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Jun 2, 2024 · Lifestyle. Athletes like Billie Jean King and Megan Rapinoe have significantly impacted women's sports and LGBTQ+ history. An inclusive community resource for self-defense training. Bryan Lavery and Jeffrey Kummerlen, who met in a bar during a gay softball tournament, are celebrating ten years together….
Breathtaking: An interview with Berlin’s Terri Nunn.
Aug 22, 2019 · A couple of years later, Berlin would have its greatest triumph with the track “Take My Breath Away” from the 1986 Tom Cruise movie Top Gun. Lead vocalist Terri Nunn, who has been there throughout Berlin’s nearly 40-year existence, was kind enough to answer a few questions before the band embarked on a summer concert tour.
The Magic of Marfa – OutSmart Magazine
Jan 3, 2024 · Roadside ‘Giant’ murals (Photos by Zach McKenzie) T ucked away in the vast West Texas landscape is a little place called Marfa. The unassuming small town with a population of 1,750 is recognized for its impressively iconic art scene, the elusive “mystery lights” that have inspired folklore over the years, and as the backdrop for commercials, music videos, and films such as the film ...
Baytown Woman’s Murder Case Is Solved - OutSmart Magazine
Aug 22, 2019 · A disappointingly light prison sentence for their loved one’s killer seems like a drop in the bucket to the family of Crystal Seratte McDowell, a bisexual blonde beauty whose ex-husband caused her to vanish on the morning of August 25, 2017, as Hurricane Harvey barreled toward Houston. Steven McDowell was convicted this summer of first-degree ...
A Crowning Achievement: Dessie Love-Blake wins Miss Gay …
Feb 1, 2024 · Now, she’s the new face of the Miss Gay America pageant. Dessie Love-Blake, the Galveston-based female illusionist, was crowned as the national pageant winner. Love-Blake represented Miss Gay MidWest America, a pageant where she clenched the top spot in November 2023 to earn her berth at the national competition held in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Out for Change: Political Powerhouse – OutSmart Magazine
Jan 28, 2022 · Jolanda Jones (courtesy photo) I n a crowded seven-candidate field to replace retiring State Representative Garnet Coleman in District 147, Jolanda “Jo” Jones stands out in the Democratic primary race.. Jones, 56, is a medal-winning athlete, University of Houston graduate, criminal-defense attorney, reality-TV star, and a politician who previously served on the Houston City Council, the ...
Out Houston Minister Michael Gott Leads One of Nation’s Largest …
Nov 6, 2018 · R ev. Michael Gott says being raised in a fundamentalist Christian church impacted him in two important ways. One was the positive foundation of love he experienced, and the other was his need to experience healing after being excluded because of his sexual orientation.
Breaking Boundaries – OutSmart Magazine
Oct 4, 2023 · Pooja Lodhia (Photo courtesy) FAVORITE FEMALE (COMMERCIAL) TV PERSONALITY. As a kid, 39-year-old Pooja Lodhia not only had no idea what she wanted to be when she grew up, but a career in news never really crossed her mind. “My parents didn’t, and don’t, watch the news very much,” she says, “so I didn’t really think of it as an option.
Life Is Sweeter – OutSmart Magazine
Aug 3, 2020 · 3,331 7 minutes read. 163. Maria McKee (photo by Jim Cooper) M aria McKee was 18 when her cowpunk band, Lone Justice, was picked up and packaged by David Geffen. Dolly Parton hailed the diminutive kid with the powerhouse pipes as “the greatest girl singer any band could have,” and U2 handpicked them as the opening band on their Joshua Tree ...
From Musical Genius to Musical Theater – OutSmart Magazine
Jan 1, 2009 · Spring Awakening plays January 6–18 at the Hobby Center. Tickets start at $26 and are available at the Hobby Center box office (800 Bagby), all Ticketmaster outlets (713/629-3700), or online at www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com. Blase DiStefano interviewed Chad Allen for the September 2008 of OutSmart magazine.