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Houston Artist Brings Burlesque Circus to Town
The Bayou City Burlesque & Circus Arts Festival takes over Warehouse Live, January 20th Acrobats from San Fransisco! Burlesque from Montreal! Trapeze from Austin! And a chorus line of “H-Town
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Creep of the Week: Republican Party
By D’Anne Witkowski I debated whether I should make Donald Trump or Roy Moore my Creep this week. Both are super creepy in so many ways. But ultimately Moore may or may not be
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5 Ways to Be a Better Queer in the New Year
By Mikey Rox Replace the traditional New Year’s resolutions that you probably won’t keep (I know how hard it is to stick to an everyday gym routine when it’s arctic
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The Queer Eye reboot is right around the corner
By Romeo San Vicente The Queer Eye reboot is right around the corner Remember the old days, the early 2000s, when Queer Eye For The Straight Guy was on TV and
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We Are All Allison Janney
‘I, Tonya’ actress on Tonya Harding’s queerness, girl crushes and her quest to play a ‘pioneering lesbian’ By Chris Azzopardi Allison Janney shares many of your concerns, like, what’s up
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People Will Talk: The 2017 Silver Lining Edition
By Nancy Ford JANUARY “We firmly declare that LGBTQIA Rights are Human Rights and that it is our obligation to uplift, expand and protect the rights of our gay, lesbian,
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A new, exciting year begins
By Randall Jobe The Alley Theatre finishes its run of Houston’s seasonal favorite, A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story of Christmas, through December 30. Also, the tumultuous beginning of
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Houston artist Jumper Maybach partners with Montrose Center for ’12 Days of Jumper’ campaign
Local Houston artist Jumper Maybach has partnered with the Montrose Center, Houston’s LGBT community center for “The 12 Days of Jumper†campaign. The project began December 13 and ends on
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Christmas presents come in many shapes, forms and sizes
In acknowledgment of the holiday season, the HRH Report sways from its usual format of reporting on the most recent LGBTQ news with this seasonal column. We will return in
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Johnny Trlica’s annual holiday event takes a final bow
By Randall Jobe “Tradition! Tradition!†Tevye sings in the time-honored musical, Fiddler On The Roof. He understands and revels in the importance of tradition as a fabric woven of celebrations