I often look around me and feel so incredibly blessed and grateful for my life. This hasn’t always been the case, but life has just gotten better and better and I’m so lucky to lead the …
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By Atticus Ranck
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5/8/20
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LGBT people have experienced unprecedented attacks by the Trump administration, coupled with efforts by states to advance religious exemptions laws and draconian legislation targeting transgender …
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2/27/20
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If you drive past the corner of 3rd & Hamilton Streets, you’ll see GLO - Harrisburg’s first community center by and for men who have sex with men (MSM) and trans women of color ages …
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By Amanda Arbour
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2/26/20
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Author’s note: I published this essay in 2001 when I was invited to serve as Guest Editor of Experimental Forest, a regional literary journal. I called the edition Queer Health. Seems like the …
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By Frank Pizzoli
frankpizzoli@gmail.com | 2/26/20 |
This is the fourth and last in a series of stories of my incredible and innovative journey beyond PTSD/sexual assault. It will hopefully open up important dialogues about PTSD/sexual assault in all …
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By Ron Blake
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2/26/20
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NO BS
Facebook comments on Jan-Feb 2020 Publisher’s Note by Frank Pizzoli entitled Wishing our community was organic as my vegetables
Nicely written. – Russ Boggs
Nice! - Bill …
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2/26/20
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One of my favorite movies is “Some Like It Hot,” starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.It’s one of those old-time 1950s screwball comedies. At one point, Marilyn …
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By Mark Segal, Philadelphia Gay News, Special to The Central Voice
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1/20/20
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The health and well-being of our LGBTQ community depends on us all telling our stories.
It is important the new generation understands the past. It is important the mature generation never …
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By Ron Blake
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12/30/19
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As an LGBTQ movement in southcentral Pennsylvania, our struggle with inclusiveness is to some extent about how we understand justice and injustice in ways that incorporate the experiences of many …
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By Miller Hoffman, chair LGBT Center of Central PA
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12/30/19
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Finding love is a big concern for trans people, and it’s not without its validation. A trans guy told me that when he came out to his mom, his mom said, “Who’s going to love …
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By Atticus Ranck
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12/30/19
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“Normal people, not lobbyists, influence legislature - real people,” state Rep. Patty Kim (Harrisburg, 3rd District) told The Central Voice on Oct. 26 at a Gay-Straight Alliance …
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By Tesla Taliaferro
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12/30/19
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Pence and Trump are heading to Pennsylvania to try and stop the bleeding. In 2018, their handpicked candidates for Governor and Senate lost by almost historic margins due to suburban …
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By Lucas Acosta, National Press Secretary for Campaigns at Human Rights Campaign
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12/11/19
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Like me, I'm sure you're beginning to think about the holidays. The Hallmark Channel and Lifetime are already running holiday romance movies 24/7. This year, not only do they have holiday movies for …
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By Mark Segal, Philadelphia Gay News, Special to The Central Voice
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11/18/19
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Look at how resilient we are. Look how strong. Look at all we’ve gone through and we’re still here.
Every single trans person I know has been through traumatic experiences. Family …
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By Atticus Ranck
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10/30/19
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The Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Commission (PBA JEC) has issued its ratings of two Superior Court of Pennsylvania judges and two Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania judges who are …
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10/30/19
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10/29/19
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The gay part of impeachment...There isn’t one, that we know of. Those being investigated during Trump’s impeachment inquiry are not LGBTQ, as far as we know, and most are one-man, …
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By Mark Segal, Philadelphia Gay News, Special to The Central Voice
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10/14/19
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Editor’s note: Besides members of the LGBTQ community wondering when Pennsylvania will join the 21stCentury and, finally, pass basic civil rights protections, our allies also wonder. Read what …
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Special to The Central Voice
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10/14/19
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Leave it to science and rational thinking to ruin a popular sexual taboo.
The “bareback” label for sex without a condom has faded in the age of pre-exposure prophylaxis …
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By Mark King
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9/10/19
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