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Tag: queer history

The Songs I Loved: Queen Latifah’s “Come Into My House”

“welcome into my queendom, come one, come all…,” the opening line of the first verse of queen latifah’s 1990 hip-hop/house…
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Posted on: May 29, 2020 Last updated on: May 29, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

JOSE & LUIS XTRAVANGANZA

in 1990, madonna was arguably the most popular performer on the planet. already known as the queen of reinvention by…
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Posted on: May 22, 2020 Last updated on: May 22, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

HECTOR VALLE XTRAVAGANZA

the year was 1982.  new york began the year as one of the most dangerous cities in the united states…
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Posted on: April 14, 2020 Last updated on: April 15, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Hello Goodbye: Why Ugly Betty Is Still Beautiful

10 years ago, on April 14, 2010, Ugly Betty’s final episode “Hello Goodbye” aired on ABC. “Ugly Betty” was a Mexican-American comedy-drama television series…
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Posted on: April 14, 2020 Last updated on: April 14, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

How To Survive A Plague Again: The Denver Principles

About two week ago, I did the very rare thing of going live on Instagram. I asked my comrade and…
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Posted on: April 9, 2020 Last updated on: April 11, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

In These Times, We Are Calling On The Words of Vito Russo

people living AIDS formed coalitions for each other years before then US present ronald reagan publicly acknowledged AIDS. people living…
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Posted on: March 31, 2020 Last updated on: March 31, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

THE B-52s

i always knew i was gay. i don’t have a coming out story because i was always “out” or whatever…
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Posted on: March 22, 2020 Last updated on: March 22, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

ANDRE MIZRAHI

after madonna’s 1990 hit “vogue” brought the dance art of vogueing into the mainstream consciousness for a season, vogueing returned…
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Posted on: March 9, 2020 Last updated on: March 20, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

CHARLENE ARCILA

growing up in the 1990’s afforded me the opportunity to personally meet and work with lgbtqia pioneers who shoulders we…
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Posted on: March 8, 2020 Last updated on: March 8, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

DAVID COLE

in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, david cole, one half of c&c music factory, wrote and produced some of…
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Posted on: February 28, 2020 Last updated on: March 22, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

RAYCEEN PENDARVIS

pioneering and creating history is never easy. it is often only celebrated when revisited decades later and/or in remembrance of…
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Posted on: January 11, 2020 Last updated on: March 20, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

HECTOR XTRAVAGANZA

hector crespo xtravaganza was an original member of the house of xtravaganza when it was founded by the late hector…
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Posted on: December 30, 2019 Last updated on: April 26, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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