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In Full Bloom
This Trans Actress and Sports Illustrated Model Is Changing the Game for Trans Women of Color By Chris Azzopardi Ley a Bloom made a splash this year for being the
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From ‘Survivor’ to ‘The Twilight Zone’
Stay focused and united By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Parts of the past year have felt like living in an episode of Survivor. We’ve been isolated and had to provide food,
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It’s time for the filibuster to go
By Colby Etherton Much of President Joe Biden’s agenda faces an uphill battle due to the narrow 50-50 split in the U.S. Senate. Biden’s $1.9 trillion dollar COVID relief plan
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‘Serviced’: The spiritual side of erotic touch
By David-Elijah Nahmod The message of Serviced, a 45-minute documentary by Charlie David and Nickolaos Stagias, is that everyone is deserving of intimate touch and physical pleasure, regardless of age
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Put a little Pride on your palate
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Guys and gals, it’s that time of year to let your hair or pants down, to celebrate our LGBT Pride! Looking back, the year
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A French Quarter Favorite
Acme Oyster House opens in Montrose By Jim Ayres We finally got a table on Wednesday, May 12, a month and two days after Acme Oyster House opened in Montrose.
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The Room Where It Happens
Pandemic sex-cam browsing led one photographer to an art project involving Grindr guys, their homes, and one very stinky situation By Lawrence Ferber A couple of blocks east from Manhattan’s
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I Had to Get Past the Stigma of Having HIV
Then I Had to Do the Same for Mental Illness. By Mariah Wilberg I was 19 years old and pregnant when I received my HIV diagnosis in 2006. “This is
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It’s Pride all over again
By Forest Riggs June is here and busting out all over with pride — Gay Pride, that is! Once again, in every hamlet, village, city, and empire “where two or
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Cereal is so gay
By Nancy Ford Every year, just like clockwork, when June rolls around, there is a feeding frenzy among manufacturers of consumer goods to slap a rainbow on their merchandise to