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YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN
My 50th high school reunion By Johnny Trlica Commentary: I hated high school! I did not want to be there, did not feel like I belonged there and had only
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Why Cyndi Lauper’s farewell show felt like, well, a suitcase of memories
The gay icon defied time during the chic, heartfelt concert By Chris Azzopardi By Chris Azzopardi I spent 15 years attending the Catholic church (and over 15 years more attending
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We All Need a Will
Will Ferrell and his longtime friend, who came out as trans in 2021, discuss how their road-trip movie aims to inspire allyship By Chris Azzopardi The influence of softhearted straight
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What the hell is wrong with these people? (Part 2)
By Johnny Trlica Next month voters in the United States will decide on what vision they want for the future of the country. One that is focused on the future
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My hospital stay, in food
By Jim Ayres June 20 through September 19, 2024, minus a four-day “shore leave” in which I prematurely told MONTROSE STAR I was back and ready to roll. How long
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Chachie Pedraza Van Wales
By Johnny Trlica On October 20 when the Second Annual PrideFest Parade rolls down the Strand in downtown Galveston, the Grand Marshal will be a fixture on the Island’s LGBTQ+
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What a summer
By Nancy Ford Is it just me, or has the summer of 2024 been especially, oppressively, aggressively hot? The temperature has been high, too. (Pa dum-bum.) Two national political conventions
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Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death By Spencer Henry and Madison Reyes
By Terri Schlichenmeyer Here’s what’ll happen: you’ll take a breath. Take another breath. And then you won’t. And that’ll be just the beginning of your end, a tsunami of shut-downs
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CURRIES, KABOBS FROM AUSTIN: Tarka makes a journey to Houston
By Jim Ayres The first time I visited Tarka Indian Kitchen, a few years ago, it was a beautiful afternoon. Listening to Lana Del Rey’s latest (brilliant), I felt like
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Alexye’us Davenport Paris
June 2024, Joey Guerra, named her in a Houston Chronicle column headlined, “Shantay, they stay: These are 32 of Houston fiercest, most fabulous drag queens”.
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TUBER TRUTH: One potato, two potato
By SA Tripi Watching what you eat? Need to lose a few pounds? What is often one of the first things to be removed from your daily intake of food?
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ONE IN EIGHT: My prostate cancer journey
By David-Elijah Nahmod “We found some cancer,”said the doctor. My heart skipped a beat. “Now, don’t worry,” he continued. “The good news is that the cancer is Grade 1, the