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A conversation with CBD American Shaman’s Thomas Broussard
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday to all! It’s always nice to meet someone in the cannabis/hemp industry who wants to make positive changes in the community. Meet Thomas Broussard. A
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From a big comeback to a stripper pole, Super Bowl LIV had it all
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: When a sporting event is so big that even gay bars host viewing parties, one knows that it must contain a little somethin’ somethin’ for everybody.
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Life in the Dollyverse
‘Ms. Dolly’ on how her LGBTQ-inclusive Netflix series is rooted in the ‘golden rule’ By Chris Azzopardi Dolly was there, almost, holding court despite her lack of humanness, as queer
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Aaron Scheerhoorn Remembered with a Pacific Ocean Ceremony
By Johnny Trlica In 2010, a young man was murdered on the streets of Montrose. It wasn’t the first time blood was shed on our streets nor was it the
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Sweet and warm things from Nanny
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well, folks, January is passing as fast as the year 2019! Does it mean you’re getting old when things pass you by? I know it’s a
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The Measure of Success: Weights + Measures still hip, still hot
By Jim Ayres A while back, on a cold winters’ eve, I stopped into Weights + Measures for dessert and an after-dinner drink. It hadn’t been open long, and the
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Jake Gyllenhaal invites you to the Fun Home
By Romeo San Vicente This is not a drill: Fun Home is going to be a movie. The autobiographical, bittersweet musical about a young lesbian’s coming-of-age in her family’s funeral-home
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PFLAG is for lovers in February
By Janice Anderson February is here and love is in the air! Between Valentine’s Day and my birthday, February is by far my favorite month. Although your meet-cute may have
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The quiet time
By Forest Riggs Recently a friend in North Carolina wrote and asked, “So what’s going on in Galveston this time of year?†My hasty response was short and sweet: “Nothing!â€
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Wishes a-plenty for 2020
By Nancy Ford OK, gang, we’ve had almost a month to get used to writing 2020 on our checks. But does anybody still write checks in this high-tech, low environmental