Philly boasts tight-knit GLBT culture

Columnist Brandon Baker reflects on two years of “QChat” and living in Philly. Two years ago, I moved to Philadelphia from a small, quiet, gay-repellant town in South-Central Pennsylvania. Like any small-town boy leaving home, I waved goodbye to my own mini-metropolis I’d known for so long in favor of a city that promised me [...]

GLBT movement should foster education

Columnist Brandon Baker compares the GLBT rights movement of the 21st century to the Civil Rights Movement, and asserts that members of the GLBT community should embrace their message. Snoozing away and robotically twiddling my thumbs in my Mosaic class – yeah, you know what I’m talking about – an intriguing thought crossed my mind [...]

Trayvon Martin case exposes hypocrisy of “free speech”

Columnist Brandon Baker discusses the bigoted mindset surrounding the Trayvon Martin case. I need to stop wearing hoodies. Famous Fox News talk show host, and quite possibly the only thing (once) attractive about the conservative news network, has at last shoved his mustachioed head farther up his butt than even republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum can [...]

Columnist advocates against gay bar stigma

Columnist Brandon Baker  asserts that GLBT bars don’t match their stigmas in society. Philadelphia’s GLBT community is blessed with a variety of friendly – read: outrageous – bars to choose from, especially in a state that might have a measly one or two other bars of the like in its remaining cities. In fact, it [...]

Columnist advocates for cooperation not judgment

Columnist Brandon Baker reflects on his experiences at the White House’s LGBT Conference on Health and on strides the Obama administration has made for GLBT rights. There are many things that can be said of President Barack Obama and his administration, but a  lack of support for the GLBT community is not one of them. [...]

Columnist forgoes 14th fun

Columnist Brandon Baker breaks down the five reasons he’s happy to be single on the 14th. Cast down your ice cream tubs, single ladies, because single gay men hate Valentine’s Day just as much as you. Or, at least I do. Gay or straight, the hatred of Valentine’s Day is a far-reaching feeling that unites [...]

Officials purchase domain names to preserve image

In line with other universtities, Temple  bought up ‘.xxx’ sites as a precaution. Temple has joined a slew of universities nationwide in buying .xxx domain names in order to avoid future association with salacious content. The .xxx domain, more commonly known as “dot-triple-x,” serves as an up-and-coming, unfiltered web address for x-rated content in the [...]

Republicans move out of the closet and into the mainstream

Columnist Brandon Baker examines the evolution of the RNC’s stance on GLBT rights, namely marriage. For some people, the transition into 2012 signifies an exciting new round of the Olympic Games, an electrifying–or depending on who you are, petrifying–lead-up to “Doomsday” or the beginning of the countdown to the cultural behemoth that is the Super [...]

Columnist comments on difference between gay marriage beliefs in the U.S. and abroad

Columnist Brandon Baker compares the GLBT movement in Australia and U.S. through a viral video made by GetUp Australia. If only folks from the United States could be like our companions from down under. GetUp, a national grassroots movement in Australia advocating social justice in addition to numerous other issues, recently put out a roughly [...]

F-word doesn’t warrant fear

In this week’s installment of “QChat,” Brandon Baker  seeks to abolish negative stigma surrounding the other F-word in the GLBT community. Briefly think back to what life was like when you were the ripe age of five or six years old, enduring the blissful day-by-day routine of playing with your action figures or Barbies–whatever floats [...]

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