Steve Charing OUTspoken

Commentary on LGBTQ and political issues plus theatre reviews and sports.

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

‘Elf’ at Toby’s Delivers Needed Christmas Spirit

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I n this chaotic world we live in today, the holiday season can’t come fast enough. If nothing else, the holidays with all its inherent stre...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

‘We’re Fighting Back’

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Maryland AG Brown offers reassurances to LGBTQIA+ Community. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown A t a fundraising event for Democrat ...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

‘The Crucible’ Offers Intense Drama at Silhouette Stages

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J.R. Hontz and Nathan Rosen O ver the past eight years, we’ve been subject to the incessant accusations of “witch hunt” or “hoax” in the pol...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

National Coming Out Day: A Personal Essay by Byron Macfarlane

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  I 've been out and proud as a gay man for 19 years. While I knew I was different, I think as early as 11 or 12, the 90's/early 200...
Friday, September 05, 2025

‘Saturday Night Fever’ Brings the Heat to Toby’s

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Patrick Gover as Tony Manero and  Rachel Cahoon as Stephanie Mangano R emember the disco era of the 70’s and 80’s? It was a cultural phenome...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Howard County Summer Theatre Presents an Extraordinary and Colorful ‘Joseph’

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Danny Bertaux stars as Joseph I n its 50 th year in delivering high-quality, community-driven musicals in Howard County (MD) the Howard Cou...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

‘The Little Mermaid’ Makes a Splash at Toby’s

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Flounder (Nicky Kaider) and the Mersisters I ’ve heard the rumors, too. But they’re false. The visionary creative team at Toby’s did not pla...
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Steve Charing
This blog contains a compilation of recent articles--mostly political, sports and local theatre reviews-- appearing in MD Theatre Guide, Baltimore OUTloud, Washington Blade, Gay Life, Outsports.com, published letters, and commentary. My letters to the editor have appeared in such publications as TIME, USA Today, Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Columbia Flier/Howard County Times, City Paper (Baltimore)and Washington Blade. I have a wonderful spouse who has been the love of my life since February 1980. I married him on July 23, 2009 in Provincetown, MA--our first and favorite vacation spot. Comments are welcome directly on the blog but personal attacks will not be allowed. NOTE: Feel free to share the link to my posts but the contents may not be lifted without attribution .
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