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Warm dishes for cooler weather
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Greetings to everyone on this cooler time of year. It makes me feel a lot “friskier.†In this issue I bring you some good, very
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Candente, New Ninfa’s Back in the Treacherous Tex-Mex Vortex
By Jim Ayres Of course, it wasn’t my fault. Dinner invites happen, and I’m never one to decline simply because of venue. A few columns back, I mentioned that I
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How I Contracted HIV Is None of Your Damn Business
By Toraje Heyward How I contracted HIV is none of your damn business. I’m going to tell you what happened, but not because I owe you an explanation. Here goes.
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The ’70s, the ’80s, and other time warps
By Randall Jobe The Music Box Theater presents Keep It Brassy 3, featuring songs by Chicago, Bruno Mars, and the Temptations. 2623 Colquitt. Through Oct. 19. The Music Box Theater also presents ‘Back
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Cynthia Nixon joins cast of ‘The Gilded Age’
By Romeo San Vicente Now that you’ve seen the Downton Abbey movie are you ready for the prequel? Because DA creator Julian Fellowes is moving to HBO to tell the
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Celebrate Halloween with these truly ghastly costumes
By Nancy Ford Don’t look now, but the highest of High LGBTQ Holy Days is already upon us. Happy Halloween! Time to look deep into your closet, push aside your
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Be the change with the Walk 4 Change
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday to all of you beautiful people out there! The time has come! Finally! In this edition of Star Buds, I want to share with all
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In Her Best Light
Trisha Yearwood on her simple reason for supporting the LGBTQ community, the Nashville closet and lesbian love By Chris Azzopardi Trisha Yearwood has never cared what the country community thought
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The cult of gay Trumpsters
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: There are five definitive warning signs of a cult. 1. The leader is always right. 2. Criticism of the leader is characterized as “persecution.†3. No
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Victory Fund endorses 48 more LGBTQ candidates in last round of 2019 candidate endorsements
As of September 24, LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, has endorsed 48 new openly LGBTQ candidates in its last round
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Coming out isn’t about the parents
By Janice Anderson “How does this affect me?†is often the thought family and parents have when their loved one comes out. I thought that. I wondered how it would
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A little chicken for your pot
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Did you think fall would ever get here? Still feels like summer to this old broad. You all know how Paula loves chicken — I’ve