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Galveston County Museum the ‘grandmother’s attic’ of the Island
By Forest Riggs Do you ever think about the old treasures that are stored in dusty attics around the country? Folks like to hang on to things, especially keepsakes that
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PrEP Advocate Damon L. Jacobs Gets Real (and Naked) in Splashy Web Series
By Neal Broverman “What do you like about your body?†That’s typically one of the first questions that therapist, life coach, author, PrEP promoter, and longtime HIV activist Damon L.
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Daniel Craig will once again play ‘Queer’
By Romeo San Vicente Daniel Craig is back onscreen in Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,†and just in case you haven’t paid attention to the finer
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2022 Edition | The Ultimate Guide to Gay Gift Giving
By Mikey Rox Drawing a blank on what to give the gays and feys on your holiday shopping list? Consider these thoughtful presents picked exclusively for your LGBTQ+ friends and
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Lily Tomlin Remembers the Magic of Allee Willis
Acting legend looks back on her dear late friend as Willis’ inaugural Night of Wonders launches By Chris Azzopardi The “Classic Lily†tab on Lily Tomlin’s official website — noted
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When Christmas was a drag
By Forest Riggs As one holiday song laments someone wanting only their two front teeth for Christmas, I personally want a good, old-fashioned Christmas drag show! It seems the more
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A Christmas memory or two
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Christmas has never been the same since my mother left us in 2006. Our family still gathers together on Christmas Eve just as we always did.
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2022: The Year in Review, Part 2
By Nancy Ford When we last met, we took a look back at some of the best, worst, funniest, scariest and generally most noteworthy episodes of the first six months
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A Midterms Recap | So much for the red… droplet
By Colby Etherton For months, the narrative on the midterms was that Democrats were facing an inevitable shellacking. Not just because of historical precedent (which points to how rare it
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Respect for Marriage Act will protect married LGBTQ+ Americans
By Johnny Trlica By a vote of 61-36, the Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act on November 29. The bill now goes to the House for approval later this