Steve Charing OUTspoken

Commentary on LGBTQ and political issues plus theatre reviews and sports.

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Equality Maryland's Endorsement Gamble

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‘Twas two nights before Christmas, When all through the state Not a person was stirring, Be it LGBT or straight. Then Equality Maryla...
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Friday, December 27, 2013

Ducking the Real issue

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T he fact that so much progress has been occurring with marriage equality and how the majority of people in the U.S. now support it must b...
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Piano Bar Returns to Grand Central

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Matthew Kenwothy at work I mmediately following the multi-vehicle accident in September that sent white paint splattering onto the ext...

Will Next Year Top 2013?

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C learly significant progress was made in 2013 for many in the LGBT communities.   There were some surprises in the mix that added more ...
Monday, December 09, 2013

ENDA the Line for the GOP?

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John Boehner's reluctance to bring up ENDA will hurt GOP R epublican strategist Mike Murphy was practically giddy in his recent co...
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Tuesday, December 03, 2013

A Labor of Love: A Silver Anniversary Cabaret

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A joyous, tuneful 25 th anniversary cabaret called A Labor of Love took place at the Smith Theatre of the Howard Community College Horow...
Monday, November 25, 2013

'Into the Woods' You Should Go

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Photo: Ken Stanek Photography I was a little skeptical that the intimate, in-the-round stage at the Spotlighters Theatre would be abl...
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Saturday, November 23, 2013

A Charming Little 'Miracle at Toby's

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Photos: Kirstine Christiansen R ight on cue for the holidays, Toby’s the Dinner Theatre of Columbia is presenting Miracle on 34 th St...
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Monday, November 18, 2013

‘The King and I’ at Olney is Worth Getting to Know, etc., etc., etc.

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  Photos: Stan Barough T he classic musical Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I concludes the Olney Theatre Center’s memorab...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Cheap Shot at Gansler

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Letter Published in Nov. 15, 2013 Baltimore Sun Susan L. Burke’s letter that links Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler to enabling the...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

One Year after Question 6: Revisiting, Not Revising History

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A lmost a year after Maryland voters upheld the law allowing same-sex marriage, there was the expected amount of celebrating at the rece...
Monday, November 11, 2013

'Breaking the Code' at the Kossiakoff Center (APL)

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 Cast of Breaking the Code I t is so fitting that a play about the British cryptanalyst and trailblazing mathematician, Alan Tur...
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This blog contains a compilation of recent articles--mostly political, sports and local theatre reviews-- appearing in MD Theatre Guide, Baltimore OUTloud, Washington Blade, Gay Life, Outsports.com, published letters, and commentary. My letters to the editor have appeared in such publications as TIME, USA Today, Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Columbia Flier/Howard County Times, City Paper (Baltimore)and Washington Blade. I have a wonderful spouse who has been the love of my life since February 1980. I married him on July 23, 2009 in Provincetown, MA--our first and favorite vacation spot. Comments are welcome directly on the blog but personal attacks will not be allowed. NOTE: Feel free to share the link to my posts but the contents may not be lifted without attribution .
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