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Ode to First (and Last) Dates and Finding Oneself
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: “It was the third of June, another sleepy dusty delta day,†or something like that. Birthdays (July 7) are a time of reflection and my 67th
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Judy Garland and the Stonewall riots
By Johnny Trlica Opinion: There are two sides to every story and sometimes a coincidence is not just a coincidence. The story of what happened in June of 1969 has
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We’re not perfect, but they’re nuts
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: It is on T-shirts, bumper stickers, and pins with six simple words: “We’re not perfect, but they’re nuts.†The Democratic Party began using the phrase several
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Dissing on annoying, irritating local celebrity pitch people
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Business owners who hawk their own products are taking risks. Often, the owner is not the best person to sell a product, especially if they are
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Texas Republicans have the LGBTQ+ community in their crosshairs
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: The Pride Festival has been canceled, according to Pride Houston 365, but are appearances in the Pride Parade by drag queens on the chopping block now?
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Meet George Santos and Alexandra Mealer
The new faces of the GOP By Johnny Trlica Commentary: If silence is complicity, one of our nation’s political parties seems to have had its lips sewn together. When a
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Does God answer prayers?
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: For a very long time it has been a misnomer that gays are not religious or believe in God. If that were true, why do so
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A Christmas memory or two
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Christmas has never been the same since my mother left us in 2006. Our family still gathers together on Christmas Eve just as we always did.
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On Election Day, the Choices and Differences Are Clear
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
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A cancer diagnosis can wreak havoc on lives
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month By Johnny Trlica Commentary: October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Sure, I could tell you how each year about 264,000 cases of