Steve Charing OUTspoken

New baseball season revives hope that a gay player will come out. by Steve Charing WHEN THE WASHINGTON Nationals unveiled their new fabulou...

The candidate is receiving punches, but is he throwing enough of his own? By Steve Charing I’ve always believed that politics is a war, espe...

Why did the media and Obama for that matter allow Hillary Clinton to lie about taking sniper fire in Bosnia? It wasn't a "misstatem...

By Steve Charing When it became apparent that Senator C. Anthony Muse (D-Prince Georges) was not going to break the stalemate and vote the R...

Letter published in March 24, 2008 issue of TIME The cover story ably examined the many ways experience can be manifested [March 10]. Senato...

A split party could allow McCain to sneak in . By Steve Charing Pity Republican presidential nominee John McCain! The country is just finish...

By Steve Charing Following our last Pride, a letter writer to this publication found it embarrassing to bring his straight friends to the pa...

The Democrats have their flaws, but they are our best chance for progress. by Steve Charing SOME GAY ACTIVISTS and observers continue to...

Letter Published in the Feb. 19, 2008 issue of the Baltimore Sun You know we're approaching election time when President Bush sounds the...

By Steve Charing David Nash (r.) and Linda Swift (c.), a straight couple from Boston, visited Baltimore last year on business. They happene...

Activists take the fight to lawmakers By Steve Charing Senior Political Analyst The bitter, sub-freezing temperatures pushed down further by...

Published in the February 2008 issue of The Business Monthly by Steve Charing Most businesses target their marketing strategies towards fami...

by Steve Charing Aaron Merki, a student at the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore, spoke before the Rainbow Youth Alliance (R...

By Steve Charing As this edition of OUTloud "hits the streets," a new page in Baltimore lgbt social culture is about to turn. Sta...

By Steve Charing A rule change in a state insurance law that affects domestic partners may seem like a small victory in the scheme of things...

By Steve Charing Happy New Year! Last issue I offered a reality check and discussed what not to expect in 2008 in the political arena and el...