Trump funk. That’s how I’d describe the mood in my small town of Hastings, Michigan, as residents celebrated the 4th of July. The pre-holiday concert drew a big crowd as …
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Obergefell is not a name that rolls off the tongue. But Jim Obergefell’s name ten years on is one for the LGBTQ history books. June 26 marked the 10 year …
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Supreme injustice. That’s how I would term the high court’s ruling this week on transgender care for youth. Fighting back is Thomi Clinton and her team at the Transgender Health …
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What was your favorite “No Kings Day” protest sign? I’d see one, snap a photo and think it was brilliant. Then another would pop up. And so it went here …
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What were Pride parades like in the 1970s just after Stonewall? Pat Rocco documented them on film and later, video, in archives that live today due to the efforts of …
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Pee-wee Herman — aka Paul Reubens — was going into the closet about the time that I was coming out. Pee-wee as Himself, an HBO Original two-part documentary debuted last Friday …
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Shann Carr made me cry this morning. And it wasn’t because she was promoting burials for Kasey at Wiefels Mortuary either. When KGAY started in 2019, Shann and John Taylor …
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Disney’s movie magic transcends race, skin color, gender identity and even species from mouse to man. Disney’s music runs the gamut from soulful ballads to whimsical ditties. Combine the two …
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Saint or sinner? This Sunday you pick your side in a variety of ways in #ILoveGayPalmSprings. On the “saint” side is traditional Christian Easter and the end of Passover on …
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Shelter in Place! That will be the mantra for some of our locals over the next three weekends as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and its country-bumpkin cousin, …