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SUMMER’S END | Despite pandemic, new spots and old faves entice visitors to Galveston
By Forest Riggs So far, so good: No hurricanes or storms have targeted Galveston and the upper Texas Coast. Of course, the area is not out of the woods just
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Bitch, bitch, bitch, and other complaints
By Randall Jobe Gloom, despair, and agony on me. Deep, dark depression, excessive misery. If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all. Gloom, despair, and agony
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Pushing for Black ‘Femuline’ Acceptance
| Todrick Hall talks about reinvention, industry bias, and what drives his advocacy By Eve Kucharski Todrick Hall is serving bitch but making it, as he says on his latest
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Chachie Pedraza Van Wales’ long road to happiness
By Johnny Trlica If “that which does not kill us makes us stronger,†there is a drag performer across the Galveston causeway who should have the strength of Superman and
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Democrats pressured to deliver on infrastructure
By Colby Etherton It’s been a frustrating time for congressional Democrats, who are becoming increasingly pressured to deliver on a major part of President Joe Biden’s agenda: a sweeping infrastructure
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Perfect summer party recipes
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Happy rainy summer, everyone! I can’t believe we are already into the second half of the year. Planning a party? In this issue, I share
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ROOSTAR VIETNAMESE GRILL
A new ‘star’ in town By Jim Ayres Maybe it should be called Roostar’s Greatest Hits. Sure, they have Vietnamese dishes. But the menu also has favorites from all over
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Madonna’s ‘Madame X’ documentary gets into the groove
By Romeo San Vicente Did you miss Madonna’s “Madame X†tour? The album? Well, now’s your chance to get acquainted with it when Paramount+ drops her tour documentary, also called
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‘Sequin In a Blue Room’ star Conor Leach talks playing a slutty queer teen
By Lawrence Ferber Raging hormones barely explain the behavior of Sequin, a gay 16-year-old high school student who wears a shirt embossed with glittery discs while hooking up with anonymous
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The Queer Library Is Open: 17 LGBTQ+ Must-Reads to Get You in the Pride Spirit
By D’Anne Witkowski Finding LGBTQ+ books used to be a challenge. You couldn’t just Google “lesbian romance novels†or “books with trans characters.†But now, luckily, that’s no longer the