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Jason Villemez

Reporter · US

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Aug 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Jason Villemez

    ‘The Growing Wall of Love’ carries LGBTQ+ stories worldwide - Philadelphia Gay News (opens the original)

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    Walking around the recent World Pride Human Rights Conference, a global event featuring LGBTQ+ advocates from across continents and professions, you might have stumbled on a peculiar sight: Prime Minister Rob Jetten, the first openly gay PM in Netherlands history, sitting at a small table doing arts and crafts. Jetten was gluing photos of himself to a paper heart and writing a message of affirmation, and in doing so became the latest participant in “The Growing Wall of Love.” Created in 2022 by

  2. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Jason Villemez

    Analysis: Republican with anti-LGBTQ+ record set to join Pa. Human Relations Commission - Philadelphia Gay News (opens the original)

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    Seven new commissioners have been appointed to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC), the governmental body which promotes equal opportunity and enforces the state’s civil rights laws. Among the appointees is former state representative Seth Grove, a Republican with a long history of anti-LGBTQ+ actions. During his tenure in Harrisburg, Grove sponsored bills to strip healthcare protections for trans people, nullify local LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination protections and censor sexual orienta

  3. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Jason Villemez

    50 years later, PGN's first headlines still ring true - Philadelphia Gay News (opens the original)

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    The French critic Jean-Baptiste Karr penned the aphorism “The more things change, the more they stay the same” in 1849. It’s likely, then, that Karr wouldn’t have been shocked at my discovery that many issues discussed in the January 1976 issue of Philadelphia Gay News continue to be in the news fifty years later. With all the advances the community has achieved in politics and culture, nothing has been fixed completely. The fight for equality seems forever ongoing. Nevertheless, we press on. Le

  4. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Jason Villemez

    Slavery exhibit ordeal has lessons for LGBTQ history - Philadelphia Gay News (opens the original)

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    It’s easy to look at the censored slavery exhibit at President George Washington’s house and simply add it to the list of reasons to loathe Donald Trump. But if feeding our disdain is all we do, we’d not only be dishonoring the very history Trump seeks to rewrite, but missing the point entirely. Properly understanding history is not just about learning what happened in the past, but using that knowledge to create a new framework for ourselves and how we live. It’s about taking responsibility not

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