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Positive Thoughts: Finding Hope in ‘Crystal City’
By Jeff Berry In the trailer for the new feature-length documentary film Crystal City, Rob, who is living with HIV and four years sober, says that during his time dealing
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Beware on the ides of March!
By Forest Riggs As if things were not crazy enough with Mercury being retrograde (February 18through March 9), now comes mid-March and William Shakespeare’s age-old warning regarding the Ides of
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‘The Book of Ruth’ re-opens the book on AIDS
By Romeo San Vicente Now that the 1980s are officially vintage and the subject of period films, a mini-wave of projects about the first decade of AIDS has taken hold:
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Coronavirus versus HIV: A comparative study
By Nancy Ford So how are you feeling? Do you have a fever? Are you coughing? Experiencing shortness of breath? Welcome to the pollen season in Houston. Or, worst-case scenario,
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Antiquated cannabis laws create ‘medical refugees’
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday! I hope today finds all of you doing fine. If you’re not, keep your chin up and change perspective…you may find your outlook clearer! Today
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An indisputable frontrunner
By Colby Etherton What a wild ride it’s been this past couple of weeks. Since the first Iowa caucuses we’ve already had several Democratic debates, and February 26’s could only
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Meghan Trainor Is Living Her Best ‘Yaaas, B*tch’ Life
| Popstar on her generous lesbian fans and tipping drag queens with Sam Smith’s money By Chris Azzopardi It’s not necessarily all about that bass. It’s also all about that
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From Trump to the Astros, lying and cheating do not matter anymore
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: When did playing fair stop to matter? As kids, if we were caught cheating we were driven off the playing field by our peers and forever
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8 Things That Are Getting on My GD Nerves Right Now
By Mikey Rox The year’s just started, but there are a few things I need to get off my chest. 1. The high price of underwear Like any other red-blooded
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Dig into pastry puffs and BLT in a bowl
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) ÂÂValentines Day is over and I hope you all got the Valentine you wanted. It was strange this year because Valentine’s Day was Friday the
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The Hype Is Real, I finally tried the sandwich
By Jim Ayres I was late to the party, but I’m glad I went. After all, it wasn’t – and never will be – “on my diet.†But I couldn’t
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A loving legacy
By Forest Riggs On May 23, 2019, Galveston Island lost one of its most beloved citizens and a tremendous supporter of the island’s LGBTQ community. After a lengthy illness, Jerry