Steve Charing OUTspoken

As Sen. Barack Obama continues on his picture-perfect trip through the Middle East and Europe, the petulance and pettiness of the McCain cam...

By Steve Charing Dear Vice-President Gore, As a gay man, I believe it is critical that Senator Barack Obama be elected president on November...

Yes, The New Yorker is satirical. But its upcoming cover that depicts Barack and Michelle Obama in the manner they did was over the top. W...

The following letter was published in July 10 edition of the Howard County Times/Columbia Flier: In sharing in the celebration of our great ...

When asked about the increase in US exports to Iran during the Bush Administration, with the largest export being cigarettes, McCain was rep...

By Steve Charing The streets surrounding the Pride block party and parade have long been swept and trash picked up. Pieces of wrapped candy,...

By Steve Charing As Baltimore’s Pride kicks off, several recent events add more to the meaning of Pride. To be sure, I reflect upon the com...

Letter published in the June 5, 2008 edition of The Baltimore Sun Douglas MacKinnon did his very best as a partisan of Sen. John McCain to ...

Celebrating much progress but we have a long way to go By Steve Charing It has been nearly four full decades since the Stone...

Sen. Clinton has undermined Obama’s chances and doesn’t deserve the honor By Steve Charing If Senator John McCain manages to overcome an el...

By Steve Charing Like so many gays and lesbians who read or heard the landmark ruling by the California Supreme Court that overthrew that st...

By Steve Charing The late Hope Quackenbush, who had brought Broadway theater back to Baltimore, gave long-time actress and stage personality...

By Steve Charing Following the completion of the 2008 Maryland General Assembly there were activists and members of the gay press who were c...

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...