Steve Charing OUTspoken

Gay firefighter earns respect from colleagues, and it’s mutual B rian Cox, an openly gay man in the Laurel Volunteer Fire Department,...

H aving just viewed the poignant and heartrending film Bridegroom on the OWN network, I’d be hard pressed to find a better case for mar...

O n a recent cool Saturday morning, there was a flurry of activity at the public library on E. Patrick Street in the heart of the histor...

 Photo: Ken Stanek Photography C hilean playwright Ariel Dorfman felt compelled to write about his own experiences as a witness to t...

“We must be diligent in protecting all people”  With the Mayor at the 2012 Creating Change Conference M ayor Stephanie Rawlin...

Courtesy of NPR I t’s been 15 years since the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay 21 year-old college student.   For those who do ...

Letter Published in Oct. 5, 2013 Edition of the  Baltimore Sun D an Shannahan’s letter (“Federal workers shouldn’t complain about shutdown...

“The door to safety swings on the hinges of common sense.” —Author Unknown   I n the aftermath of a car slamming into a pickup truck ...

Will Manning as the Victim and Joseph W. Ritsch as Jeff “Hi, I’m Jeff.   Can I buy you a drink?   I’d like to take your picture…of pos...

 GLoW folks are looking to fill the section next year T he Washington Blade recently devoted a special issue on sports and ...

©Richard Anderson “I t’s hard to overstate the genius of the Marx Brothers,” says Center Stage Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Ar...

Macklemore performing ‘Same Love’ at VMA’s I t’s a pity that Miley Cyrus’ near pornographic twerking, tongue and finger moveme...