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Category: Giving Them Their Roses

DIONNE WARWICK

2025 will mark the 40th anniversary of Dionne Warwick’s cultural milestone single, “That’s What Friends Are For.” The one-off single,…
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Posted on: December 1, 2023 Last updated on: December 1, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

JESÚS OCIEL BAENA SAUCEDO

Jesús Ociel Baena Saucedo was a significant figure in Mexican LGBTQ+ politics, known for their pioneering role and activism in…
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Posted on: November 16, 2023 Last updated on: November 16, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

RUDY GALINDO

As a young queer femboy, I always felt as if I was walking on thin ice; always fearing that my…
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Posted on: October 25, 2023 Last updated on: October 27, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

IRIS CHACÓN

camp challenges conventional notions of what is “tasteful” and “beautiful.” some proclaim that camp celebrates the “tacky” by subverting social…
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Posted on: October 3, 2023 Last updated on: October 3, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

BRENDA K. STARR

the 1980s marked a pivotal era in the rise of latino english-speaking recording pop artists who achieved mainstream success. this…
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Posted on: September 20, 2023 Last updated on: September 20, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

QUEEN PEN & ME’SHELL NDEGEOCELLO

The history of Hip-Hop collaborations is a tale of unity, innovation, and the creation of musical magic that transcends genres,…
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Posted on: August 29, 2023 Last updated on: September 5, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

DIANA ROSS

on july 21, 1983, diana ross staged one of the highly significant concert events of the decade. organized by the…
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Posted on: July 25, 2023 Last updated on: July 25, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

TINA TURNER

i dreamed about my mother for the first time in a long time last night. waking from those all-too-real dreams used…
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Posted on: May 27, 2023 Last updated on: May 27, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

SALT-N-PEPA

On November 28, 1993, The New York Times published journalist Jeffrey Schmalz’s last article, “Whatever Happened to AIDS?,” three weeks…
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Posted on: May 8, 2023 Last updated on: May 8, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

JACKIE SHANE

the last time jackie shane graced a stage was in toronto, canada in december 1971. after decades of swirling rumors that she had…
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Posted on: February 6, 2023 Last updated on: May 4, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

GANGSTA BOO

My mother was the first person to teach me about female rap. It was through album and radio plays, and…
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Posted on: January 12, 2023 Last updated on: May 4, 2023 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

We Speak Their Names

may we all find the safety that we deserve. may we hold each other closer. and may we all continue…
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Posted on: November 22, 2022 Last updated on: November 22, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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