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… Continue reading “The Songs I Loved: Queen Latifah’s “Come Into My House””…
JOSE & LUIS XTRAVANGANZA in 1990, madonna was arguably the most popular performer on the planet. already known as the queen of reinvention by… Continue reading “JOSE & LUIS XTRAVANGANZA”…
HECTOR VALLE XTRAVAGANZA the year was 1982. new york began the year as one of the most dangerous cities in the united states… Continue reading “HECTOR VALLE XTRAVAGANZA”…
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… Continue reading “Hello Goodbye: Why Ugly Betty Is Still Beautiful”…
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… Continue reading “How To Survive A Plague Again: The Denver Principles”…
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… Continue reading “In These Times, We Are Calling On The Words of Vito Russo”…
THE B-52s i always knew i was gay. i don’t have a coming out story because i was always “out” or whatever… Continue reading “THE B-52s”…
ANDRE MIZRAHI after madonna’s 1990 hit “vogue” brought the dance art of vogueing into the mainstream consciousness for a season, vogueing returned… Continue reading “ANDRE MIZRAHI”…
CHARLENE ARCILA growing up in the 1990’s afforded me the opportunity to personally meet and work with lgbtqia pioneers who shoulders we… Continue reading “CHARLENE ARCILA”…
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… Continue reading “DAVID COLE”…
RAYCEEN PENDARVIS pioneering and creating history is never easy. it is often only celebrated when revisited decades later and/or in remembrance of… Continue reading “RAYCEEN PENDARVIS”…
HECTOR XTRAVAGANZA hector crespo xtravaganza was an original member of the house of xtravaganza when it was founded by the late hector… Continue reading “HECTOR XTRAVAGANZA”…