Steve Charing OUTspoken

A gay baseball player coming out would have to face tough challenges . By Steve Charing When the steroids scandal first hit major league bas...

Small Lobby Day turnout signals possible declining interest By Steve Charing On a balmy February 2, a crowd estimated by the Washington Blad...

By Steve Charing A fter experiencing two straight cruises, my partner and I decided to try a "gay cruise" and signed up...

By Steve Charing On the road to the election and inauguration of Barack Obama, there had been great hope accumulating throughout the LGBT co...

The Plight of Baltimore’s Homeless LGBT Youth By Steve Charing T hey seemed to get along as well as any Baltimore family that ...

We need a national leader who can unify community, win equality. As Barack Obama ascended the Capitol steps to be sworn in as the nation’s 4...

"We’re in a good place legislatively" By Steve Charing Although the 2009 Maryland General Assembly will be intensely focused on a ...

By Steve Charing A cold, rainy January 7 night didn’t deter nearly 30 people from attending the first organizational meeting of the Baltimor...

Happy New Year, readers! In keeping with the year-end tradition of columnists’ picking the best, worse and whatever, I am introducing OUTspo...

Just when we thought the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was behind us, President-elect Barack Obama has a new pastor problem. In selecting Rev. Rick W...

By Steve Charing The bitter reaction to the Proposition 8 fiasco last month has sparked a debate among gay activists as to the correct cours...

Would be Pastor-in-Chief Mike Huckabee got undressed by The Daily Show's Jon Stewart on the issue of same-sex marriage. Huckabee failed...

Radical reactions to defeats will not bring about the changes we need. By Steve Charing Believe it or not, I agreed with Bill O’Reilly’s rec...