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  • A Star Is Born

    By on May 9, 2013

    Jason Collins is not the first active professional athlete to come out. Tennis star Martina Navratilova came out in 1981. Her courageous act, however, was...

  • Annuals of Spring

    By on May 2, 2013

    Anyone familiar with my writings round these parts already knows that I am solipsism central, so I'll just jump right to the point and say...

  • Accidental Activism

    By on May 2, 2013

    When I met my husband, Kelly Vielmo, almost 11 years ago, neither of us did anything that might be labeled ''activism'' on behalf of gay...

  • Good Times for Bad Boys

    By on April 25, 2013

    Long story short, I found myself cruising around the Tidal Basin in the back of a black limousine with famed porn director Chi-Chi LaRue, a...

  • Preventing a Mob

    By on April 25, 2013

    On April 19, after the arrest of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (hereinafter ''Johar''), residents of Boston's Watertown neighborhood applauded the police and chanted, ''USA! USA!''...

  • Asian-American Voices for Immigration

    By on April 18, 2013

    This week, the Senate introduced a bill on comprehensive immigration reform, taking our national conversation on this issue to the next level. With legislative battles...

  • Immigration Reform, Marriage and Gay Rights

    By on April 18, 2013

    Like basically every other white person who happens to be a citizen of the United States of America, I'm the product of immigration. I come...

  • Rallying for Referendum 8

    By on April 18, 2013

    As the citizens of our nation's capital prepare to head to the polls once more, there are two very important items in the upcoming April...

  • Apology Politics and Anita Bonds

    By on April 16, 2013

    I have been following the recent furor over Councilmember Anita Bonds's response to a statement made by George T. Johnson – a local leader in...

  • Cuccinelli: The Second Coming of Santorum

    By on April 11, 2013

    I'm going to share my dirty little secret: I kind of miss Rick Santorum. Sure, he's a nerdy bully who can froth at the mouth...

  • Blowing Up the Coalition

    By on April 11, 2013

    Clarence Mitchell, the civil-rights activist and longtime chief lobbyist for the NAACP, used to tell of something then-Senate Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson often said to...

  • Their Bodies, Their Selves

    By on April 4, 2013

    So I was at one of the many gay events where I seem to find myself more and more often these days when I asked...

  • Steeple Chasing

    By on April 4, 2013

    There are probably plenty of things you haven't seen until you've seen them done New Orleans style. Taking my husband to the Big Easy last...

  • Rearguard Actions

    By on March 28, 2013

    To be honest, it's daunting at this point to write about the Supreme Court and marriage equality because we're in one of those cultural moments...

  • Days of Miracle and Wonder

    By on March 25, 2013

    ''These are the days of miracle and wonder,'' sings the American, backed by African rhythms as a vast crowd dances. Paul Simon was not talking...