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Celebration of Life for Robert Mainor scheduled at the bar he made a legend
By Johnny Trlica The words legend and icon are used free and easy nowadays. You can’t pick up a newspaper, click on some website, or turn on a TV without
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Celebration of Life planned for Randall Jobe
By Johnny Trlica Houston’s LGBTQ+ community lost an icon on June 2, 2022 when Randall Jobe took a final curtain call. A Celebration of Life will be held at ReBar
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Loving Victor for the last time
Michael Cimino and George Sear on end of ‘Love, Victor’ and how their characters changed them By Chris Azzopardi For now, at least, it’s the end of “Venji.†Many watched
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Before calling anyone abnormal, the GOP should take a look in the mirror
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: A cheating husband is quick to accuse his wife of having an affair. A thief will quickly point the finger at his best friend. A woman
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Surya a joyful discovery
By Jim Ayres Indian cuisine is so fragrantly comforting. To find it so fresh, so full of spice and care and love, in a quiet inner-loop spot is a joyful
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Been there
By Nancy Ford Search for just the tiniest dot of red on the tissue that would signal my oncoming period and remove the what if thoughts that had plagued
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Supreme Court Overturns ‘Roe v Wade’
By Colby Etherton On June 24, the Supreme Court undid fifty years of precedent and ruled that women do not have a constitutional right to an abortion. Immediately, bans went
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We have the meats, too
Can you believe the year has already half past us? Just how much vodka did we consume? I think I did my part. By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) I
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A Queer Slate, In Focus
The studio that brought us ‘Brokeback Mountain’ turns 20 By George Elkind ‘Far From Heaven’ (2002) For 20 years now, Focus Features has been distributing and funding queer-focused movies, marketing
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Wild(e) about Galveston
Galveston, set like a jewel in a crystal sea, was beautiful. It’s fine beach, its shady avenues of oleander and its delightful sea breezes were something to be enjoyed. —Oscar