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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
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Tan France and Alexa Chung are Next in Fashion
By Romeo San Vicente Maybe you still watch Project Runway, maybe you don’t. But even if you’ve abandoned the long-running design competition, it’s quite likely you’re watching Netflix’s highly emotional
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Flying arrows, flinging beads, and fleeing sin
By Forest Riggs It is finally here — the time of the year when everyone goes crazy, especially on Galveston Island! After another year of planning, legal battles, and tremendous
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Presidents, King, and other things
By Randall Jobe The Music Box Theater presents 2019 Year in Review, looking back over the year with a montage of some of their best and audience favorites. Through Feb.
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Take another little piece of my heart
By Nancy Ford Normally the visage of a flying, diapered baby with a penchant for archery would be alarming. But not on Valentine’s Day! Yes, yes, those of us who
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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