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Flipping, fantastic friends and more
By Randall Jobe Stages Repertory Theatre presents Water by the Spoonful, the second installment of Pulitzer Prize winner and Tony Award nominee Quiara Alegria Hudes’ Elliot Trilogy. An Iraq war
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Katy’s Renee Zellweger Honors Gay Icon Judy Garland with Oscars Win
By Johnny Trlica “Judy Garland did not receive this honor in her time. I am certain that this moment is an extension of the celebration of her legacy that began
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Beanie Feldstein and other ‘Humans’
By Romeo San Vicente Beanie Feldstein, star of Booksmart and the super ambitious 20-year-long Richard Linklater-meets-Stephen Sondheim project Merrily We Roll Along, and who is also recently casually public about
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LGBTQQISSACOD
By Nancy Ford It’s become apparent to me in recent years that the addition of letters with which our LGBTQQISSA+ community chooses to identify our multi-fractioned selves is nearly limitless.
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Latonya deserves to live pain-free
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday to all of you awesome people out there! How many of you beautiful people know what trigeminal neuralgia is? Well, I do. I don’t have
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Whitney and Robyn’s Big Love
| Robyn Crawford talks tell-all book on her romance with Whitney Houston By Chris Azzopardi After four decades of speculation that they were romantically involved, Robyn Crawford has spoken her
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No Karen, bearded drag queens are not too lazy to shave
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Drag shows have changed since the days of the Fabulous Four: Naomi Sims, Donna Day, Mr. Tiffany Jones, Hot Chocolate and later joined by Tasha Kohl.
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Impeachment looms over Iowa caucuses
By Colby Etherton With little time to go until the Iowa caucuses, it’s hard not to feel agitated if you’re Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, or Amy Klobuchar. The three senators
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Warm up with cookies, chowder, and crescent rolls
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hellurrrrr to all our readers. What a beginning to our New Year! Catch me when things slow down. So far we really haven’t had a
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Madrid’s Wild Cuisine
| Has Houston Gone MAD? By Jim Ayres Tucked into the darker, backside of River Oaks District, the asylum awaits. Once inside, you need a minute to prepare yourself. The
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5 Retail Replacements That Should Satisfy Your Urge to Splurge
By Mikey Rox If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to live better but spend less, consider these retail replacement tips that accomplish just that. 1. Private Label Organic
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I’m a Beautiful Black Queen Living With HIV, Not Stigma
By Porchia Dees I am a Beautiful Black Queen Living with HIV. It has taken a long time for me to come to terms with that statement because the concepts