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    Reduce Suffering and Improve Lives

    Reduce Suffering and Improve Lives

    By Dr. Marcy Adelman– Big, bold long-term policies and solutions are essential to ultimately resolving the challenges of our mental health system and the lack of affordable, accessible, and culturally appropriate…

    LGBTIQ Afghan Refugee: ‘I Feel Like a Human Being for the First Time’

    By John Lewis– Years ago, I worked as an English teacher for refugee children from the wars in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos at a camp in the Philippines that housed…

    2021: The ‘Trash Can Fire’ Year in Review

    2021: The ‘Trash Can Fire’ Year in Review

    By Louise “Lou” Fischer– Welcome to 2022; last year, I deemed 2020 the “Dumpster Fire,” and while 2021 included some fiery incidents, it wasn’t as bad as 2020. On the “refuse…

    How the Word ‘Latinx’ Originated

    How the Word ‘Latinx’ Originated

    By Eduardo Morales, Ph.D.– A unique aspect of the Spanish language is that all words have a binary gender and are either masculine or feminine. Unlike the English language, where…

    Donna’s Chronicles, “Our holiday season ended with a unique adventure…”

    Donna’s Chronicles, “Our holiday season ended with a unique adventure…”

    By Donna Sachet– Our holiday season ended with a unique adventure…our first personal road trip with our little puppy Peanut. As some of you know, we are not often found…

    The Gay Gourmet’s Top 22 for 2022 List

    The Gay Gourmet’s Top 22 for 2022 List

    By David Landis– 2021 was a zinger, especially for the restaurant community, so let’s hope 2022 is better. To start the year off right, The Gay Gourmet celebrates my own…

    Things to Be Grateful for Heading into 2022

    Things to Be Grateful for Heading into 2022

    By Liam P. Mayclem– 1 – Relationship To quote Ru Paul, “If you don’t love yourself how in the hell are you gonna love another?” That quote resonated more to me…

    The Last Thing Mary Saw Is a Stylish Queer Period Thriller

    The Last Thing Mary Saw Is a Stylish Queer Period Thriller

    By Gary M. Kramer– The Last Thing Mary Saw, available January 20 on Shudder, is a stylish, slow-burn thriller set in Southold, New York, in 1843. Mary (Stefanie Scott) has…

    Catching Up with a Talented Original: Isaac Mizrahi

    Catching Up with a Talented Original: Isaac Mizrahi

    By Jan Wahl– Ever since I saw the 1995 documentary Unzipped, I’ve been a fan of Isaac Mizrahi. The way this acclaimed designer developed his Fall 1994 collection as a…

    Lit Snax: Fabulosa Books 1.13.22

    (Editor’s Note: When Alvin Orloff opened Fabulosa Books in the Castro, maintaining 489 Castro Street’s long history of housing a bookstore, we were overjoyed and grateful. It is such a…