Columns
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Gay New World
Theoretically, a vacation is time to recharge, to reflect, to generally recuperate from accumulated weariness. In reality, the world keeps spinning and we remain connected...
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GOProud's CPAC Splash
GOProud co-founders Christopher Barron and Jimmy LaSalvia made a big splash at CPAC last weekend, including with a heavily promoted party, but the early returns...
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An Achievement to Celebrate
Last week, Whitman-Walker Clinic shared with the community good news that has not happened here in nearly a decade. We reported an operating gain for...
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Right Turns
There is, of course, the old canard that a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged. Just from my personal experience, though, I know that...
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Word Play
Being the good uncles I imagine us to be, my husband and I took our 10-year-old nephew out to dinner at the mall this past...
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Bravery in Black
An extraordinary display of gay courage and determination comes to us from Mukono, Uganda, thanks to a YouTube video of last Friday's funeral for murdered...
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Working for Change
As the Obama administration releases new details on ending ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' and the president continues his public evolution on the vital issue of...
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Great Expectations
Because I've been doing this long enough, I tend to approach annual political events like the State of the Union speech as a bit of...
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Choosing Choice
When I look at, say, the slaughter of dolphins off the coast of Japan I think it's disgusting and barbaric. Despite my offense, I have...
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Across the Threshold
It can sometimes feel a little awkward to celebrate a victory achieved by something not happening. But even though the Supreme Court's decision not to...
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Grace Under Fire
The light in the darkness of the mass shooting in Tucson came from the courage and poise of ordinary citizens who disarmed Jared Loughner and...
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Sticks and Stones
''Words can never hurt me.'' That's one of the comforting lies we learn in childhood, along with ''cheaters never win,'' ''you can be whatever you...
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Passing Blame
It's hard to think about much this week aside from the Tucson shootings, but I didn't think my column would have anything to do with...
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The Silent ''T''
''LGBT.'' The ''T'' is silent. No sooner did the gavel make contact with the podium repealing DADT than our national organizations were talking up marriage...
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Grizzly Madam
If there's a lesson I've learned from family conversations over the past couple of years, it's that I should avoid talking politics. I probably should...
