When A Menudo Concert Paused Was in El Salvador When I pressed play on Menudo: Forever Young on HBO Max , the new docu-series on the iconic Puerto Rican… Continue reading “When A Menudo Concert Paused Was in El Salvador”…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Crisis: Miquel Brown’s “So Many Men, So Little Time” “So many men, so little timeHow can I choose,So many men, so little timeHow can I choose” On March 14,… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Crisis: Miquel Brown’s “So Many Men, So Little Time””…
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN olivia, i honestly love you. i remember the stereo with the big knob and bright neon dial. every morning i… Continue reading “OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN”…
SAM HARRIS decades before american idol opened the floodgates for the talent show genre of reality tv, there was the ultimate variety… Continue reading “SAM HARRIS”…
in the summer of 1988, i had a friend named jacqueline who lived next door from us. she was a… Continue reading…
The (Mis)Education of AIDS Storylines on TV Shows: The Golden Girls before the advent of social media and digital organizing, network television played an integral role in raising awareness about social… Continue reading “The (Mis)Education of AIDS Storylines on TV Shows: The Golden Girls”…
MARTHA WASH martha wash is one of the greatest vocalists in music history. and i would wager my mariah carey cd collection… Continue reading “MARTHA WASH”…
The Enduring Queer Cheer of Pee-Wee Herman’s Christmas Special 33 years ago this week, one of the wackiest, campiest, and queerest christmas specials premiered on network television– and it… Continue reading “The Enduring Queer Cheer of Pee-Wee Herman’s Christmas Special”…
SHERYL LEE RALPH on december 20, 1981, one of the most beloved and influential musicals in broadway’s history, “dreamgirls” made its premiere at… Continue reading “SHERYL LEE RALPH”…
MARY JANE GIRLS the pointer sisters, sister sledge and vanity 6 were my earliest introduction to the miracle that is the girl group… Continue reading “MARY JANE GIRLS”…
GEORGE MICHAEL to be a global pop star who was gay but not out during the height of the AIDS epidemic meant… Continue reading “GEORGE MICHAEL”…
TONY VIRAMONTES years before i knew who tony viramontes was, i knew of his art. sometime in 1986, three years before i… Continue reading “TONY VIRAMONTES”…