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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
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PFLAG Houston welcomes Mahogany Project to January meeting
By Janice Anderson January! A new year with new expectations and hopes. And, boy, do I hold tightly to a hope that 2022 will bring progress and acceptance for everyone.
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You’re a mean one COVID Grinch
By Randall Jobe Facing another year of dicey family gatherings calls to remain masking, vaccines, and boosters that are not completely effective against a new COVID-19 variant and radio stations