Steve Charing OUTspoken

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

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Please Leave a Message

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  T hank Goodness for Barack Obama’s “Hope and Change” slogan in 2008! Other than that, I cannot think of a consistent, punchy, winning mess...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

The Financial Transparency Deflection

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Columbia (MD) Democratic Club Treasurer pushes back against non-transparency allegations and reveals what this is really all about By Bob Fo...
Tuesday, March 02, 2021

Why Trump is More Dangerous Than Ever

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  W hen Donald Trump was in office, many people thought he was dangerous. He only held his self-interests as a priority, had little knowledg...
Sunday, February 14, 2021

We Don’t Know How to Quit Ya

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  The GQP made what is likely to be a costly decision to let Trump off the hook. The dust has settled on Donald Trump’s record breaking 2 ...
Sunday, January 31, 2021

We the Jury

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The case for Trump's conviction must be directed more for the public than the Senate. D onald Trump spewed the biggest of all his many...
Friday, January 22, 2021

The Republicans' Idea of Unity

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I know speaking of unity can sound to some like a foolish fantasy. I know the forces that divide us are deep and they are real. But I also...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

The False Equivalence of 'Whataboutism'

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O n January 12, 2021, President Donald Trump was impeached for the second time in a year. On this occasion it was for inciting an insurrecti...
Thursday, January 07, 2021

King Insane

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F ull disclosure: I am not a psychiatrist or a trained psychologist, but I did fairly well in my Psych courses in college. One of those was ...
Thursday, December 31, 2020

There Used to be a Gayborhood in Mt. Vernon

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A s soon as the Hippo announced its closing in 2015, members of Baltimore’s LGBTQ community began seeing the handwriting on the wall regard...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2020

OUTSpoken's Top 10 Posts of 2020

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The end of the year means another list somewhere, and this blog is no exception. The Covid-19 pandemic and its resulting closures of theater...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

Why Pete's Nomination Should Sail Through

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O n December 16, 2020, history   was made as the first open LGBTQ person was nominated for a cabinet position. President-elect Joe Biden ann...
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Steve Charing
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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