Blake Hayes, Author at OutSmart Magazine

Dear Houston: I’ll Miss Ya

January 01, 2014(0) Comments

My coworkers at CBS Radio. The staff at Outsmart. The folks at the Montrose Center. The people behind AIDS Foundation Houston, Bering Omega, and Live Consortium. The bars, and owners Irwin, Woody, Gra ...

A Holiday Newsletter

December 01, 2013(0) Comments

From our big gay family to yours ...

Nine Shots at City Hall

November 02, 2013(0) Comments

SpeakOut: Remembering gay icon Harvey Milk. ...

Tricks or Treats

October 01, 2013(0) Comments

How did Halloween get so naked? SpeakOut. ...

Marriage Equality

September 01, 2013(0) Comments

SpeakOut: Taking the ‘sex’ out of same-sex marriage. When I was a kid, I used to think Labor Day was when all women went into labor.... ...

How’s Your Gaydar?

August 01, 2013(0) Comments

What is it that gives you good—or bad—gaydar? ...

SpeakOut: The Wicked Road to Equality

July 01, 2013(0) Comments

Three months after the bittersweet 2008 election: Obama had won, but so had California’s Prop. 8. “We need a hero, and you have been elected,” said Harvey Fierstein, in an open letter to President Oba ...

SpeakOut: What Is Pride?

June 01, 2013(0) Comments

“The next time someone asks you why LGBT Pride marches exist or why Gay Pride Month is June, tell them ‘A bisexual woman named Brenda Howard thought it should be.’" ...

Moms Always Know

May 01, 2013(1) Comment

SpeakOut: A Mother’s Day interview with my favorite woman. ...

Mainstream Versus ’Mo

March 01, 2013(0) Comments

I’d been on the air at Mix 96.5 for about two weeks when Randy from Baytown called in to request “I Won’t Give Up” by Jason Mraz. Ooh, my first gay request in Houston! ...

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