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Galveston’s biggest best friend
By Forest Riggs Did you ever know a person whom everybody knows and loves — a good friend to one and all?  Galveston is full of characters, and they come
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Is it time to march again?
By Nancy Ford Thirty years ago, this month was a pivotal time not only in my own life, but also in the lives of millions of LGBTQ Americans and those
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Comfort food heavenly enough for a church social
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hello again, everyone! Hoping everyone has a good and safe Easter holiday.   In my family, it was just understood that we would be in
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Long COVID-19 Justice
A new organization addresses the needs of people living with HIV and long Covid By Sarah Hamilton JD Davids has long played an important and visible role in the HIV
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Debt ceiling talks in stasis
By Colby Etherton For months, Democrats and Republicans have clashed over raising the debt ceiling. It is estimated that the Treasury Department will have exhausted its means for the government
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‘Heartstopper’ horror with Kit Connor
By Romeo San Vicente Kit Connor’s had quite a year. The 19-year-old British actor experienced the darker side of internet fandom when he found himself coming out as bisexual after
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The queer lives she has changed
Why Madonna still matters to LGBTQ+ people By Matthew Rettenmund On January 17, Madonna announced her first retrospective hits tour, with the first tickets going on sale a whole three
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Texas Republicans have the LGBTQ+ community in their crosshairs
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: The Pride Festival has been canceled, according to Pride Houston 365, but are appearances in the Pride Parade by drag queens on the chopping block now?
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President Biden’s SOTU speech foreshadows likely 2024 reelection bid
By Colby Etherton Last month, on February 7, 2023, President Joe Biden gave his second State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. His address largely centered
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ETC Theatre delivers a dazzling ‘La Cage Aux Folles’ with plenty of fabulousness
By Johnny Trlica It’s a bright, loud, romantic, outrageous, and defiant celebration of living your life as you are, and not what others say you should be. And given today’s
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Welcome Spring with quick and tasty recipes
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hello, hungry MONTROSE STAR readers. Well, Spring is almost upon us and I can’t wait. And what a year it has already been. We have just
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With Uzo Aduba & Amy Warren |This World is Not My Own is a feature-length documentary film by Opendox.
Chewing gum sculptures, a wealthy gallerist, a firebrand wrestler, a notorious murder case, and the segregated south—it’s all part of Nellie Mae Rowe’s boundless universe. This World is Not My