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Category: Giving Them Their Roses (page 2)

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…
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Posted on: September 15, 2021 Last updated on: October 15, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

MJ RODRIGUEZ

the category is celebration and the winner is the incomparable miss mj rodriguez. on june 3, 2018 “pose” premiered on…
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Posted on: July 13, 2021 Last updated on: July 20, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

GEORGE MICHAEL

to be a global pop star who was gay but not out during the height of the AIDS epidemic meant…
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Posted on: June 25, 2021 Last updated on: June 25, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

TONY VIRAMONTES

years before i knew who tony viramontes was, i knew of his art. sometime in 1986, three years before i…
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Posted on: June 7, 2021 Last updated on: June 7, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

MARCO CASTRO-BOJORQUEZ

often times when historians speak of those who were on the front lines of AIDS advocacy, it is framed in…
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Posted on: June 5, 2021 Last updated on: June 7, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

DONNA SUMMER

donna summer. the mere mention of her name evokes visions, feelings, and sounds of heaven on the dance floor. dubbed…
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Posted on: May 18, 2021 Last updated on: May 18, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

ZELMA DAVIS

zelma davis should be a household name! as the principal vocalist of the über successful 1990s dance group c+c music…
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Posted on: May 17, 2021 Last updated on: May 17, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

PAULA ABDUL

in the late 1980s, paula abdul’s popularity rivaled that of her contemporaries, janet jackson and madonna. paula had gone from…
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Posted on: April 19, 2021 Last updated on: April 19, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

SYLVESTER

sylvester, believed that god was found on the dance floor. his live performances were a revival and his lyrics were…
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Posted on: February 24, 2021 Last updated on: February 24, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

EMILE GRIFFITH

Emile Griffith was the epitome of a reluctant boxing superstar. After moving to New York from the Virgin Islands in…
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Posted on: February 17, 2021 Last updated on: February 17, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

KEVIN AVIANCE

in 1997, my friends and i would all make our way to a local youth drop-in center in philadelphia every…
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Posted on: February 13, 2021 Last updated on: February 13, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

TANDI IMAN DUPREE

the most iconic drag performance entrance and possibly one of the, if not, the most influential, did not take place…
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Posted on: December 31, 2020 Last updated on: July 30, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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