Columns
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Court of Public Opinion
The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan left more questions than answers, since she quite properly refused to prejudge matters that might come...
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Stories of Life
As a transgender woman writing at Feministing.com, I regularly cover trans-related stories. I also critique the almost-always poor coverage from mainstream and even LGBT publications....
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Reality Distortion
Reality can be so confusing. Once again, as we traipse our way through a Supreme Court nomination hearing in the Senate and as Republican presidential...
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Questionable Consumption
A couple of weeks ago, I went to Tampa, Fla., to spend a weekend with my mother and two of my teenaged San Diegan nephews...
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Finding Faith
For a godless homosexual, I'm unusually interested in the religious faith of LGBT people who are believers. This comes, in large part, from my own...
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Perkins's Washington Warning
If you are on the Family Research Council's e-mail list, you may have seen this alarm from Tony Perkins in his June 16 ''Washington Update'':...
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Family Feuding
Last Thursday morning, June 10, the humidity was already thick by 9 a.m. But that's D.C. No surprise there. Still, it was a beautiful morning,...
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The Wedding Singer
Elton John's performance during the celebration of Rush Limbaugh's fourth attempt at successful matrimony has become like the inappropriate and unwanted wedding gift that keeps...
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Feels Like the First Time
I was 19 years old and newly out of the closet -- not entirely by choice -- when I saw my first gay Pride parade....
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From Stonewall to the Workplace
One by one, they stepped up to the podium and got personal. ''I believe what my parents taught me — that if I work hard,...
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Winning Gracefully
The LGBT community has a long, hot summer ahead. The last election put avowed allies at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, yet the midterm election...
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Delayed Victories
Watching what one hopes will be the final throes of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' unfold last week in Congress provided plenty of moments of political...
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Hot Times
Technically, summer is still a couple weeks away, with a June 20 or 21 start date, depending on your Northern Hemisphere locale. But with Memorial...
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Seeking Courage
It's hard not to feel like our country is broken. This is a feeling, of course, that's a bit selfish in its own way because...
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Opening the System
If you have ever driven by the papal nuncio's residence on Massachusetts Avenue, you may have seen a man standing in front who is protesting...
