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Remembering Gay Pride in a politically correct world
By Forest Riggs I am not exactly sure where to start with this column, or how to progress. The subject is something that is near and dear to my heart,
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Comics, show tunes, and choreography
By Randall Jobe Stages Repertory Theatre presents Murder for Two, a new musical comedy. Everyone is suspect in this hilarious murder mystery with a twist. One actor plays the investigator, the
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Doctors Aren’t Offering Young People PrEP
|That Has to Change By Tyunique Nelson As a young person who identifies as nonbinary, meaning I do not identify within the gender binary, accessing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was a
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States allowing medical cannabis reduce opioid prescriptions
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday! So check this out: I have known many people in my life who have in the past had problems with addiction to opioids. I’m sure
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Diane Keaton Is Sorry (Not Sorry)
| Hollywood icon talks gay following she never knew she had, lesbian roles (‘I’m available’) and The First Wives Club By Chris Azzopardi Diane Keaton doesn’t have all the answers
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Blood Was Shed on These Streets. It’s time to bring Pride home to Montrose
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: The early days of the Houston Pride Parade did not see the large throngs of people lining the streets that are seen today. Held along lower
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Stay at One of These 6 LGBTQ-Welcoming Hotels for WorldPride NYC
By Mikey Rox For the entirety of June (and the first time in its history), WorldPride lands in the center of the universe – New York City – to commemorate
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Shrimping it up for summer
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) I have already been invited to several pre-parade parties. Remember, because of the heat and the possible consumption of adult beverages, it’s always best
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Fight in The Heights? No, just a Squable
By Jim Ayres I hear fighting words around Shepherd Drive and 19th Street these days. La Lucha (the fight, or the struggle), has a new challenger across the street: Squable.
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Titus Burgess meets ‘Dolemite’
By Romeo San Vicente The 1970s were a wild time at the movies for black filmmakers and audiences. A renaissance of low-budget genre movies like Shaft, Superfly, and Foxy Brown