By Nancy Ford  There are several names throughout history that we’d prefer weren’t known as being gay: Andrew Cunanan. Milos Yannopolis. Lindsey Graham.   Recently joining this pantheon of losers is George Santos, the newly elected U.S. Representative from New York, who is elevating this gay badge of dishonor to dizzying new heights.  Santos, a first-termer

By Nancy Ford  I have a confession to make: I am a Pawn Stars junkie.   It’s true. I’ve watched the gang at the Las Vegas-based Gold & Silver Pawn Shop for most of its 14 years as a staple of the History Channel. I am powerless over the Harrisons and their antagonistic, snarky kind of

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 2022. Though it doesn’t seem possible, the second six months were even more bizarre.  Bizarre is not the

By Nancy Ford  If you have been a frequent or even occasional What a World reader for the last 34+ years, you probably know that my relationship with relationships — the serious, long-term type — has been somewhat spotty.   First, thank you for reading. I appreciate and marvel at your dedication to this relationship more

By Nancy Ford  Sure has been a hot summer, right? As you and your sweat soaked waistband know, Texas clocked a record number of 100 degree-plus days in 2022. The globe, it seems, is a middle-aged woman who is experiencing serious hot flashes. No wonder she’s cranky.  And just because we made it to September,

By Nancy Ford  Well gang, it looks like the summer of 2022 will go down as the hottest in history ever, until next year.  But while average temperatures consistently top out at over 100 degrees throughout all the land, the scorching, unrelenting, drought-inducing weather is merely one of the hottest issues we have been struggling

By Nancy Ford  Ukraine. Uvalde. Monkey pox. What a year 2022 has been already, and it’s not even halfway over.   Is it really time for Pride? Before we start blowing up balloons and jacking up our hair with glittery AquaNet, let’s do our perfunctory annual history lesson to remind us why we celebrate.  The rebellion

By Nancy Ford  Except for your alligators, hurricanes, and the unfortunate role you played in George W. Bush’s ascension to the White House (remember that? Such kinder, gentler times), we knew Florida as a relatively docile state — one of our country’s most prolific playlands.   You were once the land of vitamin C, Disney, NASCAR,

By Nancy Ford  The war raging in Ukraine. Texas families are being attacked for protecting their transgender kids. Women’s autonomy over their own bodies is being eroded at record speed. Gasoline prices climbing almost as rapidly as Donald Trump’s cholesterol.   Crazy, crazy times we’re living in these days, folks — so crazy that it seems

By Nancy Ford  So I was in this movie once. It was a small gay indie produced in Dallas called It’s in the Water (1997). In it, residents of a small Texas town fear that their water supply was turning its people gay, which, today, sounds like a headline espoused by Tucker Carlson.  I played