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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
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‘Coming Out Colton’ Bares Not All But A Lot
| And what’s up with that ridiculous montage? By Lawrence Ferber When the former star of “The Bachelor†and pro football player Colton Underwood came out on a “Good Morning
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Jennifer Coolidge in everything now, please
By Romeo San Vicente Jennifer Coolidge had a very good 2021. She was simultaneously sympathetic and villainous in “The White Lotus,†disgruntled and bitter in the under-appreciated indie “Swan Songâ€
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Getting to know ‘Mayor Pete’
By David-Elijah Nahmod Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, made history when he became the first openly gay man to run for President of the United States.
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Southern Spirit
| A very queer vacay in historic Savannah By Lawrence Ferber The ghost of Kevin Spacey haunts this room. Actually, it’s the ghost of a rich, gay antiques dealer and