Kevin Naff

3 weeks ago | washingtonblade.com | Kevin Naff

WorldPride was supposed to attract up to three million visitors to the Nation’s Capital for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration that would boost all of the region’s queer-owned businesses and shine a bright light on the progressive, pro-LGBTQ city that is Washington. Then came the 2024 election. In an instant, the mood shifted. Then the anti-trans attacks came — eliminating “X” gender markers on passports, a trans military ban, efforts to criminalize affirming healthcare. The list goes on.

1 month ago | washingtonblade.com | Kevin Naff

At last, after an uncharacteristically cold and snowy winter, another Rehoboth Beach season is upon us. I have been going to Rehoboth Beach since 1984, and it was the first place I went where people only knew me as a gay man. It was the year I came out. It was a summer community back then. Today it really is an exciting year-round community. But it’s still the summer season when Rehoboth shines, and when the businesses make most of their money.

1 month ago | washingtonblade.com | Kevin Naff

It’s an odd dichotomy: President Trump appoints the highest-ranking openly gay government official in history in Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, yet he launches cruel attacks on transgender Americans. Make no mistake: Those attacks are claiming lives. Trans people are killing themselves. I know of one trans person who died by suicide on Election Night, overwhelmed by fear of the incoming administration.

2 months ago | washingtonblade.com | Kevin Naff

It’s been difficult to keep up with the news since Jan. 20, as the attacks on our community keep coming. The same president who nominated the highest-ranking openly gay government official ever (Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary) is the same president who is killing transgender Americans via his incessantly cruel attacks on their humanity.

Feb 22, 2025 | washingtonblade.com | Kevin Naff

In the two years leading up to the disastrous 2024 election, I became addicted to MSNBC. As an early riser, I watched Jonathan Lemire on “Way Too Early,” then the first hour of “Morning Joe.” In the afternoon, I often took a coffee break with Nicolle Wallace. At night, there was Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, along with former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. The hosts and their “experts” seemed to have a deep understanding of the polls and the electorate.