By Johnny Trlica In 2010, a young man was murdered on the streets of Montrose. It wasn’t the first time blood was shed on our streets nor was it the last. But this tragedy shook the community, driving Houston’s LGBTQ citizens to action and inspired the creation of a remembrance garden. Now nearly 10 years

| A ‘come to Jesus’ moment for gay Republicans and non-evangelical Christians By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Seeing evangelical leaders place hands on and pray over the president has got to be one of the biggest stomach turning images of the new decade, and we are barely into 2020. One can only ask, “Have they lost

By Johnny Trlica Commentary: “In fiction and less frequently in non-fiction, satire is a genre of literature and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its

| Looking back at the highs and lows By Johnny Trlica Commentary: As another year comes to a close, let’s take a look back at 2019 and some of the most talk about stories on the Houston Rainbow Herald’s Facebook page. January The new make-up of Congress promises to hold President Donald Trump accountable and

By Johnny Trlica Commentary: It’s like screaming, “Red light! Red light! Red light!” and the driver floors the accelerator. With a riveting three days of testimony before the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, that in a normal era would have ended Donald Trump’s presidency, essentially nothing has changed. “We have a criminal living in the White

By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Two of the biggest stories of the past couple of weeks involve a city election and the unexpected death of a trans activist. In a perfect world, we are all equal, no child goes to bed hungry, and our elected leaders are impeccable. All too often, voters complain about having to

By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Current events are pretty scary and frightening and deserve attention, but once in a while we like to step away from politics to share a funny story or a memory. This is one of those times. The best way to celebrate Halloween is to get scared out of your skin. One can

By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Halloween is the great gay holiday. Long before June officially became Gay Pride Month and October became Coming Out Month for the LGBTQ community, Halloween was unofficially our yearly celebrated “holiday,” dating as far back as the 1970s, when it was a massive annual street party in San Francisco’s Castro district.

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 matter how harmful, the leader’s behavior is justified. (Pay close attention to this one.) 4. Adherents are obsessed with the leader. 5. The leader has

By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Review! Reviews! Reviews! Businesses are all about the reviews they receive nowadays. Unfortunately, most people only take the time to write a review when they have had a negative experience. And write, they do! Why is it that negative reviews are always 10 times longer than a positive one? The next