By Nancy Ford Happy New Year to all our dear MONTROSE STAR readers! I trust everybody had a wonderful holiday season, and that we all are ready to see what triumphs and calamities 2024 bring. To paraphrase the ever-quotable Margo Channing: ‘Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be 365 bumpy nights.â€Â  I also trust that

By Nancy Ford When we last met, we took a look back at some of the best, worst, funniest, scariest and generally most noteworthy episodes of the first six months of the very bizarre year that was 2023. Though it doesn’t seem possible, the second six months were even more bizarre; Kitara Ravache, we’re looking

By Nancy Ford As I’ve said at this time of every year for the last 35 years (please sing along if you know the words), “What a year, what a year.â€Â Â  And what a year it’s been. Personally, I’m blessed to be able to say I’ve had a pretty decent year. Perhaps most significantly of

By Nancy Ford Don’t look now, but the highest of High LGBTQ Holy Days is already upon us. Happy Halloween! Time to look deep into your closet, push aside your right-wing evangelical second cousin who insists he “just hasn’t found the right woman yet,†and pull out a campy costume. Then hit the streets!  Just

By Nancy Ford While temperatures consistently top out at 100+ degrees throughout our region, this scorching, unrelenting, drought-inducing weather takes a back seat to the hottest question Americans have been asking all summer: Where’s Melania?  As much as Donald Trump loves the spotlight, his current wife has recently eschewed publicity with equal fervor. This aversion

By Nancy Ford Brethren and sistren, right here in the good ol’ U.S. of A-mazing Grace, another group of god-fearing patriots has come under attack simply for wanting to protect their children (say “children†like it were spelled “cheel-drunâ€) in the sanctity of The Lord (say “The Lord†like it had three syllables.)  There is

By Nancy Ford Showbiz legend has it that upon hearing the news of Joan Crawford’s death, rival Bette Davis had a tart retort: “You should never say bad things about the dead, only good. Joan Crawford is dead. Good!â€Â  If you ask Wikipedia who renowned televangelist Pat Robertson was, it will report that he was “an

By Nancy Ford  Happy Pride Month, friends!  As a MONTROSE STAR reader, you are likely well aware that most of the world considers June to be the month when LGBTQ+ folks and those who love us take time to celebrate the strides for equality we have achieved. It’s a party!   But not just a party.

By Nancy Ford First things first: Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mothers out there. If you are among the lucky folks whose mom is still around, hug her neck right now. Or call her and tell her you want to hug her neck. You won’t be sorry.  Now on to other things.  Have

By Nancy Ford Thirty years ago, this month was a pivotal time not only in my own life, but also in the lives of millions of LGBTQ Americans and those who love them.   In April 1993, I was a clear-eyed, ambitious, hopeful, young(ish) lesbian on a mission, working full time in comedy for several years.