WHAT A WORLD

Dolly Parton was more than a legend—she was family, a fearless LGBTQ+ ally and a radiant example of love lived without judgment.

Iran doesn’t have a nuke. Vaporizing its entire landspace and heritage, not to mention those 93.2 million people, would not be an act of war. It would be the final act of a madman that would undoubtedly lead to the ultimate global tit for tat.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama didn’t attend the birthday debauchery held at the same address where she and her family had lived for eight years. She also missed seeing this savage little man slurring her femininity and the sweaty little birthday boy who grinned in response

In honor of Pride 2026, please enjoy this little quiz designed to test your basic understanding of LGBTQA+ history. Knowledge is power.

I’ll be watching when the final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert airs May 21, probably with a wet tissue in one hand and a stiff drink in the other.

Hatch is the Montrose Center-supported LGBTQ youth group. Since 1987, Hatch has provided young folks — queer and otherwise — a safe, nonjudgmental space to be themselves.

Haters of Puerto Rican super-duper megastar, Bad Bunny because “He’s not even American!” was downright hysterical. We can’t wait to watch his Super Bowl Halftime Show. Bun, please perform entirely in Spanish and grab your crotch a million times.

"Are we where?” you might ask. Even with the benefit of location tracking magic, we are not “there” yet. Truth be told, judging from various events of the past year, I don’t expect we’ll be “there” for at least another three years.

In the spirit of end-of-year tradition that What a World revisits some of the more notable utterances that made this annus both horribilis as well as mirabilis. Sit back, pour yourself a tall glass of Willie’s Remedy, and enjoy!

Trump’s fight with PBS likely started in 2005 when Sesame Street introduced Donald Grump, a new Muppet who is “a Grouch who has more trash than any other Grouch in the world and often brags to others about it.”

Mother Nature ain’t playing. She’s pissed. She’s taken off her chancla and is chasing us through the house with it. Firenadoes (Sharknados’ even deadlier distant cousin) set ablaze Hawaii, California, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, and beyond.

Melania is the quintessential definition of A Dreamer. She realized at an early age that America offered her much more opportunity than her native home of Slovenia, reportedly a land of little more than headscarves and potato fields.