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  • Seniors in the Spotlight

    By on March 17, 2010

    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...

  • Political Proof

    By on March 11, 2010

    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...

  • Transformational Tie

    By on March 11, 2010

    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...

  • How We Won

    By on March 4, 2010

    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...

  • Celebrating Victory

    By on March 3, 2010

    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...

  • Conservatively Speaking

    By on February 25, 2010

    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...

  • Shticks and Stones

    By on February 24, 2010

    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...

  • Making an Exception

    By on February 17, 2010

    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...

  • The Jackson Jive

    By on February 17, 2010

    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...

  • Why Maggie's Wrong

    By on February 17, 2010

    How can I write this so that Maggie Gallagher -- of National Organization for Marriage (NOM) infamy -- will understand? A child loses his or...

  • Mighty Real

    By on February 10, 2010

    Being a product of the ''Real America'' — that halcyon collection of rural farmlands and evangelical hotbeds that see themselves as the authentic bedrock of...

  • Moving Forward

    By on February 10, 2010

    On Aug. 28, 2008, I listened to Sen. Barack Obama outline his soaring vision for America. I felt like he was speaking directly to me...

  • Never-Ending Need

    By on February 10, 2010

    At 40, sharing a birthday with the Stonewall riots, I've lived through plenty of changes for LGBT Americans. After about 10 or so, I even...

  • ''Raw Sex'' and Rev. Evans

    By on February 3, 2010

    There was no suspense at the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics (BOEE) hearing on Jan. 27, which concerned the proposed referendum on the recently...

  • More than Words

    By on February 3, 2010

    We often complain that promises made to our community are ''just words,'' palliatives designed to make us feel that something is being done without any...