Forget New Orleans. We’ve got it here! By Forest Riggs Once again, Galveston Island is offering two weeks of Mardi Gras celebration. The island festival ranks second to New Orleans and there are those that say Galveston is now Number One.  Regardless of the ranking, rest assured the isle celebration is one not to miss.
By Johnny Trlica Beads will be lobbed, and beads will be caught! Actually, an estimated three million beads will be tossed from floats and riders participating in the more than twenty parades that are the core of Mardi Gras! Galveston. The island’s family friendly extravaganza will be from February 10 through 21, 2023. That’s only
Through the eyes of publishing icon Michael Denneny, this cultural autobiography traces the evolution of the US’s queer community in the three decades post-Stonewall. By Kristen Raddatz The Stonewall Riots of 1969 and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s have been captured in minute detail, and rightly memorialized in books, on tv, and in film
| Bob the Drag Queen and Eureka, stars of HBO’s ‘Were Here,’ on promoting equality through drag By Eve Kucharski Glitz, glam and, oh, just the small matter of changing hearts and minds. That’s a tall order for anyone, and the basic setup of every episode of the HBO show “We’re Here.†But of course,
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: For a very long time it has been a misnomer that gays are not religious or believe in God. If that were true, why do so many LGBTQ individuals pray to God to make them “normal?†On any given Sunday, churches are filled with gays, on their knees, praying to Jesus,
| ‘Spoiler Alert’ star Ben Aldridge came out in 2020. Now he’s the leading gay man in two big studio films. By Chris Azzopardi This is Ben Aldridge’s moment, and that’s no spoiler alert. The Los Angeles Times already made that call in a recent profile of the 37-year-old English actor, writing that Aldridge is
| Why writer Sean Donovan wanted more for Brendan Fraser’s gay character By Sean Donovan When Brendan Fraser’s character Charlie first appears in director Darren Aronofsky’s new film “The Whale,†he is masturbating to gay porn. Shown first as an anonymous shape sitting on a couch, Charlie is circled by the camera tentatively, as if
By Colby Etherton On January 3, 2023, the 118th Congress was sworn in. While Democrats maintained and even improved upon their lead in the Senate, they did narrowly lose the House to Republicans — something that was expected, but by a smaller margin than most were anticipating. The House currently stands at 222 seats for
By Nancy Ford I have a confession to make: I am a Pawn Stars junkie. It’s true. I’ve watched the gang at the Las Vegas-based Gold & Silver Pawn Shop for most of its 14 years as a staple of the History Channel. I am powerless over the Harrisons and their antagonistic, snarky kind of
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