Column Archive

  • February Co-Chair Column by Reese Aaron Isbell

    February Co-Chair Column by Reese Aaron Isbell

    Turning 40 As I was turning 40 last year, there were times when I’d worry and be troubled by the thought of aging. But then, ironically, the opposite occurred as the day hit. I welcomed it with a whole new outlook and began to see a fuller future before me. Alice is on its way [...]

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  • August Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    August Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    Constant Struggle How about that Alice Breakfast? I confess, I can’t stop talking or thinking about it. I find excuses to bring it up with people. In fact, when I see someone who attended the breakfast, I will usually start the conversation by asking, “How about that breakfast?” Over 415 people attended our event this [...]

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  • June Co-Chair Column by Bentrish Satarzadeh

    June Co-Chair Column by Bentrish Satarzadeh

    It’s Pride Month! I want to be the first to wish you all Happy Pride! I remember the very first time I heard that from a gorgeous drag queen. It was my very first Pride parade. I had ventured to San Francisco, I was still in the closet, and I was dodging news cameras for [...]

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  • June Editors’ Epilogue by Jack Song

    June Editors’ Epilogue by Jack Song

    8: the Mormon Proposition Sex and the City 2 premiered last weekend and the film opened with a big ol’ gay wedding. While the over-the-top ceremony was probably every gay boy’s dream, one line in the film took the LGBT audience from fantasy back to reality when one of the characters mentioned that his same-sex [...]

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  • May Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    May Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    Holding Elected Officials Accountable It’s 2010, and the year is exploding. Slate cards are abounding, the Alice breakfast train is leaving the station (June 27, mark your calendars now), ballot measures both locally and statewide threaten to bring about the end of civilization as we know it and candidates both locally and statewide are running [...]

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  • April Co-Chair Column by Bentrish Satarzadeh

    April Co-Chair Column by Bentrish Satarzadeh

    Healthcare Reform: A Review Health care reform, the most ambitious domestic policy initiative of our time, is now law. What an amazing and historic time! And yet every day the news is filled with stories of Tea Partiers and other right-wing Republicans, including those who will benefit most from health care reform, vehemently opposing the [...]

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  • April Editors’ Epilogue by Jack Song

    April Editors’ Epilogue by Jack Song

    Learning to Read Earlier this month, the story of Constance McMillen caught the nation’s attention when her attempt to bring a same-sex date to her prom led to the Itawamba County School District’s decision to cancel the entire prom. However, buried in the media that same week was the story of Air Force sergeant Jene Newsome. Newsome [...]

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  • March Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    March Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    The Constant Drumbeat of Reform Disgusted with politics yet? I can’t turn a corner without someone telling me how fed-up they are with politics; locally and nationally. Let’s examine the evidence; after more than a year with a 60-vote supermajority in the Senate, the Democrats have been unable to pass universal healthcare. At President Obama’s [...]

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  • March Editors’ Epilogue  by Moira Dawson

    March Editors’ Epilogue by Moira Dawson

    2010 Census: Make Sure to Be Counted! This year, as mandated by the US Constitution, the Census Bureau will attempt to get an accurate count of every person in the country. Of course, the census isn’t just a headcount. The questions are also designed to get a sense of the makeup of the country in order [...]

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  • February Editors’ Epilogue by Alex Randolph

    February Editors’ Epilogue by Alex Randolph

    Are You Prepared? Everybody has seen the human tragedy and horror that happened in Haiti since a devastating 7.0 earthquake hit the small island nation earlier last month. Millions of people were displaced, hundreds of thousands perished, and entire communities were destroyed. Life on Haiti will never be the same and the change will have [...]

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