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The Freeing of Matt Dallas
Kyle XY alum talks new film, living in the Hollywood closet and leaving L.A. to focus on fatherhood By Chris Azzopardi Matt Dallas can laugh now, but his former life
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Queen of Soul dies, caucus endorsements and other top stories
By Johnny Trlica Has anyone ever noticed that there is a dearth of fast food restaurants in Montrose? Wendy’s ran away several years ago and Burger King followed suit last
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7 Gay Tips For Throwing the Perfect Labor Day Party
By Mikey Rox For many of us, Labor Day is summer’s last hurrah. It’s the weekend when we put away the beach chairs, condition the twinks to go to bed
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Sliders for summer’s end
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hey, guys! Can you believe we are already in the middle of August? Seems just like yesterday I was giving you recipes for Christmas. Well, we have
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Poke in the Bowl: Montrose is getting poked!
By Jim Ayres I’ve been avoiding Poke, Houston’s biggest food trend this year. I’d been turned off by memories of a ghastly “Sushi Salad†at the late Bowl on lower
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Pride Journey: Philadelphia
By Joey Amato The first time I visited Philadelphia was for last year’s NLGJA conference and to be perfectly honest, I really didn’t think much of the city. The main
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Cowboys, mortality and a nun
By Randall Jobe Theatre Suburbia presents She Was Only Marginally Modest or Have You No Shame?, a summer mellerdrammer by Vern Harden. Elvin Moriarty directs. Friday through Sunday, through August
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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