Mourning In My Sleep: (Re)Connecting with My Ancestors i have been mourning in my sleep lately. my grandmother, my mother, and dear my aunts janet and carmen have… Continue reading “Mourning In My Sleep: (Re)Connecting with My Ancestors”…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Jermaine Stewart’s “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off” in january 1986, the CDC reported more people were diagnosed with aids in 1985 than all of the earlier years… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Jermaine Stewart’s “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off””…
Oswaldo | Sacramento, CA I was born in Mexico. I came into the country when I was about eight months old, really young. When… Continue reading “Oswaldo | Sacramento, CA”…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: TLC’s “Waterfalls” In 1995, Black people made up 49% of the AIDS-related deaths that year. This is insurmountable grief, personal loss and… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: TLC’s “Waterfalls””…
PAULA ABDUL in the late 1980s, paula abdul’s popularity rivaled that of her contemporaries, janet jackson and madonna. paula had gone from… Continue reading “PAULA ABDUL”…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Pet Shop Boys “Being Boring” by the late 1970s, homosexuality had been decriminalized in multiple states including iowa, nebraska and wyoming. with the hypervisibility of… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Pet Shop Boys “Being Boring””…
Miguel | Chicago, IL A few years ago, my brothers were in a really bad car accident. Both of my brothers were driving on… Continue reading “Miguel | Chicago, IL”…
Songs That Soundtrack the AIDS Epidemic: Ultra Naté’s “Free” On the cusp of the 25th anniversary of Ultra Naté’s iconic “Free,” originally released in 1997, the single cemented Ultra… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtrack the AIDS Epidemic: Ultra Naté’s “Free””…
Francix | La Vega, Dominican Republic At the end of last year, I decided to return home to the Dominican Republic for the first time in… Continue reading “Francix | La Vega, Dominican Republic”…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Whitney’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” in 1987 the AIDS epidemic was still unfolding. it was still a death sentence. those living with HIV–who were still… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Whitney’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)””…
We’re All Libraries Burning: A Virtual Gallery for Visual AIDS The first time I heard the quote “every time an old person dies, it is as if a library burned… Continue reading “We’re All Libraries Burning: A Virtual Gallery for Visual AIDS”…
SUMMERS: a playlist We love playlists! Gran Varones partnered with Familia Trans & Queer Liberation Movement to create a series of Spotify playlists. Here is… Continue reading “SUMMERS: a playlist”…