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Pride: A brief history
By Nancy Ford Happy Pride Month, friends! As a MONTROSE STAR reader, you are likely well aware that most of the world considers June to be the month when LGBTQ+
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TANYA TUCKER
Country legend bringing sweet western sound to Heights Theatre By Johnny Trlica She’s been called country music’s wild child, the Texas tornado, country outlaw, Grammy winner, and, most recently, Country
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Summer yummiest
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hello, everyone! Paula is just returning back from a cruise and trying to get back in the swing of things. I’m already planning for the
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BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES
Be prepared for the ’23 hurricane season By Forest Riggs It’s that time of year again. June has arrived and with it comes another dreaded Hurricane season and all the
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Judy Garland and the Stonewall riots
By Johnny Trlica Opinion: There are two sides to every story and sometimes a coincidence is not just a coincidence. The story of what happened in June of 1969 has
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Sex Around the World
‘Boyslut’ author Zachary Zane takes you to just some of the places he’s hooked up  By Chris Azzopardi Sex writer Zachary Zane’s first book, “Boyslut,†wasn’t even on shelves when
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Intersex documentary ‘Every Body’ hitting theater screens for Pride month
By Romeo San Vicente Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Julie Cohen (“RBGâ€) is back with a new documentary called “Every Body,†about the lives of intersex people. The film tells the story
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President Biden and Speaker McCarthy reach deal on debt ceiling bill
By Colby Etherton On May 31, 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives voted along bipartisan lines by a margin of 314 to 117 to raise the debt ceiling. For the
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Make it a Galveston Island May
By Forest Riggs As the song says, “April Showers bring the flowers that bloom in May.†Though April brought very few showers, Galveston Island is ready for the flowers to
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We’re not perfect, but they’re nuts
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: It is on T-shirts, bumper stickers, and pins with six simple words: “We’re not perfect, but they’re nuts.†The Democratic Party began using the phrase several
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President Biden officially announces 2024 re-election campaign
By Colby Etherton On April 25, President Joe Biden announced his intent to run for reelection. It was a decision that was widely expected, and likely affirmed by a string
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Whatever You Do, Don’t Touch Jeff Hiller’s Head
| The actor-comedian is bringing ‘a touch of fugs’ to queer-inclusive TV   By Chris Azzopardi It’s hard to imagine Jeff Hiller making people mad. But in 2004, that was the