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Francis the Evangelist
I wanted to speak to Pope Francis last week when I encountered the phrase ''openness to the transcendent'' in his apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium (The...
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Funny Business
Not long ago, I submitted myself to a full physical at my doctor's office after much concerned haranguing from husband and family. It's heartwarming that...
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The Intimate Act of Disclosure
As we approach another World AIDS Day I find myself reflecting on one of the most troubling elements in our discussion moving forward. It is...
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Stand Up, Write Back
There is something electric about being in an LGBTQ space. The spark, the sizzle of energy, compassion and willingness to both question and listen fills...
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Holiday Blue Notes
The holidays are approaching, but events are making it hard to get in the festive spirit. Not only is a friend spamming me with polls...
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Mary Cheney Gets Contrary
It's hard being the family gay. When you're the first in your family to come out — meaning the active choice to live your life...
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Listening and Learning
With the holidays around the corner, plenty of us are bound to find ourselves in alien surroundings. It might be at the family home of...
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It's the ENDA the World (as We Know It)
About five years into Barack Obama's socialistic — or fascistic, depending on which side of the bed congressional Republicans woke up on this morning —...
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A Pox on Purity
In political advocacy, as in statecraft, purity is a luxury an effective practitioner cannot afford. The tea party's aggressive push for ideological purity has yielded...
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Asian, Party of One
So while I was driving my nephew back to Falls Church for a weekend visit, we were having a conversation about the experience of 8th...
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The Ruling Classless
I consider myself fortunate that I took off last week to work on another project because about the last thing in the world I wanted...
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A Moon for Misrule
If a full moon makes people crazy, what's their excuse the rest of the month? This haunting question arose on Oct. 18 as I sat...
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Phallocentric Fallacy
Earlier this month, The Washington Times printed some commentary by Matt Philbin of the Reston, Va.-based Media Research Center. Essentially, he's disturbed by transgender self-identification,...
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Government, Cheesed
In the summer of 1991 I scraped together some coins from my rapidly depleting change bowl and hopped on the 14th Street bus that took...
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Garrison Gibbons Rises Above Hate
The night started like any other performance at Ole Miss. The house lights dimmed, the stage lights came up, and our production of The Laramie...
