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Be the change with the Walk 4 Change
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday to all of you beautiful people out there! The time has come! Finally! In this edition of Star Buds, I want to share with all
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In Her Best Light
Trisha Yearwood on her simple reason for supporting the LGBTQ community, the Nashville closet and lesbian love By Chris Azzopardi Trisha Yearwood has never cared what the country community thought
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The cult of gay Trumpsters
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: There are five definitive warning signs of a cult. 1. The leader is always right. 2. Criticism of the leader is characterized as “persecution.†3. No
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Victory Fund endorses 48 more LGBTQ candidates in last round of 2019 candidate endorsements
As of September 24, LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, has endorsed 48 new openly LGBTQ candidates in its last round
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Coming out isn’t about the parents
By Janice Anderson “How does this affect me?†is often the thought family and parents have when their loved one comes out. I thought that. I wondered how it would
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A little chicken for your pot
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Did you think fall would ever get here? Still feels like summer to this old broad. You all know how Paula loves chicken — I’ve
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5 Tech-Savvy Ways to Stack Your Savings at Target
By Mikey Rox Fact: You can’t go to Target without spending a hundred bucks. You know how it goes: You enter the store armed with a list that you plan
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Fresh and light every week of the year
By Jim Ayres I was always curious about Seasons 52, a local outpost of the upscale “low calorie†chain. It’s part of the restaurant group that includes Eddie V’s and
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Jane Lynch and Cyndi Lauper really want a Golden Girls reboot
By Romeo San Vicente You’ve seen Shark Tank, so you know what a “pitch†is. No? OK, it’s when you’re a screenwriter and your agent gets you a meeting at
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Hold the water, bring on the shoes!
By Forest Riggs Just when folks were finally able to get back into their Hurricane Harvey damaged homes, the bottom fell out and along came a Tropical Storm named Imelda.