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The 2019 LGBTQIA+ Pride March announces Grand Marshals Cast of POSE, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, Gay Liberation Front, The Trevor Project, Monica Helms to lead

NYC Pride, the official host of WorldPride 2019 | Stonewall 50, announces its five Grand Marshals slated to lead both the 50thNYC Pride March on Sunday, June 30, 2019, and this year’s commemoration of the 50thAnniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. The cast of POSE, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, Gay Liberation Front, The Trevor Project, and Monica

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Across the Causeway

LGBTQ Galveston with all the frills upon it

By Forest Riggs Easter has finally made it, complete with dyed eggs, jelly beans, peeps, baskets, and all the trimmings. The LGBTQ community seems to come alive again around Easter. Everyone knows we love to decorate, dress for Halloween, get creative as hell and “do it up” for just about any occasion. Easter, religious or

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Showman Terry Barber salutes Freddie Mercury in ‘Mercury’

By Randall Jobe Terry Barber, international opera singer and Grammy nominee who performs the music of Freddie Mercury in the upcoming performance, Mercury, coming to Houston’s Arena Theatre for one show only on May 10, exudes enthusiasm and knowledge of his subject. His research took him through five biographies in the attempt to fully understand

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The Frivolist

5 Problems With Living in the Future

By Mikey Rox We all like to daydream about what the future may hold, but when those prospects consume your thoughts more than the present, there’s a real risk of living your own mental and emotional nightmare. Make a conscious effort to enjoy the here and now by recognizing these problems with overthinking life’s uncertainties.

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Celebrity Feature

This Is Ben Platt

| ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ actor-singer talks telling his story with debut album and the problem with a coming-out announcement By Chris Azzopardi It comes up casually, as Ben Platt prefers. Tucked into “Older,” a theatrical juggernaut that doesn’t even try to hide the fact that the actor-singer introduced Evan Hansen to the world (because why

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Foodie Diaries

Relish: Think of it as a verb

By Jim Ayres I wasn’t particularly stressed when I went to dinner at Relish, located in that kind of Upper Kirby/River Oaks zone. Still, any agita I might have been carrying from the workday was swept away as I sat down. It’s funny, too, because I can’t say Relish has much intrigue inside. Subway tile

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Deep Inside Hollywood

Diva alert: Judith Light! Bette Midler! Janet Mock!

By Romeo San Vicente Ryan Murphy has yet another new show in the works. It’s called _The Politician_, it’s coming to Netflix, and it stars that adorable (and now openly gay) Ben Platt as a high school student convinced he’s going to be president someday, but who must first navigate the choppy, ruthless waters of

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Paula Dream

Low and slow for Grandma

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Greetings to all! Is spring finally here or do we trust the old Farmers’ Almanac that we may expect one last cold spell? One set of my grandparents literally lived by the almanac. It told them when to plant potatoes, when to plant corn, best time to cut the hay,

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Out at the Theatre

A wealth of fanciful theater, music, and a murder for two

By Randall Jobe The Music Box Theater salutes Broadway in the final performance of Best of Broadway. The talented resident cast promises to provide non-stop entertainment while performing songs from Tony award winning musicals from across the decades. This troupe’s music-filled and hilarious cabaret features such favorites as the classic “Luck Be A Lady Tonight”

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