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Ambush Magazine Volume 38 Issue 15

Book Review: Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health

August 6, 2020 By Frank Perez

Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health.  Adrian Shanker, Ed.  PM Press, 2020.  ISBN: 978-1-62963-784-6.  256 pages.  $20.00. I hope you never need to read this book.  I hope you never get sick and have to navigate the most convoluted healthcare system in the world.  But if you do, this collection of short essays might just save your … [Read more...] about Book Review: Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health

Guilty Pleasures: Tony’s Top 5 Television Series over Quarantine

August 5, 2020 By Tony Leggio

Like many others, I have been laid off from my job in the hospitality industry and have had lots of time on my hands so my television viewing has increased immensely.  I have watched things that would have never been of interest to me if it wasn’t for the fact that we are living in the age of a pandemic and I am just bored and want something mindless.  So here are … [Read more...] about Guilty Pleasures: Tony’s Top 5 Television Series over Quarantine

The Forgotten Gay Riot Against the Police at Dixie’s

August 4, 2020 By Frank Perez

Back in January, I was contacted by a researcher, Lasse Lau, editor of Queer Geographies, who was conducting research on Dixie’s Bar of Music, the fabled gay bar that once occupied the corner of St. Peter and Bourbon Streets.  Lau asked me if I knew anything about the gay riot against the police that happened there in 1955.  I responded by asking “What riot?” While … [Read more...] about The Forgotten Gay Riot Against the Police at Dixie’s

Book Review: A Is for Alibi

August 3, 2020 By Tony Leggio

I love a good murder mystery filled with lots of suspects, red herrings, and satisfying twists. Sue Grafton, who passed away in 2017, is famously known for her novels whose titles each start with a letter of the alphabet.  Since the COVID pandemic started, I’ve been checking out new authors and have always wanted to read one of Grafton’s novels.  Figuring the best place to … [Read more...] about Book Review: A Is for Alibi

Introducing Geo: An Interview

August 2, 2020 By Jim Meadows

Ambush’s newest writer is George Melichar, an internationally recognized athlete and USA Track & Field (USATF) Masters National Champion. Geo uses they/them/she/her pronouns. They are known as George Melichar by the international athletic community, but their chosen name is Geo and their nickname is GiGi. JM: Welcome to Ambush, Geo! You've been writing about your sports … [Read more...] about Introducing Geo: An Interview

Trodding the Boards July 28, 2020

August 1, 2020 By Brian Sands

Laurie Bonura and Nino Bonura in The Hallelujah Girls

The Hallelujah Girls at 30 by Ninety Theatre through August 2 It may not be Shakespeare, but after four months without any live theater, The Hallelujah Girls, playing at Mandeville’s 30 by Ninety Theatre (https://30byninety.com) through August 2, seems like the greatest show ever done. Well, not quite. But almost. Since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down live theater in … [Read more...] about Trodding the Boards July 28, 2020

Droplets, Cloth Masks & the Broad Street Pump

July 31, 2020 By Community Contributor

by Dr. MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI Most public health successes are the results of years of research. Vaccines are a good example; the research needed to develop them can take decades. In emergent settings where the luxury of time is absent, however, resolute action is needed. In 1847, after the Hungarian obstetrician Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis realized the necessity of … [Read more...] about Droplets, Cloth Masks & the Broad Street Pump

The Insanity of Some

July 30, 2020 By The Very Rev. Bill Terry, Rector

Let's face it. Some folk are simply crazy in a Julia Sugarbaker kind of way, “I'm saying this is the South. And we're proud of our crazy people. We don't hide them up in the attic. We bring 'em right down to the living room and show 'em off. See, Phyllis, no one in the South ever asks if you have crazy people in your family. They just ask what side they're on." If you are … [Read more...] about The Insanity of Some

Partnered vs. Unpartnered: Lessons from Both Sides

July 29, 2020 By Catherine Roland

As we continue in our COVID-19 world, the months are speeding along for many, but seem to creep by for others. That may vary day to day, making it difficult to maintain a balance of all the parts that make up a life. Think of it as “calendar disruption,” and we love our calendars, don’t we? We are still quarantined and lots of people are more anxious & depressed than … [Read more...] about Partnered vs. Unpartnered: Lessons from Both Sides

LGBTQ Horoscopes July 28-August 10, 2020

July 28, 2020 By Dan Beck

Dan Beck and his dog in New Orleans

At the dawn of the day when this edition of Ambush Magazine is released, the moon will be “buried” far beneath the surface of the earth in the part of the astrology chart that is the vector of home, family, hidden treasure, and the grave. Many of you probably feel that you’re in a grave, and New Orleans is the city most prepared to handle this phenomenon, as the Crescent … [Read more...] about LGBTQ Horoscopes July 28-August 10, 2020

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