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PFLAG Houston hosts ACLU for GSA guidance
By Janice Anderson The summer is a great time to prepare for the upcoming school year. As a teacher, I spend my “time off†preparing or improving lessons for the
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Mannerless millennials
Millennial (n) mil-len-ee- uhl: a person born in the 1980s or 1990s, especially in the U.S. By Randall Jobe Of the 72.1 million Millennials living in the United States, I
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Tig Notaro is now a cartoon
By Romeo San Vicente She wrote and starred in the sitcom “One Mississippi.†She’s about to be streaming in Zack Snyder’s Netflix film “Army of the Dead.†She visited “Star
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Justice For All
The out ‘Genera+ion’ star wants to be an example of Black queer joy By Chris Azzopardi Last summer, Justice Smith wasn’t coming out but, instead, making a statement in solidarity
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A NEW SERIES | In My (Judgmental) Opinion
By Randall Jobe Judg-ment/ jaj-ment (noun): an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparison O-pin-ion (noun): a view or judgment not necessarily based on fact or knowledge “There is brutality andthere is honesty,but
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You get what you pay for
Bars and restaurants running short-staffed  By Johnny Trlica Commentary: No industry was hit harder by the pandemic than the hospitality industry. Bars and restaurants were forcibly closed. Then allowed to open. Then
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Larry Kramer: Remembering a leader
By Anthony T. Eaton May 27 will mark two years since Larry Kramer’s passing and our loss of one of the most influential leaders in the LGBTQ+ community. With the coming
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The merry month of May
By Forest Riggs “The world’s favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May.â€Â —Harriet Ann Jacobs When it comes to months that are most celebrated in thoughts, songs, poems and
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FRENCH CUISINE | Will Maison Pucha succeed where others failed?
By Jim Ayres When my friend Bill suggested we have dinner at Maison Pucha, I jumped at the chance. Even though I wasn’t sure what Maison Pucha was. I learned
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Doing battle on Lesbian Visibility Day
By Nancy Ford  Hey, everyone! Did you have a nice lesbian Visibility Day on April 26? I sure did! To celebrate, I went shopping at Costco and bought one of