It must have been exciting to be gay in Houston in the late '70s. Beyond the handful of gay bars…
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When Houston's first official Gay Pride Parade rolled down Westheimer Road in June 1979, “Disco Grandma” Thelma Hansel led the…
Read More »He claims that “words are always the hardest thing” for him, but Erasure front man Andy Bell had little trouble…
Read More »It's like driving past a nasty accident. We don't want to look at this real-life Oedipal drama with a gay…
Read More »The girls are back in town. After its six-year run, the HBO series Sex and the City wrapped bittersweetly in…
Read More »The Living End: Remixed and Remastered The film that ushered in the “new queer cinema,” with its raw feel and…
Read More »It begins with La Miranda sharing: “There are as many Stonewall stories as there are queens in Manhattan. And that's…
Read More »•1965 —With financial backing from El Paso-born trans pioneer Reed Erickson, one of the nation's first trans clinics opens in…
Read More »In early October polls showed Whitmire leading Welch and vulnerable on only the one issue—her support for the failed gay…
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