Columnists :: Holding The Center
 Turning the tables
By Richard J. Rosendall | Monday Nov 9, 2009
We need to be more aggressive and imaginative in combating the lies and illustrating the harm of discrimination.
An opening against the right
By Richard J. Rosendall | Tuesday Oct 27, 2009
By respecting a black woman’s right to choose abortion, I am supporting genocide?
Street vs. suite
By Richard J. Rosendall | Tuesday Oct 13, 2009
The culture clash between the Joneses and the Solmoneses reflects a longstanding tension between liberationists and assimilationists.
Time to act
By Richard J. Rosendall | Tuesday Sep 15, 2009
We have the momentum and our legislature is ready.
Genteel slander
By Richard J. Rosendall | Wednesday Sep 2, 2009
Effective activism is not a brawl, but neither is it a dinner party.
Attitude Adjustment
By Richard J. Rosendall | Wednesday Aug 5, 2009
Civil liberties are often the victim of haste and poor judgement
Repeat what works
By Richard J. Rosendall | Wednesday Jul 8, 2009
The Dallas Principles strive for LGBT equality, but have they shortchange proven activist methods?
Putting anger to work
By Richard J. Rosendall | Thursday Jun 25, 2009
Frank Kameny was in the White House on June 17 to attend the signing of the Presidential Memorandum on benefits for the same-sex partners of federal employees. While he was waiting, he made some inquiries as to whether the President knew in advance about the now-notorious Department of Justice brief in the Smelt v. United States case.
Pro-gay, pro-choice
By Richard J. Rosendall | Thursday Jun 11, 2009
My surprise at a minister calling an abortion doctor a martyr inspired me to ask myself: What impels me, as someone who regards the ending of an unwanted pregnancy as a tragedy, not only to attend vigils but to defend abortion rights as part of my gay-rights advocacy?
Killing words
By Richard J. Rosendall | Thursday May 28, 2009
On Sunday evening of D.C. Black Pride weekend, African-American Collective Theater (ACT) presented a sneak peek at Play Ball, a new play by director/writer Alan Sharpe. Sharpe and a talented cast brought spirit and insight to a painful yet timely topic -- the suicide of a black youth targeted by anti-gay bullying.
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