So let’s make the best of now We are a good half a year into a pandemic that seems to have no end, and I feel compelled to share some thoughts. I am just sharing my thoughts, as everyone has experienced this “new normal” differently. Things have changed for all of us, in ways we […]

So let’s make the best of now We are a good half a year into a pandemic that seems to have no end, and I feel compelled to share some thoughts. I am just sharing my thoughts, as everyone has experienced this “new normal” differently. Things have changed for all of us, in ways we […]

Have an event coming up? Email your information to Managing Editor Tammye Nash at nash@dallasvoice.com or Senior Staff Writer David Taffet at taffet@dallasvoice.com by Wednesday at 5 p.m. for that week’s issue. AUGUST • Through Aug. 24: Team Clover Silent Auction LifeWalk Team Clover holds an online silent auction. Visit LifeWalk.org/event/lifewalk. • Aug. 23: Lambda […]

Have an event coming up? Email your information to Managing Editor Tammye Nash at nash@dallasvoice.com or Senior Staff Writer David Taffet at taffet@dallasvoice.com by Wednesday at 5 p.m. for that week’s issue. AUGUST • Through Aug. 24: Team Clover Silent Auction LifeWalk Team Clover holds an online silent auction. Visit LifeWalk.org/event/lifewalk. • Aug. 23: Lambda […]

“Pull your pants up.” How many times have we heard this admonishment directed at young Black men? Even Barack Obama, in a 2008 interview with MTV, said, “Brothers should pull up their pants.” Mind you, he did preface that saying “creating jobs, improving our schools, health care, dealing with the war in Iraq” were the […]

“Pull your pants up.” How many times have we heard this admonishment directed at young Black men? Even Barack Obama, in a 2008 interview with MTV, said, “Brothers should pull up their pants.” Mind you, he did preface that saying “creating jobs, improving our schools, health care, dealing with the war in Iraq” were the […]

Last week was my birthday, and I turned 70. In “gay years,” that is about the age of Methuselah. But rather than pout about my advancing age, I thought I would make a birthday wish. And with 70 candles on my cake I figure, I get a really good one — or maybe 70 good […]

Last week was my birthday, and I turned 70. In “gay years,” that is about the age of Methuselah. But rather than pout about my advancing age, I thought I would make a birthday wish. And with 70 candles on my cake I figure, I get a really good one — or maybe 70 good […]

Louie Gohmert and the cult of ignorance I have written a bit about my family history before. But recent events regarding our state lead me back to draw some valuable comparisons. Let’s get to the crux of the matter first. Ignorance is apparently seen as a badge of honor in some parts of Texas, and […]

Louie Gohmert and the cult of ignorance I have written a bit about my family history before. But recent events regarding our state lead me back to draw some valuable comparisons. Let’s get to the crux of the matter first. Ignorance is apparently seen as a badge of honor in some parts of Texas, and […]