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Saoirse Ronan Rules
| ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ star talks LGBTQ allyship,coming out scenes and naked men in movies By Chris Azzopardi Name a 24-year-old Oscar nominee more qualified to take the throne
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2018: The Year That Was (Part 2)
By Johnny Trlica In the last HRH Report we revisited some of the stories we covered in January through June. Now, as we enter 2019, let’s take a look at
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Don’t Commit These 6 New Year’s Eve No-Nos
By Mikey Rox New Year’s Eve is a time to reflect, cleanse and get pumped for starting anew, but that happy train could crash and burn if you don’t avoid
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Activist Anunnaki Ray Marquez presents an enlighting discussion
By Linda Bratsen Anunnaki Ray Marquez, a gender/intersex activist, writer and speaker will keynote PFLAG Houston’s Public Meeting scheduled January 13, 2019. Marquez will be presenting an enlightening discussion titled
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A few of my favorite things
By JimAyres Looking back at 2018, one thing became immediately clear. I ate really well. In between healthier everyday meals and RX Bars (the ones with the recipe on the
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People Will Talk: The 2018 Edition
By Nancy Ford JANUARY “For me Deanne’s always been my wife, always been the love of my life and today’s not going to change that. It’s just about equality really,
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Tasty New Year’s treats and eats
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Happy New Year! Did Santa put something special in your stockings? I was hoping he’d send me a little elf to help me take
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‘Tis the season
By Randall Jobe Although we are about to start a new year, the 2018-2019 theater season is in full swing and promising audiences delights, frights and innovations. The past year
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Numbers, Cocks, Pigsand Barbie Dolls: So long, 2018 and hello, 2019
By Forest Riggs What a year it has been. Thankfully, 2018 is coming to an end and a brand new, clean slate of a year awaits all! It seems 2018
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Jim Parsons delivers a Spoiler Alert
By Romeo San Vicente Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies isn’t really a happy story, but it’s a true one, and it’s about queer love in the face of the unthinkable.