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Houston’s LGBTQ bars as ranked by Google reviews
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Review! Reviews! Reviews! Businesses are all about the reviews they receive nowadays. Unfortunately, most people only take the time to write a review when they have
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6 Tips For Staying Motivated at Work When Nothing’s Going Right
By Mikey Rox Staying motivated at work when the chips are down isn’t easy. You feel deflated, like a failure, maybe even afraid you’ll lose your job. The first thing
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Recipes for meatless Mondays
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) It’s hard to believe you’re hearing this from Paula Dream’s lips, but not everyone eats meat. I can’t imagine living in that world, but
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Tarka makes a journey to Houston
By Jim Ayres It was a beautiful afternoon. The temperature was climbing, but in September the blue sky already had an autumnal cast. Listening to Lana Del Rey’s latest (brilliant),
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Three Cheers of Victory for Ol’ U=U!
| Sure most HIV advocates have heard of U=U, but how do we get the rest of the world to listen? By Desiree Guerrero For about the past decade, activists
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This is not a drill: There’s a new ‘Matrix’ movie on the way
By Romeo San Vicente Neo and Trinity! The red pills that those unpleasant internet dudes keep going on and on about (incorrectly)! Very cool outfits of the cyberfuture! It’s all
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Pumpkin spice, sweat, hurricanes and world upside down
By Forest Riggs Where to begin? September is about half over, I’m a year older, storms keep crawling off the coast of Africa, the heat will not let up and
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Straight talk about LGBTQ medical rights
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday to all you beautiful people out there in the world! Discrimination comes in so many forms. It’s a sad reality in our world that people
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A vagina by any other name
By Nancy Ford Hang onto your labias, ladies. Just when you think the War on Women can’t possibly become any more absurd, it does. Canadian gynecologist and author Dr. Jennifer
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Salt, kink, and a kick line
By Randall Jobe The Music Box Theater presents Keep It Brassy 3. A three-piece horn section is being added to this show that features great sounds from artists such as