Outside the Beltway

Last month, a retired Navy SEAL came out as transgender. Those still in uniform, however, must serve in silence.

Texas has become the latest state to attempt to restrict abortion rights, and North Carolina isn’t far behind.

The marriage equality battle is entering its next phase.

The Texas Legislature is putting up its controversial abortion bill again, but don’t expect things do end the way they did last week.

Faster than many expected, same-sex marriage became the law again in California late yesterday.

The Court may have “punted” the Proposition 8 ruling, but it is likely to have a wide-ranging impact both in California and nationwide.

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has wasted no time issuing a full-throated statement endorsing today’s DOMA ruling

The 5-4 ruling was much more sweeping than needed to strike down DOMA.

A Colorado 6-year-old with a penis has successfully sued for the right to use the girls’ restroom.

Then-Lieutenant Wales intervened to prevent a gay trooper from getting beaten by a gang of thugs.

Ronnie Koenig reveals “What Being Editor in Chief of Playgirl Taught Me About Female Desire.”

If there’s one thing that our generals and admirals agree on it’s that generals and admirals should retain their power.

Chris Beck spent 20 years as a Navy SEAL. Kristen Beck has written a book about her experiences.

The Supreme Court declined to accept an appeal of a case in which Indiana’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood had been blocked by a Federal Court.

Christine Fox, the real-life inspiration for Charlie of “Top Gun,” and the casual sexism of 1985.

In a fascinating project, four sisters are photographed each year from 1976 to 2010.

Prominent female athletes have been able to be openly gay for decades. Why can’t their male counterparts?

If you expose your breasts in rural Georgia but have a penis, jailers are liable to think you’re a dude and make fun of you.

President Obama says Kamala Harris is “by far the best-looking attorney general in the country.”

The anti-communist icon is once again in hot water for making idiotic comments.

Separate, it turns out, is not equal.

The Associated Press’ clear guidelines are unclear.

Christina Hoff Summers argues that America needs to fix the way we educate boys.

The “I” in DIA apparently does not stand for Intelligence.

The Boy Scouts is strongly reconsidering its ban on gays.

Greg Jaffe has an outstanding feature titled “In one Army family, women in combat evokes two different perspectives.”

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta ordered a lifting of the ban on women in ground combat.

40 years after Roe v. Wade, support for the decision is still strong, but the effort to restrict it continues apace.

40 years later, the public continues to support the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade.

In news you’ve known for years, Jodie Foster has announced that she’s a lesbian.

President Obama is taking some heat over the fact that his Second Term cabinet selections have been very white and very male.

In Iowa, women can be fired for being too sexy.

Gabrielle Ludwig played college basketball as a man 25 years ago; now, she’s playing as a woman.

Couples of the same sex can marry at the West Point chapel, they’re treated much differently under the Defense of Marriage Act.

The issue of same-sex marriage will be before the Supreme Court early next year.

The Air Force has a leadership crisis.

One of West Point’s first female graduates has married her long-time girlfriend at the Cadet Chapel.