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Love, marriage and going the distance
By Nancy Ford Because we same gender-loving folks were denied the right to marry each other for far too long, our relationships sometimes didn’t last as long as we original
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Anna Kendrick takes over Santa’s workshop in ‘Noelle’
By Romeo San Vicente It’s a sign of the times that films initially slated for theatrical release wind up moving to streaming platforms instead. It’s been a winning model for
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Brody Ray, Transgender Artist, Auditions for America’s Got Talent
Becomes First Out Transgender Musician to Progress to Judges’ Cuts The third time is a charm for Brody Ray, a transgender singer/songwriter. After auditioning for American Idol and The Voice, the outgoing country
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Revamping the Krewe of Bacchus
By Forest Riggs Three cheers for the Galveston Krewe of Bacchus! Like the legendary Phoenix, the Krewe is rising from the ashes and planning to fly high again. Over the
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Tony Award-winner Priscilla Lopez leads the cast of TUTS’ ‘Oklahoma!’
Tony Award winner Priscilla Lopez will lead the cast in the role of “Aunt Eller†in Theatre Under The Stars’ (TUTS) production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, the first show in the musical theatre company’s
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Viral Basics
Understanding the importance of basic HIV research and clinical trials – and the benefits of being undetectable By Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. Carl W. Dieffenbach, PhD, is director of the Division
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Latonya deserves to live pain-free
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday to all of you awesome people out there! How many of you beautiful people know what trigeminal neuralgia is? Well, I do. I don’t have
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Kameron Michaels Werqs Out Houston
| RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Muscle Queen Shapes Up the City as Part of the Werq The World USA Tour By Tom Tietjen Kameron Michaels’ rise to the top three on
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A Montrose assault, sex trafficker convicted and religious liberty
By Johnny Trlica We’ve been following three big stories this week on the Houston Rainbow Herald Facebook Page. Let’s get right to them. Gay man attacked in Montrose Hate crimes
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Creep of the Week: Jeff Sessions
By D’Anne Witkowski We have an executive branch bursting at the seams with corruption. We have a man-baby tyrant as “president,†likely installed by Russia. We have white supremacists emboldened
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Murder, The Moors and music
By Randall Jobe Stages Repertory Theatre presents Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, directed by Katie Barton with music direction by Ben Hope. The iconic songbook of Johnny
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Pot pie, patties and cups
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) How you guys doing? Hope you are doing well with this sweltering heat. It don’t help much when you are going through menopause. But enough of that. Let’s