Steve Charing OUTspoken

By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst His TV commercials say that Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. doesn’t govern from the left or the ri...

Letter published in the Baltimore Sun--7/2/2006 Most Republican elected officials are dutifully following Karl Rove's playbook by incess...

Not many candidates trolled for votes at Pride, but maybe there’s a reason By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst This is a huge election...

By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst Another year has gone by where our community has been under attack by the religious right and by t...

By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst Mary Cheney is a sham. Just thought that you should know, When we needed her to speak the most, Sh...

To cling to power, Republicans dredge up ‘gay marriage’ again By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst Take your pick: Iraq, soaring gas pr...

Letter Published in the Baltimore Sun May 9,2006 I had to do a double-take to make sure I was correctly reading the name "Cal Thomas...

By Steve Charing If you are reading this column, you would most likely appreciate how traumatic the coming out process can be—even if your p...

By Steve Charing The thing about election wedge issues is that they don’t always have to originate from opponents. They can be self-inflicte...

Letter Published in the Baltimore Sun--April 10 The Republicans are whistling in the graveyard if they actually believe that Rep. Tom DeLay...

Why the NHL may be the first major league to embrace a gay male player By Steve Charing Philadelphia Flyers goon Donald Brashears perhaps sa...

Duke’s J.J. Redick shrugs off fans’ taunts with class and courage By Steve Charing As the college basketball spectacle called "The Big ...

Letter Published in Washington Post Monday, March 20, 2006; Page A14 I commend the March 7 editorial "Now Repeal the Ban," which a...

Character: Human rights and social conscience… The Declaration of Independence proclaims: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that...

By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst Many, if not most, in the lgbt community are not involved in long-term relationships at any given ...

Mt. Vernon-Bolton Hill residents and other local lgbt need to step up By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst On the surface, one can easi...

More lgbt involvement needed to achieve equality By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst Nearly a thousand lgbt folks and their supporters...

She was a major advocate for lgbt equality By Steve Charing Ironically, on the day Judge Samuel Alito was confirmed as justice to the Supre...

The pro-amendment rhetoric is not about protecting marriage By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst Now that a Baltimore Circuit Court jud...