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Blood Was Shed on These Streets. It’s time to bring Pride home to Montrose
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: The early days of the Houston Pride Parade did not see the large throngs of people lining the streets that are seen today. Held along lower
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Stay at One of These 6 LGBTQ-Welcoming Hotels for WorldPride NYC
By Mikey Rox For the entirety of June (and the first time in its history), WorldPride lands in the center of the universe – New York City – to commemorate
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Shrimping it up for summer
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) I have already been invited to several pre-parade parties. Remember, because of the heat and the possible consumption of adult beverages, it’s always best
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Fight in The Heights? No, just a Squable
By Jim Ayres I hear fighting words around Shepherd Drive and 19th Street these days. La Lucha (the fight, or the struggle), has a new challenger across the street: Squable.
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Titus Burgess meets ‘Dolemite’
By Romeo San Vicente The 1970s were a wild time at the movies for black filmmakers and audiences. A renaissance of low-budget genre movies like Shaft, Superfly, and Foxy Brown
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‘TBBT’ needed more LGBT
By Nancy Ford I need a support group for separation anxiety. After all of the births, deaths, battles, betrayals, improbable weddings — all often unfolding in made-up languages — it’s
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Another fantastic ‘Journey’
By Forest Riggs They did it again! Ask any Islander about their favorite Galveston events and you will get a resounding, “Oh, that’s easy: Mardi Gras, and the ACCT Champagne
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Murder, music, and more
By Randall Jobe Final performances: The Alley Theatre presents Constellationsby Nick Payne. One couple. Infinite possibilities. Science and romance collide in this spellbinding play that imagines when boy meets girl.
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Jury nullification
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday, my friends! It’s been a crazy place to live on this globe lately! There are so many people that have been and continue to be
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PFLAG Houston moves general meetings to Montrose Center
By Janice Anderson The PFLAG Houston General meeting, held on second Sundays, is moving from St. Paul’s Methodist Church to the Montrose Center, 401 Branard Street, Houston 77006. We have
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Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds talks about ‘real things’
By Vic Gerami Dan Reynolds is best known for being the lead singer and frontman of the Grammy award, American Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards-winning band, Imagine Dragons. The
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In Wine There’s Truth, and Gays
| Amy Poehler and Rachel Dratch talk gay wine buddies, LGBTQ fans and Amy’s ‘soft butch’ style By Chris Azzopardi Amy Poehler and Rachel Dratch are as thrilled as I