Steve Charing OUTspoken

The forging of Michael Steele into the GOP’s rising star should be a concern for gays By Steve Charing Lt. Governor Michael S. Steele will b...

The question of "outing" anti-gay politicians or staffers divides community By Steve Charing Once again the debate involving the o...

The distracting steroid scandal presents a golden opportunity for a gay baseball player to come out of the closet By Steve Charing (publishe...

By Steve Charing At a recent meeting I attended, a gay man disputed the proposition that gay people aren’t safe on the streets. "I thin...

SF mayor is a rare politician fighting for gay rights By Steve Charing To be sure, Gavin Newsom has Hollywood-style great looks. But that do...

By Steve Charing Hate has been a human emotion since the beginning of civilization and will always be there. It’s been the root cause of muc...

The sports world may have mourned the death of Reggie White but the gay community lost an enemy By Steve Charing I admit that I wasn’t exact...

By Steve Charing Religious fundamentalists have been attacking gays and lesbians since, well, the times of The Old Testament. It didn’t just...

By Steve Charing The coming out process has always been a life-altering experience. But for a teenager or young adult, it can be even more t...

Bush, The Vatican, and the heterosexual agenda By Steve Charing On the heels of recent major developments in the history of gay civil rights...

By Steve Charing As bad as the disgraceful abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has been for our country and humankind in general...