Columns
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Second Act
I'll admit it — when I first heard the news of Ricky Martin's coming out, I greeted it with the mental equivalent of a yawn....
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Time to Step Up
Thousand-dollar-a-plate dinners are like abortions or same-sex marriages: If you don't approve of them, don't have one. We all make choices based on our views,...
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All Hands on Deck
Nothing highlights the rifts in our community like the possibility of success. Infighting and disagreements over the direction and tactics of the movement for LGBT...
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Immigration Insult
It's been busy in Washington lately. An ENDA sit-in, White House arrests for DADT, marriage equality, Kathy Griffin, the tea-baggers' return, health care in Congress,...
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Doctor, Doctor
Back in the very early 1990s, not long after college and in the depths of my great post-collegiate career crisis — fancy speak for ''educated...
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Vatican's Past Imperfect
Pope Benedict XVI has been beset by matters of the flesh lately, from the growing sexual-abuse scandal in Germany to the revelation that a member...
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Seniors in the Spotlight
It's been another big news week for LGBT aging. An Associated Press story released Monday on coming out late in life; the SAGE/Movement Advancement Project...
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Political Proof
Just to be clear about this before I start: I was appalled that Bob McDonnell could be elected governor of Virginia and absolutely horrified the...
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Transformational Tie
It's funny, and often fascinating, how so much can change in such a short time -- and yet change so little. When our family arrived...
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How We Won
March 3 marked the start of same-sex couples being able to apply for marriage licenses in District of Columbia Superior Court. The seeds of this...
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Celebrating Victory
It's in my nature to urge caution when it comes to celebrating our political successes. Long experience has taught us that defeat is sometimes snatched...
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Conservatively Speaking
I believe it's important to acknowledge when we're wrong about our assumptions or expectations, so I should point out that when GOProud initially announced its...
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Shticks and Stones
There's the old Woody Allen joke about how being bisexual can double your chances of getting a date. It's not terribly funny, but it gets...
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Making an Exception
I was once a big believer in American exceptionalism. I don't mean the quasi-mystical version of exceptionalism in which God laid down the foundations for...
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The Jackson Jive
Despite his being so dark and masculine, I am tempted to call Bishop Harry Jackson the White Queen after the character in Through the Looking-Glass...
