Author: louie
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DANITRA VANCE
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today we honor and celebrate the legacy of danitra vance, who was a highly regarded stage actress and comedian and the first black woman and first out queer woman to become a cast regular on saturday night live. the chicago born artist mounted her own off-broadway show, “danitra vance &…
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Kikis With Louie: Reggie Bullock
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Reggie Bullock of the Detroit Pistons was the first active player to ride on the NBA Pride’s float. He rode on the float to honor the life of his sister Mia, a trans woman who was murdered in Baltimore at the age of 26. In the fourth episode of #KikisWithLouie,…
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for my mother, on her birthday
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i don’t have video of my mother laughing. the sound of her laugh exists only now in my mind. every year, i fear that i will forget the sound of her raucous laugh. afraid that my memory will instead recall laughs that are similar to my mother’s in place of…
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SYLVESTER
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“i get this conformist shit from queens all the time. they always want to read me. they always want me to do it their way. i am not going to conform to the gay lifestyle as they see it and that’s for sure.” – sylvester sylvesterjames jr. september 6, 1947…
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Forgotten AIDS Episode of Forgotten 80’s Sitcom
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in the fall of 1989, i was a 12 year-old fem as fuck youth who hungered for any queer representation on tv when i discovered the groundbreaking sitcom, “brothers.” the show, which was the first weekly sitcom on cable, had just ended it’s five-year run showtime and was now finding…
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Kikis With Louie: MJ Rodriguez
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Louie joins the the star of #POSEFx, MJ Rodriguez, to discuss the trans erasure at the height of the AIDS crisis and the need for sex ed to be LGBTQ-inclusive. Want to support youth living with HIV? Click here to take action today 👉🏾http://bit.ly/AIDSAwarenessWeek #KikisWithLouie
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MARCELINO SÁNCHEZ
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there are many who walked this earth and cracked open the universe just enough for their energy to linger and leave mark only noticeable for those who exist int he subtext. one of these people was gay puerto rican actor marcelino sánchez. marcelino was born on december 5, 1957 in…
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Solidarity Is A Way of Life, Not A Theoretical Debate
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Solidarity is a way of life, not a theoretical debate. It is found in action, not simply intent. Trans people of color have been targeted by white supremacy since before 1442. I have often written about the connection between colonization, white supremacy, and transphobia as well as transphobia’s direct link…
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THROWBACK: Jae W Brown | New York, NY
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Sometimes people leave you halfway through the woods. Ten years ago, I lost my mother; the second photo is of my mother, my grandmother, my Titi, and Pepi, the most wonderful pup I had ever met. These women shaped my life. My mother was selfless, loving, giving, and incredibly kind.…
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Luis | Philadelphia, PA
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When it came time to go back to Florida for winter break I debated whether or not I should tell my mom, but ultimately decided not to. I did get to come out to one of my brothers and his wife during that trip, though. He basically asked me questions…
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throwback: Julio Salgado
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1996, somewhere in hollywood, ca with my tio chicho. he was the first gay man i ever met. i never came out to him but in his own way he introduced me to the concept of family and queerness. it is because of him that my own family didn’t have…
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All Of The Promises I Made To Tina
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On July 3 1981, The New York Times printed an article with the headline “Rare Cancer seen in 41 homosexuals.” It was the first mainstream media mention of what would become the HIV epidemic. On this date, the epidemic didn’t have a name. Even after 37 years, it is still…