Columns
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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...
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Now the Fun Part
Some thoughts at the start of the 112th Congress: 1. Congressional sessions do not end the day after the election. Prior to ratification of the...
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New Year, New Goals
I'm not the type of person who makes New Year's resolutions, not because of any particular antipathy towards the holiday or the intentions of those...
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Strange Bedfellows
In all the hubbub of closing out 2010, with lame ducks and snowstorms, one little story with all the makings of TMZ-esque high drama –...
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Done Deal
Way back in 1993, I was a young activist filled with the desire to make the world a better place for gays and lesbians. Many...
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Banner Day
Saturday night's holiday concert by the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington began with director Jeff Buhrman saying to roaring applause, ''Today was a historic day,''...
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Where Bullies Are Born
Every morning, I spend my 30-minute commute from D.C. to Lorton, Va., listening to the Sports Junkies – four guys shooting the crap about all...
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Holiday Blues
I'd really like to stop writing about ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'' Some amount of political fatigue would be expected in any protracted battle, and if...
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Not Feeling Randy
Some props of my adolescence I am happy to leave behind. Xanadu, we had a time and place. Atari 2600, you gave me so many...
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Matters of Honor
I've struggled to explain at times why the repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' takes such overwhelming priority on my personal to-do list for gay...
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Soft Senate
The gap between politics and the national interest was never greater than during last week's Senate hearing about the Defense Department survey on repeal of...
