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Vladimir Luxuria, Europe's first openly transgender parliamentarian, was reportedly detained twice in Sochi this week for supporting LGBT rights at the Winter Olympics.

The Marconi's chopped salad has returned, at least for a while.

Many parents may puzzle over why women activists and writers would argue so fiercely over advising teenage girls not to binge drink. The answer has to do with the nature of the crime and an ongoing dilemma in women's history.

Not all Christians equate their faith with homophobia, and they must stand up and be counted

It¿s clear from the decades-long gay rights movement here in the United States that gays and lesbians have always changed hearts and minds and forced public policy changes by being counted, not by sitting it out.

Despite the state's ban on same-sex marriage, at least five same-sex couples were issued marriage licenses in a suburban Philadelphia county.

The North St. John's diving team defeated Five Oaks and St. Andrews to close out the regular season.

The results and top finishers from Howard County summer swimming and diving for the week of July 6

Some of you may recognize me from my SpaceManAndy advice column in City That Breeds. Well, I've decided to focus my efforts here, on the LGBT community.

In 30 years of writing this column, I've always felt I was providing an essential service: comic relief to counteract an endless procession of depressing world events: war, pestilence, famine, natural disaster and each year's new line of Paris fashions.

How long will marriage equality be allowed in some states but not others?

Too much of the news going to the Baltimore papers from Howard county relates only to crimes and misdemeanors, creating a bad reputation for this law abiding county.

Howard County diving meets for the week of July 9

June 30 swim results for Howard County teams

'Mad Men' recap: Season 5, Episode 7, 'The Codfish Ball'

Brent Bozell goes culture-warrior whacko in attacking it

"Savage U," which brings columnist Dan Savage and his producer, Lauren Hutchinson, to a different college campus each week for frank discussions with students about sex, will likely stir some culture-war controversy when it debuts at 11 p.m. Tuesday on MTV.

History Matters: Odd Fellows in Ellicott City celebrated their 69th anniversary of the Lodge

The Conscious Mother: Its time to give a "thank you" the respect it deserves with a "thank you"