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Moving memoir recalls a life with a gay dad
By David-Elijah Nahmod Lisa Lucca has written a moving memoir in which she recalls coming to terms with her gay dad. In Ashes to Ink, Lucca not only learns to
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Soul to Soul’s Ouida, the Cook of cooks
By Forest Riggs In Galveston people come and go, restaurants come and go, and just about everything comes and goes. It is no secret that Galveston is known for its
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The brother of Oz
By Nancy Ford I’ll never forget the first time I saw The Wizard of Oz. It was also the first time I met two new friends, the son, and daughter
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Cheez Whiz or raspberry lube and other pandemic dilemmas
“Oh, when I was a kid in show business, I was poor. I used to go to orgies to eat the grapes.†—Rodney Dangerfield “Home is heaven and orgies are
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Cate Blanchett teams up with Pedro Almodovar
By Romeo San Vicente Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett (fun fact: she was the first actor in history to win an Academy Award for portraying another Academy Award winner, Katherine
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Philemon Chambers
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for him | Breakout star of Netflix’s ‘Single All the Way’ on being merry about his gay new rom-com role By Chris
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HRH 2021 Person of the Year: Chachie Pedraza Van Wales
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: In naming Elon Musk its Person of the Year, Time Magazine said, “Musk has spent a lifetime defying the haters; now, it seems, he’s finally in
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‘Build Back Better’ dead in the water?
By Colby Etherton Lord, what a year 2021 was in the world of politics. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has effectively killed Biden’s Build Back Better plan, publicly announcing that
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Resolution-breaking recipes for the New Year
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well, what a ride we took looking in the rearview mirror of the last year. Who would have ever thunk we made it through it? And
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Rosie Cannonball explodes with flavor
| FROM GOODNIGHT HOSPITALITY Experiencing Rosie Cannonball for the first time is… well, it’s like opening a restaurant. Everyone dreams about it, but you must be a little bit eccentric
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The best way to look at 2021? In a ‘Rear View Mirror’
By Forest Riggs In 1997, handsome Mac Davis released an album, Texas in My Rear View Mirror. The album was a hit and the collection of Texas-themed songs presented
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I Don’t Want to Stop Saying ‘AIDS’
By Tim Murphy Like many folks, I’m on a daily text thread with three of my closest Judys (as the young queers, perhaps in a sweet nod to the original