The Night The Gays Set San Francisco On Fire may 21st will mark the 40th anniversary of the white night riots that took place in san francisco in 1979… Continue reading “The Night The Gays Set San Francisco On Fire”…
What A Time To Be Alive…With HIV Growing up, Little Shop of Horrors was my favorite musical and still is a contender for the greatest of all time. I… Continue reading “What A Time To Be Alive…With HIV”…
From Under a Rock: Surviving the Reagan Crack Years My mother began smoking crack in the summer of 1986. At that time, it was widely known as “crack rock.”… Continue reading “From Under a Rock: Surviving the Reagan Crack Years”…
That Time A Sitcom Beautifully Handled HIV Disclosure tv shows have an unbalanced history with HIV storylines. while some shows have failed completely, others like “pose” have succeeded… Continue reading “That Time A Sitcom Beautifully Handled HIV Disclosure”…
HIV Isn’t A Crime… The weaponization of HIV infection: in this case, the use of bodily fluid/s for use as a weapon and the… Continue reading “HIV Isn’t A Crime…”…
Forgotten AIDS Episode of Forgotten 80’s Sitcom in the fall of 1989, i was a 12 year-old fem as fuck youth who hungered for any queer representation… Continue reading “Forgotten AIDS Episode of Forgotten 80’s Sitcom”…
Solidarity Is A Way of Life, Not A Theoretical Debate Solidarity is a way of life, not a theoretical debate. It is found in action, not simply intent. Trans people… Continue reading “Solidarity Is A Way of Life, Not A Theoretical Debate”…
All Of The Promises I Made To Tina On July 3 1981, The New York Times printed an article with the headline “Rare Cancer seen in 41 homosexuals.”… Continue reading “All Of The Promises I Made To Tina”…
Remember June 5, 1981 on june 5, 1981, the center for disease control (cdc) published an article in its morbidity and mortality weekly report… Continue reading “Remember June 5, 1981”…
My Thank You To Pedro Zamora Pedro Zamora (February 29, 1972 – November 11, 1994), was one of the earliest stars of reality TV. He was… Continue reading “My Thank You To Pedro Zamora”…
That One Christmas My Friends Saved Me From Loneliness We didn’t grow up celebrating Noche Buena. My mother didn’t bake cookies and we didn’t drink coquito. Chyle, I didn’t… Continue reading “That One Christmas My Friends Saved Me From Loneliness”…
Never Dreamed You Leave In Summer: Remembering a Love Named Rob his name was rob. he was 26. i met him in the bronxm4m aol chat room. it was 2005 and… Continue reading “Never Dreamed You Leave In Summer: Remembering a Love Named Rob”…