| The LGBTQ icon has chosen to focus on the ‘beautiful change’ the COVID-19 pandemic will bring By Chris Azzopardi Throughout her dynamic three-decade career, Melissa Etheridge has beat cancer and weathered the devastating emotional toll of the AIDS crisis. Having overcome her own battles, the music legend consequently became a beacon of strength, resilience,
By Nancy Ford Who could have known that a tiny, little thing like a virus that looks like a pink and red toilet scrubber could have caused so many problems for so many people? As all of us make our way through this chaos wrought by Covid-19, I hope that all of our faithful readers
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Has anyone besides me been wanting their mommy recently? It’s been a rough period. In stretches of trouble, it’s often comforting to recall happier times. Facebook is full of people posting stories of good times they’ve shared with family and friends. This story is one of my fondest childhood memories and
Dine out while staying in By Jim Ayres What’s a dining writer to do when there’s nowhere to dine? These are tough times, and the hospitality industry is taking the biggest economic hit. Here are three ways you can support your favorite bar or restaurant, even if you can’t do it in person. Order to
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Folks, spring is here and so is that crappy yellow pollen — not to mention the coronavirus. This closing of our watering holes has really put a damper on me running my traps. Oh well, it is what it is. Hoping everyone stays safe and well. This issue’s recipes are all about
By Forest Riggs If Rod Serling, TV legend and creator of The Twilight Zone, were alive today, he would have a lot of new material upon which to spin his stories and scary themed presentations. I can see it in my mind as the show begins, “Imagine if you will, a tiny island in the
By Mikey Rox As we all hunker down to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, here are a few ways you can cope and stay productive for sanity’s – and humanity’s – sake. 1. Take free online classes Your mediocre SAT scores may not have gotten you into the Ivy League school of your
By Romeo San Vicente Think back to that flash of a moment in 2017’s live-action remake of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the one where it seemed that Gaston’s (Luke Evans) sidekick LeFou (Josh Gad) was, in effect, coming out as gay. We call it a flash because if you blinked you missed it –
By Janice Anderson PFLAG Houston will not hold our general meeting nor small group meetings until after the CDC guidelines for the COVID-19 pandemic say it’s safe. Instead of the usual general meeting in April, we will have a podcast interview with our scheduled guest speaker, Lou Weaver. Lou Weaver is a queer transgender man
By Colby Etherton Friends, what a strange time we’re living in. A Stay Home–Work Safe order was issued on March 24 for Houston and Harris County residents, going into effect at midnight and lasting until April 3. The order was announced in a press conference with Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester
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