By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Holiday, holiday, holidays! Where has the year gone? In trying to think what recipes to give you for this issue, the usual holiday recipes seemed so boring. However, the Praline Sweet Potatoes, I guess, could be considered one that’s not at all boring. You have got to try this one! My grandmother made it
By Charles Sanchez A couple of years ago, a friend of mine called me a deadbeat. Not directly, but she worked at the time for a city health insurance company, and fraud was her hot button. She was talking about people who were on disability but were healthy enough to work. “They’re lying! They’re cheating
By Romeo San Vicente Hunter Schafer is a bright light among the troubled and trouble-making teens in the world of “Euphoria,†And the trans actress is just getting started. In 2023 she has two films on track for release, one of which you won’t be able to avoid. “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds
By D’Anne Witkowski We are all been to a place like Club Q. An unassuming place tucked into a strip mall that doesn’t look like much from the outside, but offers a safe-haven for LGBTQ+ people and allies inside. A place where people can be themselves, hang with friends, dance, have a drink and just
5 LGBTQ+ comedians qualified to take Trevor Noah’s seat By Sarah Bricker Hunt Trevor Noah, longtime host of “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,†says he will leave the show after seven years, opening up an opportunity for a fresh voice to fill that influential role. In a tumultuous political climate where LGBTQ+ issues are
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: There is a lengthy list of issues on the ballot this month. Abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, the Texas electrical grid, school safety, the FBI, the DOJ, GOP extremism, election integrity and democracy itself are just a few of the issues. And like it or not, the former president is on the ballot,
By Colby Etherton After a slow march toward midterm season, the midterm elections have finally arrived. In mere days, the nation will turn out and vote on hundreds of races that will dictate the makeup of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. It’s been a strange midterm season, where the narrative hasn’t followed
By D’Anne Witkowski Hello to everyone except for Florida, a state that never tires of finding new ways to ostracize LGBTQ+ students, teachers, and other Floridians. October is National LGBTQ+ History Month. Except in Miami-Dade County schools where the school board voted 8-1 to reject “a measure recognizing October as [LGBTQ+] History Month and teaching
The new film starring Cate Blanchett raptly observes its powerful lesbian lead — then asks what her power means By George Elkind In writer-director Todd Field’s latest film, “Tár,†there’s a sense of intoxication in play, an air of fascination in the treatment of his leading character as a kind of monument — albeit one
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Once again, it’s me, bringing you another set of yummy recipes as I sit here a little “nipply†in this cool fall, sunshiny day. Finally, we have some cooler weather on the downhill slide to holidays.  The recipes I bring you this issue are just basically good ol’ tummy warming
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