One Philadelphia 2011: “War Dances”

Philly is ranked as the 31st most-literate city in the United States by Central Connecticut State University. Well, actually, we’re not even rated that highly. […]

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Tale of the Tape: Le Pain Quotidien

World wide chain Le Pain Quotidien opens its first Philadelphia location today at 9am.

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Snowmaggedon? Please.

I feel like all I’ve heard on the news this winter and last are nonstop reports of upcoming possible snowstorms that have been built up […]