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Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Gwen Guthrie’s “Can’t Love You Tonight”

dubbed the queen of paradise garage, notable 1980’s night club in new york, gwen guthrie scored her biggest hit when…

i have been mourning in my sleep lately. my grandmother, my mother, and dear my aunts janet and carmen have…

in january 1986, the CDC reported more people were diagnosed with aids in 1985 than all of the earlier years…

In 1995, Black people made up 49% of the AIDS-related deaths that year. This is insurmountable grief, personal loss and…

by the late 1970s, homosexuality had been decriminalized in multiple states including iowa, nebraska and wyoming. with the hypervisibility of…

On the cusp of the 25th anniversary of Ultra Naté’s iconic “Free,” originally released in 1997, the single cemented Ultra…

in 1987 the AIDS epidemic was still unfolding. it was still a death sentence. those living with HIV–who were still…

You may remember the story: It was sensational and on the front page of the Philadelphia Daily News. They were…

recently, i had the extraordinary opportunity of chatting with daniel coronado, one of the hosts of the plotwist podcast. check…

Sweet harp chords flourish as “Together Again” starts, then it picks up momentum with these lyrics “There are times when…

Sometimes we are late to the BBQ right? Well in the case of Ultra Naté (pronounced Na-Tay), I didn’t arrive…

born wilma cosmé in san juan puerto rico and raised in east harlem, safire was one of the first freestyle…