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NOAGE Becomes SAGE New Orleans

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I’m pleased to announce that New Orleans Advocates for GLBT Elders (NOAGE) has become a SAGE affiliate, and will now be known as SAGE New Orleans.  For the first year of this transition, we will actually be known as SAGE New Orleans – NOAGE. We had planned to make this announcement at our annual membership reception last month. Unfortunately, that event had to be … [Read more...] about NOAGE Becomes SAGE New Orleans

Louisiana Pizza Kitchen Uptown Weathers the Coronavirus Shutdown

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Editor's Note: Louisiana Pizza Kitchen Uptown Owner Rob Gerhart was recently interviewed by George in the third episode of the Ambush Radio Podcast. You can listen to the interview here: https://www.ambushmag.com/podcast/ New Orleans is known worldwide for its unique cuisine. It boasts over 1,216 restaurants. That is 605 full-service restaurants, 476 quick-service … [Read more...] about Louisiana Pizza Kitchen Uptown Weathers the Coronavirus Shutdown

The “Official” Dish May 19, 2020

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Dear Ambush Nation, I hope this issue of Ambush finds you and your family both healthy and safe. These are strange times we are living in and hopefully things will get back to normal soon. Although, I don’t think normal will be what it was before this pandemic arrived. I think of everything after COVID-19 as America 2.0 and in this new normal, things will be different for … [Read more...] about The “Official” Dish May 19, 2020

Strange Inheritance: Past

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Let’s go back a bit. Not back to better times, but before we were sequestered in our homes and trying to keep ourselves busy. Let's go back to when we could busy ourselves with other like-minded people and find the serendipitous moments of revelation on the streets. I want to go back to a very important day that I was lucky to share with a mentor, my husband, and the mayor of … [Read more...] about Strange Inheritance: Past

LGBTQ Horoscopes May 5-18, 2020

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Have you observed your mind lately? You don’t have a choice at this moment, do you? With globally mandated social distancing, your gaze is cast upon your inner world, your Inner Makeup. This may be frightening, as it is so easy to turn one’s attention outward, all the while forgetting that outer reality is a reflection of one’s internal state. However, this is an opportunity to … [Read more...] about LGBTQ Horoscopes May 5-18, 2020

CrescentCity.com Meal Assistance Program set to provide over 20,000 meals this week to LGBTQ community and out-of-work service industry workers

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NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans is a city known worldwide for its hospitality. When a stay-at-home order was promulgated by Mayor LaToya Cantrell, vital for fighting the novel coronavirus, it immediately resulted in mass layoffs for the local service industry and gig economy workers. CrescentCity.com’s new and ongoing meal assistance program is helping these people as well as members … [Read more...] about CrescentCity.com Meal Assistance Program set to provide over 20,000 meals this week to LGBTQ community and out-of-work service industry workers

Introducing Ambush Radio Podcast

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We're excited to announce a new medium for you to enjoy Ambush Magazine. Ambush Radio Podcast hosted by George Bevan Jr will bring the stories that matter most to our community from our pages to the airwaves of a new podcast. A new Ambush Radio will be released every other Tuesday. The teaser is now live and the first episode will drop later this week. The first episode … [Read more...] about Introducing Ambush Radio Podcast

Strange Inheritance: Origins

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For the next four issues, this column will be dedicated to a project I have been cultivating over the past couple of years. It’s a project that has required labor, humility, gratitude, and love. Love for a community that has always needed to fight for its visibility, and love for a community that will always need to fight for its rights.  What will always make this true … [Read more...] about Strange Inheritance: Origins

The Official Dish on My Encounter with COVID-19

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Dear Ambush Nation, I thought it important to share my story with you so that you can realize just how serious the Coronavirus and COVID-19 disease are. I've been sick with COVID-19 for the better part of two weeks now. I can tell you it ain't pretty and it sure as hell isn't "just the flu." Today is the first day in 11 days that I've woken up without a fever and the first … [Read more...] about The Official Dish on My Encounter with COVID-19