Steve Charing OUTspoken

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

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Impact on Baltimore’s LGBT Community

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L ike many other citizens of Baltimore and beyond, members of the LGBT community were stunned by Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blak...
Thursday, September 03, 2015

Don’t Make Kim Davis a Martyr

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W hile it may give marriage equality supporters a degree satisfaction that the defiant Rowan County (KY) clerk Kim Davis was sent to the h...
Monday, August 31, 2015

10 Questions for GLCCB President Jabari Lyles

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J abari Lyles is a teacher, the outreach specialist at FreeState legal Project and co-chair and education manager at GLSEN-Baltimore.   Bu...
Monday, August 24, 2015

'LGBT Baltimore' Chronicles City’s LGBT History

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B rowsing through the new pictorial history book, LGBT Baltimore, just released on August 17 you will see a float from a 1990 Pride par...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

The Trump Card: Who Wins the Hand?

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P ity those poor clowns in the GOP clown car who think they can be president of the United States.   They run around the country kissing t...
Monday, August 17, 2015

A Good 'Catch' at Beth Tfiloh Community Theatre

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I must admit that when I first saw the 2002 Steven Spielberg film Catch Me If You Can starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio, the last...
Wednesday, August 05, 2015

The Summer Winds of Change are Blowing

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 N o one can say this has been hum-drum summer in LGBT Baltimore.   Huge victories, such as the Supreme Court’s ruling that legalize...
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Monday, July 27, 2015

Into the Woods at Toby's is a Good Choice

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I f there’s one thing you can say about Into The Woods , the Tony Award winning musical whose score and lyrics were brought into the wor...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

There'll Always Be a Place For Pride

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A ll that talk of mainstreaming, assimilating, acceptance, the loss of gay bars, and the potential loss of LGBT organizations, one has to ...
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Monday, July 13, 2015

Higher Praise for 'Altar Boyz' at Spotlighters

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I t might be seen as a miracle, but the cozy Spotlighters Theatre has been transformed into a spacious Baltimore concert hall where scream...
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Monday, July 06, 2015

Are We Victims of Our Own Success?

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W hen we first learned that the Hippo planned to close later this year, many in the community attributed that development to a cultural ...
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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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