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What’s Bothering Brandon? Outrage, Outcry & Out of a Job: The Closing of an Historic Rochester Draghead

August 17, 2018
by Out Alliance Brandon BrooksColumnistsEmpty ClosetLGBTQ+ LivingLocal News

by Brandon Brooks   TILT Nightclub and Ultralounge has closed its doors – permanently.  Early August, 2018 presented the Rochester LGBT+ community with a very public, and very heated, dilemma.  A fixture of the Rochester drag scene, TILT, was changi ...

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What’s Bothering Brandon? Trading Backlit Screens for Moonlit Nights

August 15, 2018
by Out Alliance Brandon BrooksColumnistsEmpty ClosetOpinion / Editorial

by Brandon W. Brooks Summer nights are the best nights.  When the hot day gives way to cool evening breezes, and the Wedgwood blue sky deepens to reds, pinks, and oranges – that is my favorite time of year.  The rhythmic choir of crickets set the cadence ...

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What’s Bothering Brandon? Laser Dicks and Spandex

May 11, 2018
by Out Alliance Brandon BrooksColumnistsEmpty Closet

  by Brandon W. Brooks Even as a child, I never really bought into hype culture.  I was (and have been) often labeled a contrarian by those trying to understand my lack of enthusiasm for aspects of pop culture that everyone else seems to gravitate to ...

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What’s Bothering Brandon? Jeffrey Dahmer Calling You by Your Name

April 7, 2018
by Out Alliance Brandon BrooksColumnistsEmpty Closet

by Brandon Brooks Spring has finally sprung in Rochester, and I am all the happier for it.  Most of my readers should know by now that I despise the winter.  From the very first snowflake, my hatred begins.  At no point may I enjoy it in the least.  Some ...

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What’s Bothering Brandon? God loves us homos

March 4, 2018
by Out Alliance Brandon BrooksColumnistsEmpty Closet

by Brandon Brooks This passed Ash Wednesday I attended mass for the first time in over a decade.  I found myself at times fumbling with the protocol, forgetting when to rise or kneel, when to mark my forehead with the Sign of the Cross, or when to say “Pr ...

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What’s Bothering Brandon? The Year of Human (Inter)Action

February 2, 2018
by Out Alliance Brandon BrooksColumnistsEmpty Closet

by Brandon Brooks 2018 – A whole new year, full of brand new bothers and problems.  Social media outlets have dubbed 2018 “The Year of Action.”  Each year a theme is announced across channels, and contributors on YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter are encour ...

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What’s Bothering Brandon?: Historically Hateful Headwear

November 16, 2017
by Out Alliance Brandon BrooksColumnistsEmpty Closet

By Brandon W. Brooks I must say, this year has flown by quickly. Maybe it’s the weather being so warm this year, or the countless inane tweets, but 2017 seems to have slipped right between our fingers. As winter approaches and I’m forced to spend nearl ...

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What’s Bothering Brandon? Cheap Thrills on Celluloid

September 28, 2017
by Out Alliance Brandon BrooksColumnistsEmpty Closet

By Brandon W. Brooks Everyone this week has been discussing the newest adaptation of Stephen King’s “It” – and I cannot be bothered. Clowns have never done anything to me other than cause slight annoyance. Those clashing patterns, the grease paint, and f ...

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What’s Bothering Brandon?: Life Begins at 30 – Idiocy Begins at “G0y”

September 11, 2017
by Out Alliance Brandon BrooksColumnistsEmpty Closet

By Brandon W. Brooks This month I will be saying goodbye to my youth, and greeting life in my 30s. Yes – I am now an old crone who must watch his diet and exercise to avoid gaining weight, curb my bad habits (six months a non-smoker!), and try to get bet ...

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What’s Bothering Brandon?: Pride & Prudence… and Rave Culture

August 1, 2017
by Out Alliance Brandon BrooksColumnistsEmpty Closet

By Brandon W. Brooks Last night I was read to filth for not wanting to attend an all-night rave event. I was called a stick-in-the-mud, a prude, and a judgmental person who rejected this rave experience before having experienced it myself. Honey, here we ...

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