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THE COMING OUT PROJECT: Rochelle Johnson
PhillyGayCalendar celebrates the coming-out stories of Philadelphia-area LGBTQ citizens throughout the month of October. Today’s column features Rochelle Johnson.
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Gay Chicago–My Kind of Town!
Like Philadelphia, Chicago is honest and genuine everywhere. Some other famous and wonderful cities like New York, Paris, and Rome can actually become a distraction in themselves, whereas Chicago, Illinois is simple, direct and proud of it.
Y-HEP to Participate in AIDS Walk Philly 2013
Y-HEP’s programs are numerous. Their care for the entire person literally supports and encompasses body, mind, and spirit.
Music Round Up: From Robert Glasper to Panic at the Disco
PGC blogger Andrew Clark throws down some of the best new hits from The Saturdays, Bright Light Bright Light, Tegan & Sara, Panic! at the Disco, and The Robert Glasper Experiment.
Sex, violence, murder, family, love, faith, doubt: A Review of Curio Theater’s ROMEO AND JULIET
Based on the national press that West Philly’s Curio Theater received in the past month, you’d think they were staging ‘The Tempest,’ not Shakespeare’s iconic love story ‘Romeo and Juliet.’
Quit Trippin’: Why Having Some Ego is Actually Quite Righteous
Having ego doesn’t make you like Meryl Streep’s character from the film ‘The Devil Wears Prada.’ We’ve got to demystify the notion of ego in order to reclaim it.
A Tasting Tour of Philadelphia for the (Faux) International LGBT Council
This work of ‘fiction’ explores what so many of us fellow Philadelphians already know–our city is a prime location to entertain and host our LGBTQ friends and associates!
THE COMING OUT PROJECT: Myrna Rodriguez
PhillyGayCalendar celebrates the coming-out stories of Philadelphia-area LGBTQ citizens leading up the city’s OutFest celebration in October. Myrna Rodriguez, a PhillyGayCalendar blogger, received an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. She is an instructor at Rowan University and Gloucester County College. She has been published in Philadelphia Stories Magazine.
All Aboard: The Ins and Outs of a Gay Cruise
Don’t be misled by the marketing for gay cruises, which of course will only have hot, attractive men showing off their tans in well-staged photos. In reality, passengers range from 21 to 80+, from skinny to portly.
THE COMING OUT PROJECT: Josh Schonewolf
PhillyGayCalendar celebrates the coming-out stories of Philadelphia-area LGBTQ citizens leading up the city’s OutFest celebration in October. Josh Schonewolf is a local promoter who organizes Ratchet at Tabu and Songbird.