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Celebrity Feature

The Light Queen

Dolly Parton on the other pandemic cure (rhinestones!), her Christmas projects, and singing with Leslie Jordan By Chris Azzopardi Dolly Parton’s been everywhere this year, and everywhere she’s gone – virtually, that is – she’s brought good, gay tidings to all. Dolly’s contributions to both science and Christmas amidst our collective existential pandemic panic have been rays

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HRH Report

2020 revealed who we are as Americans and it was not pretty

By Johnny Trlica Commentary: “When we remember a time, we remember moments, a kaleidoscope of the sights, the sounds, the emotions that remind us of the way we were,” said the introduction to a 1986 ABC series called “Our World.” Looking through the kaleidoscope of 2020 does not present a pretty picture. Instead of brightly

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Positive Thoughts

Finding Love in the Time of Coronavirus

By Charles Sanchez Our first date was on a Tuesday night. I wasn’t sure it was a date at first, but I was hopeful. To be dating during a(nother) pandemic is a little nutzo, but my Romeo is completely COVID-worthy if you know what I mean. We didn’t actually meet during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

  • January 7, 2021
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Paula Dream

Stay warm with these steamy dishes

By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Wow! What a ride the year 2020 has given us. With the stay-at-home situation, all I did was watch TV, cook and eat and eat and eat some more. Yes, I did pay the price in pounds (no, not in British money). I’m giving you some nice winter recipes for the colder

  • January 7, 2021
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Foodie Diaries

King Ranch Texas Kitchen, New Year, New Restaurant

By Jim Ayres It seems Tilman Fertitta has his hand in everything these days. But I’m particularly happy about his latest project. A collaboration between King Ranch and the Fertitta family, King Ranch Texas Kitchen opened in November 2020 in the space formerly occupied by Willie G’s (which has gone uptown to the Post Oak

  • January 7, 2021
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What A World

Good-bye, 2020. Thanks for these memories

By Nancy Ford In a year where a previously unknown virus held the globe in a death grip, the economy tanked, and hugging random strangers became a form of assault, it’s hard to remember that 2020 also had its sunny moments. Pop open a bottle of bubbly, put your feet up, and enjoy these highs

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My Life Behind Bars

Not-so-hot Gossip

By Randall Jobe “Remember, rumors you hear about me are as true as the ones I hear about you.” —Anonymous Set off a spark of gossip among a gaggle of cocktailed queens and it may start as a Boy Scouts’ marshmallow roasting campfire, but quickly spreads like a California wildfire on a windy hillside. If

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Across the Causeway

A most beautiful winter visitor

By Forest Riggs Each year thousands of tourists and visitors descend on tiny Galveston Island and, for the most part, leave having made some wonderful new friends and memories. The sandy beaches, brown sand and all, beckon to visitors. Tourism is a great part of the Galveston economy, and although the pandemic has put a

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PFLAG News

Gearing up for another legislative year

By Janice Anderson   As we embark on a new year, I can look back at 2020 and see positive things that have occurred. Our weekly support Zoom meetings have brought people in who otherwise may not have been able to make the trip into town or to our satellite locations. Seeing familiar and new

  • January 7, 2021
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