Giving Them Their Roses

2021 Gran Varones Fellows

For the past seven years, Gran Varones has grown from a local initiative in Philadelphia to a national and award-winning…

the category is celebration and the winner is the incomparable miss mj rodriguez. on june 3, 2018 “pose” premiered on…

to be a global pop star who was gay but not out during the height of the AIDS epidemic meant…

years before i knew who tony viramontes was, i knew of his art. sometime in 1986, three years before i…

often times when historians speak of those who were on the front lines of AIDS advocacy, it is framed in…

donna summer. the mere mention of her name evokes visions, feelings, and sounds of heaven on the dance floor. dubbed…

zelma davis should be a household name! as the principal vocalist of the über successful 1990s dance group c+c music…

in the late 1980s, paula abdul’s popularity rivaled that of her contemporaries, janet jackson and madonna. paula had gone from…

sylvester, believed that god was found on the dance floor. his live performances were a revival and his lyrics were…

Emile Griffith was the epitome of a reluctant boxing superstar. After moving to New York from the Virgin Islands in…

in 1997, my friends and i would all make our way to a local youth drop-in center in philadelphia every…

in the early 1980’s, a puppet with big drag queen energy served as a trojan horse sneaking comedic skits that…