By Johnny Trlica On June 25, 1978, a group of about 3,500 gays and lesbians gathered at Houston’s Astro Arena to formulate a plan to move gay rights forward.  The keynote speaker was Sissy Farenthold. She caught everyone’s attention with her opening remarks: “The question has already been put to me! What business does a

By Randall Jobe If you are a collector of celebrity signatures you will be hard pressed to top those of local artist, Larry Crawford. He not only has dozens of autographs, but also has them on a painting he has rendered of each that has been published as a book by Kallisto Gaia Press in

By Anthony T. Eaton  May 27 will mark two years since Larry Kramer’s passing and our loss of one of the most influential leaders in the LGBTQ+ community. With the coming of the annual Pride celebrations in June, we must remember the impact Larry had in the fight against AIDS and the struggle for our rights. 

By David-Elijah Nahmod John Amero was there at the very dawn of the porn industry. At a time when working in porn carried a huge stigma, at a time when people in the business worked under assumed names out of fear of being “discovered,” Amero and his late brother Lem proudly put their real names

By Johnny Trlica A Celebration of Life Balloon Release was held at Tony’s Corner Pocket on Saturday, October 3, 2020. Friends of Dan Jacobson and Maury Mills gathered to share memories and a few drinks before releasing white balloons, many with personal messages written on them into a beautiful, blue Houston sky. Dan “Daddy Dan”

By Johnny Trlica Commentary: As we head to the polls this is a good time to take a look at what we, as a nation have lost since the last presidential election. Perhaps putting into perspective how things used to be before we turned our nation over to a man and party lacking in character

By Randall Jobe “I have always believed that acting is larger than life. You can sit on the street corner and see real people.” —Bette Davis In an ironic twist, I had stumbled across an interview with Bette Davis and this quote caught my attention. I posted it on Facebook and thought about the many

| Beloved serodiscordant couple, recently wed in Venice, share their love story By David Artavia In March 2013, David Lester-Massey (then Massey) gave an interview that would change his life forever. At the time, Atlanta-based marketing professional and producer Johnny Lester-Massey (then Lester) was casting a reality show and searching for potential talent. Following a