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GALVESTON MARDI GRAS 2023
Forget New Orleans. We’ve got it here! By Forest Riggs Once again, Galveston Island is offering two weeks of Mardi Gras celebration. The island festival ranks second to New Orleans
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Mardi Gras! Galveston: Laissez les bons temps rouler
By Johnny Trlica Beads will be lobbed, and beads will be caught! Actually, an estimated three million beads will be tossed from floats and riders participating in the more than
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Life, Sex, and Death after Stonewall | On Christopher Street
Through the eyes of publishing icon Michael Denneny, this cultural autobiography traces the evolution of the US’s queer community in the three decades post-Stonewall. By Kristen Raddatz The Stonewall Riots
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There Might Be a Better Way, But This Is the Queerest Way
| Bob the Drag Queen and Eureka, stars of HBO’s ‘Were Here,’ on promoting equality through drag By Eve Kucharski Glitz, glam and, oh, just the small matter of changing
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Does God answer prayers?
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: For a very long time it has been a misnomer that gays are not religious or believe in God. If that were true, why do so
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A Familiar Place to Be
| ‘Spoiler Alert’ star Ben Aldridge came out in 2020. Now he’s the leading gay man in two big studio films. By Chris Azzopardi This is Ben Aldridge’s moment, and
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From one whale to another: watching ‘The Whale’ as a fat queer man
| Why writer Sean Donovan wanted more for Brendan Fraser’s gay character By Sean Donovan When Brendan Fraser’s character Charlie first appears in director Darren Aronofsky’s new film “The Whale,â€
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What have Democrats accomplished during lame-duck session?
By Colby Etherton On January 3, 2023, the 118th Congress was sworn in. While Democrats maintained and even improved upon their lead in the Senate, they did narrowly lose the
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It’s all just a little bit of history repeating
By Nancy Ford I have a confession to make: I am a Pawn Stars junkie. It’s true. I’ve watched the gang at the Las Vegas-based Gold & Silver Pawn Shop