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Connecting Communities: Bringing the Children’s Museum of Houston to Pride

Posted on August 10, 2018
A photo of the Children's Museum of Houston at Pride.

In December, my nearly two-year long journey balancing graduate school with building my career as an arts leader will come to an end as I walk across the stage with my fellow University of Houston grads. It has been a long and hard but rewarding journey, full of late nights attending class only to wake up early for my full-time job as an educator at the Children’s Museum of Houston. And while I’m proud of achieving this personal academic milestone,…

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Not The End of Me: Musician Steve Grand Sheds Light on Life After Love

Posted on July 30, 2018
A photo of gay musician Steve Grand.

Steve Grand was riding the effervescent high of 2015’s All-American Boy when he realized that introspection would be the key to his follow-up. The country-pop aesthetic of his freshman album had him pegged by the media as America’s newest gay country icon, but Grand demurred. Though he considers himself a fan of country music, he doesn’t think of himself as a country artist. “Music is subjective,” Grand says. “That is part of the whole point. The lines of life are…

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Queering the Narrative: Skyler Jay on Southern Identity and Life After ‘Queer Eye’

Posted on July 24, 2018
A photo of trans man Skyler Jay on Netflix's Queer Eye.

Since the reboot premiered on Netflix in 2018, Queer Eye has garnered nearly unanimous praise for its inclusive nature, loveable hosts, and expansive base of people the Fab Five seeks to help. Set in Georgia, the second iteration of the early-2000s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy has ditched its “straight guy” base and made over the lives of a woman, a gay man, and perhaps most notably, a trans man. Skyler Jay is a Georgia native, and if you…

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QFest 2018: Houston’s International LGBTQ Film Festival Hits Screens July 26-30

Posted on July 19, 2018
A photo of QFest film The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

We will never achieve real progress unless we move beyond our own, often limited, perspectives. It is only when we open our eyes and minds to identities, cultures, and relationships different than our own, that we can find true strength in our togetherness, both as a community and as a force to be reckoned with. On July 26-30, QFest, Houston’s annual international LGBTQ film festival, will bring those stories and experiences to audiences across the city as it celebrates its…

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Bonnaroo: A Queer Experience

Posted on June 19, 2018
A photo of queer Bonnaroo.

I was working a corporate chair massage gig at a random high-rise in Austin, Texas when my colleague started boasting about her upcoming massage stint at Bonnaroo, the four-day-long music festival in rural Tennessee. Colloquially called “The Farm” by festival-goers (aka Bonaroovians), Bonnaroo celebrated its 17th birthday this year, making it one of the longer-standing music festivals in the South.…

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Feel My Pride Too: Comedian Sampson Joins The T.R.U.T.H. Project for One-Night-Only Pride Experience

Posted on June 12, 2018
A photo of gay comedian Sampson.

Comedy as a catalyst for change. Laughter as a social conversation starter. These are the tools openly gay artist and comedian Sampson uses in his daily work—and he loves every minute of it. “I’ve been doing it for over two decades now,” Sampson shares. “I was one of the first Black, openly gay stand up comedians in the country and I’ve used [my work] to bring awareness to a lot of our issues as LGBTQ people. It’s about visibility, dispelling…

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