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Book Review: If These Ovaries Could Talk: The Things We’ve Learned About Making an LGBTQ Family

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If These Ovaries Could Talk: The Things We’ve Learned About Making an LGBTQ Family.  Jamie Kelton and Robin Hopkins.  Lit Riot Press, 2020.  345 pages. Several years ago, a lesbian couple decided to start a family.  Anne and Jaimie would each get pregnant and have a child.  Anne was the first, but when it came time for Jaimie to conceive, she … [Read more...] about Book Review: If These Ovaries Could Talk: The Things We’ve Learned About Making an LGBTQ Family

Spirituality, Solace, Mindfulness: What Path to Take?

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Sometimes I think we have lost the ability to just “be” with ourselves. If we don’t use the time alone to the greatest advantage, it just goes away and is no longer there for the taking. There is a way to view ‘alone’ and ‘lonely’ as two different but equally interesting concepts. Perhaps there have been times lately that you have felt a bit lonely while being with … [Read more...] about Spirituality, Solace, Mindfulness: What Path to Take?

Tony’s Top Fabulous Five November 3, 2020

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You do not have to feel guilty anymore.  I have decided to change the name of my “Guilty Pleasures” column to “Tony’s Top Fabulous Five”.  Each article will give you my top five interesting ways that help me enjoy myself and forget the crazy world we are living in at the moment.  #5. Pickleball Before a few weeks ago, I had never heard of pickleball.  … [Read more...] about Tony’s Top Fabulous Five November 3, 2020

Tony’s Top Fabulous Five October 20, 2020

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If there is one thing I have embraced since this quarantine started, it’s that life is too short and nothing is guaranteed. You need to embrace the little enjoyments. Before I kept my guilty pleasures to myself; now I am no longer sorry or embarrassed about the things I like, no matter how silly or crazy they may be. You have nothing to feel guilty of! Here … [Read more...] about Tony’s Top Fabulous Five October 20, 2020

Trodding the Boards October 6, 2020

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Single Black Female online through October 10 In what I believe is the first extended engagement in Orleans Parish, UNO’s Theatre Program presents its opening production of the fall semester, Single Black Female, through October 10. Granted, it’s not live nor being live-streamed, (it’s actually pre-recorded) but given that tickets are being sold individually for dates … [Read more...] about Trodding the Boards October 6, 2020

Born to Run: The Gay Migration Away from Home

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I knew I had to leave.  I had to get out.  I couldn't explain it, and I didn't tell anyone else. I was only 16; I didn't have a plan. I didn’t know when, or how, but I knew that at some point, an opportunity would present itself, and I would take it – I would leave my hometown and my family behind. I love my family and New Orleans, but as I hit puberty and began to … [Read more...] about Born to Run: The Gay Migration Away from Home

Trodding the Boards September 22, 2020

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The Odd Couple at Playmakers Theater through Oct. 4 It was so good to be heading to the North Shore recently to see a show at Playmakers Theater. First because I was looking forward to visiting this historic 65-year-old playhouse in Covington for the first time since it reopened in July (I missed its A Chorus Line then). And also because, just as the drive began, I got … [Read more...] about Trodding the Boards September 22, 2020

The Diary of a Bank Robbing Lesbian

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“I saw a man on the sidewalk and my dream of spending Xmas at home ended.  He identified himself as F.B.I. and we went in where about 10 others were waiting with a warrant for my arrest. The charge? Bank robbery. The look on mom’s face nearly killed me. Never have I seen her so hurt. I would have rather spent 10 years in jail than to put her through that day.” Thus wrote … [Read more...] about The Diary of a Bank Robbing Lesbian