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Antiquated cannabis laws create ‘medical refugees’
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday! I hope today finds all of you doing fine. If you’re not, keep your chin up and change perspective…you may find your outlook clearer! Today
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An indisputable frontrunner
By Colby Etherton What a wild ride it’s been this past couple of weeks. Since the first Iowa caucuses we’ve already had several Democratic debates, and February 26’s could only
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Meghan Trainor Is Living Her Best ‘Yaaas, B*tch’ Life
| Popstar on her generous lesbian fans and tipping drag queens with Sam Smith’s money By Chris Azzopardi It’s not necessarily all about that bass. It’s also all about that
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From Trump to the Astros, lying and cheating do not matter anymore
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: When did playing fair stop to matter? As kids, if we were caught cheating we were driven off the playing field by our peers and forever
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8 Things That Are Getting on My GD Nerves Right Now
By Mikey Rox The year’s just started, but there are a few things I need to get off my chest. 1. The high price of underwear Like any other red-blooded
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Dig into pastry puffs and BLT in a bowl
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) ÂÂValentines Day is over and I hope you all got the Valentine you wanted. It was strange this year because Valentine’s Day was Friday the
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The Hype Is Real, I finally tried the sandwich
By Jim Ayres I was late to the party, but I’m glad I went. After all, it wasn’t – and never will be – “on my diet.†But I couldn’t
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A loving legacy
By Forest Riggs On May 23, 2019, Galveston Island lost one of its most beloved citizens and a tremendous supporter of the island’s LGBTQ community. After a lengthy illness, Jerry
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Flipping, fantastic friends and more
By Randall Jobe Stages Repertory Theatre presents Water by the Spoonful, the second installment of Pulitzer Prize winner and Tony Award nominee Quiara Alegria Hudes’ Elliot Trilogy. An Iraq war
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Katy’s Renee Zellweger Honors Gay Icon Judy Garland with Oscars Win
By Johnny Trlica “Judy Garland did not receive this honor in her time. I am certain that this moment is an extension of the celebration of her legacy that began
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Beanie Feldstein and other ‘Humans’
By Romeo San Vicente Beanie Feldstein, star of Booksmart and the super ambitious 20-year-long Richard Linklater-meets-Stephen Sondheim project Merrily We Roll Along, and who is also recently casually public about
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LGBTQQISSACOD
By Nancy Ford It’s become apparent to me in recent years that the addition of letters with which our LGBTQQISSA+ community chooses to identify our multi-fractioned selves is nearly limitless.