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Rob Smith Is Winning 

Why the Phluid Project founder left the corporate world to promote gender inclusivity  By Sarah Bricker Hunt  Thanks to the era of “new media,” where no stone is left unturned

  • June 5, 2024
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Serena Spellman 

A meteoric rise to Island Goddess By Johnny Trlica Just over ten years ago he entered a talent night contest. So, You Think You Can Drag hosted by Kofi was

  • May 5, 2024
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Tanya Hyde invokes classic TV variety shows with long-running act 

By Johnny Trlica The television variety show may have fizzled out decades ago, but the concept of putting varying acts on the same stage on the same night has lived

  • March 5, 2024
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A star is born in sneakers: Kitty West

By Johnny Trlica Lana Turner was discovered when she was a junior at Hollywood High School, skipped a typing class and bought a Coca-Cola at the Top Hat Malt Shop.

  • February 7, 2024
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MONTROSE STAR SPOTLIGHT | Lana Blake 

By Johnny Trlica  The Houston/Galveston area is home to countless entertainers and drag queens. They perform at brunches, bingo, happy hours, church events and most every bar — gay and,

  • January 3, 2024
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That Jason Aldean Song, and the Art of Weaponizing Silence in Small-Town America 

By Sarah Bricker Hunt  I grew up in a small town in rural Southern Ohio, and like so many LGBTQ+ people, I often feel I escaped from something I can’t

  • September 6, 2023
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Go Ahead, Fangirl Over Samantha Irby Like We Are 

| The ‘And Just Like That…’ writer on Hollywood, boredom, and why she loves Michigan  By Sarah Bricker Hunt  As I tore through a used library copy of Samantha Irby’s

  • July 5, 2023
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Read These 15 New Queer Titles Before the Homophobes Ban Them 

| Support your local bookstore with must-read fiction, memoir, kids’ books, and more  By D’Anne Witkowski  In an era when books by or about LGBTQ+ people are being taken off

  • July 5, 2023
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Weekend in Savannah 

By Andrew Collins  The dignified city that General James Oglethorpe put on the map in 1733 has weathered the vagaries of time in fine fashion. Savannah has survived devastating fires

  • March 1, 2023
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From one whale to another: watching ‘The Whale’ as a fat queer man 

| Why writer Sean Donovan wanted more for Brendan Fraser’s gay character  By Sean Donovan  When Brendan Fraser’s character Charlie first appears in director Darren Aronofsky’s new film “The Whale,â€

  • January 4, 2023
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