Steve Charing OUTspoken

By Steve Charing A bright, comfortable spring afternoon in Lafayette Square provided an appropriate backdrop for Fred D. Mason III to announ...

By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst I admit that when the news flashed across my computer screen on May 15 announcing the death of Re...

Letter Published in the Baltimore Sun--May 12, 2007 It is appalling and ironic that "a coalition of evangelical, fundamentalist and bl...

Baltimore man struggles to keep late partner’s gravesite By Steve Charing For Kevin-Douglas Olive of Baltimore’s Seton Hill, the battle only...

Equality struggle shifts back to Federal arena By Steve Charing While the lgbt community and its allies anxiously await the Maryland Court o...

With a lot going on elsewhere, LGBT Maryland is quiet… but not for long By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst Our recent days have been ...

Letter Sent to TIME I must take issue with John Poniewozik's characterization of the expression, "That's so gay!" as good-...

Smoking ban sparks opposition, but it offers a fresh new beginning By Steve Charing Tom Mathison is the passionate owner of The Quest—a popu...

Marriage amendment was thwarted but so was transgender equality legislation Senate leadership blamed for the trans-equality defeat By Steve ...

Letter Published in the Baltimore Sun --March 20, 2007 Words and sentences in red were cut out by the editors: Thomas Sowell's lament o...

Letter Sent but Not Published in Howard County Times This newspaper has the responsibility and an obligation to the community to vet false c...

By Steve Charing The vile Ann Coulter, a flame-throwing, hate-filled ultra-conservative author, columnist and commentator has joined the gro...

Many gays see themselves as second-class citizens, but we haven’t progressed that far. By STEVE CHARING Friday, March 02, 2007 WE’VE HEARD...

The climate is improving for a gay pro athlete to come out By Steve Charing The creaky sound of the closet door opening in pro male sports h...

Letter published in USA Today--2/15/2007 Steve Charing, media relations, PFLAG-Howard County - Clarksville, Md. USA TODAY's cover story ...

LGBT, allies push for transgender equality; oppose marriage amendment By Steve Charing ANNAPOLIS—A couple of hundred lgbt activists from all...

By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst The recent brouhaha stemming from Grey’s Anatomy star Isaiah Washington’s calling fellow co-star...