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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
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‘TBBT’ needed more LGBT
By Nancy Ford I need a support group for separation anxiety. After all of the births, deaths, battles, betrayals, improbable weddings — all often unfolding in made-up languages — it’s
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Another fantastic ‘Journey’
By Forest Riggs They did it again! Ask any Islander about their favorite Galveston events and you will get a resounding, “Oh, that’s easy: Mardi Gras, and the ACCT Champagne
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Murder, music, and more
By Randall Jobe Final performances: The Alley Theatre presents Constellationsby Nick Payne. One couple. Infinite possibilities. Science and romance collide in this spellbinding play that imagines when boy meets girl.
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Jury nullification
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday, my friends! It’s been a crazy place to live on this globe lately! There are so many people that have been and continue to be