A Blast from Boston’s Past – OutSmart Magazine
WEBSep 5, 2024 — Gary Goldstein (Photo by David A. Lee) Award-winning author and screenwriter Gary Goldstein is celebrating the release of his third novel, Please Come to Boston, on September 10, 2024.The highly-anticipated follow up to Goldstein’s second novel, The Mother I Never Had, is set in 1975 and follows Nicky DeMarco who, in his first year of college at Boston University, finds himself in a ...
Alt-Pop artist Attxla Transforms Personal Struggles into Musical …
WEBAug 2, 2024 — 35. Attxla (Photos by Nate Drop) A lternative pop artist Attxla began songwriting as a form of self-therapy, a way to express her thoughts, feelings, and musings. Now, the singer-songwriter is hoping to offer a means of inspiration for others with her new song “Release.”. “Songwriting slowly shifted from free, train-of-thought style ...
Houston Author Aber Prieto Finds Healing in Writing and Mental …
WEBSep 5, 2024 — Aber Prieto’s debut novel, Something Happens in the Water. With his mental health in check, Prieto says he is using the experience as inspiration for his debut novel titled Something Happens in the Water, which is directly based on his experience since the OSDD1b diagnosis. “ Something Happens in the Water is the third iteration of a story ...
Farrah Fang’s New Book Explores Trans Womanhood Through …
WEBSep 5, 2024 — Fang’s latest release, titled Quererme en La Luz, is a poetry collection that reflects her journey of trans womanhood. Fang says she writes to connect and inspire others, and that’s exactly the purpose of this book. “Quererme en La Luz. is for the dolls, Period! It’s for my trans community. I wrote it with the intention that trans women ...
Houston’s Grande Dame of Drag – OutSmart Magazine
WEBJul 17, 2017 — Dina Jacobs reflects on a her 53-year career. By Donalevan Maines. At 70, Dina Jacobs is a year younger than Broadway’s reigning superstar, Bette Midler. Both hail from Honolulu, Hawaii, and both gals are still glowin’, they’re still crowin’, and they’re still goin’ strong, with Jacobs holding court as Houston’s grande dame of drag.
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Plant Medicine Helped Me Accept My Identity - OutSmart Magazine
WEBMay 1, 2024 — ABOUT REUNION. Reunion is a leading not-for-profit plant medicine center, combining Indigenous wisdom teachers from diverse lineages blending the best of ancient modalities and modern science.Located in Costa Rica, Reunion is an eco-luxe, medically licensed campus with a beach-front location providing a safe setting for personal growth, healing, and transformation.
Vibe Control – OutSmart Magazine
WEBAug 2, 2024 — DJ Panda has become one of our Texas gems as he continues to be in ‘vibe control’ mode across the country while all of his labor is just beginning to bear fruit. “It’s truly been amazing!” he says. “It’s crazy this year. I dubbed it ‘The Summer of Panda’ tour because I’ve literally been going from city to city!
Queer: From homophobic insult to empowering term for LGBTQ …
WEBJun 11, 2024 — By Scottie Andrew, CNN. (CNN) — For most of its early history, the word “queer” meant unusual or out of the ordinary. Then it was co-opted as a homophobic insult for much of the 20th century before people from LGBT communities reclaimed the term. Then, LGBTQ activists who identified as queer showed that they were proud to be different.
BREAKING: DPS Suspends Gender Marker Changes on Texas IDs
WEBAug 21, 2024 — According to the email, DPS has decided, without prior public notification, to halt the amendment of gender markers on these documents. The email also discloses that DPS plans to create a database of individuals who request changes to the gender marker on their identification. This move comes after Texas Attorney General Ken …