Giving Them Their Roses

DONNA SUMMER

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…

the most iconic drag performance entrance and possibly one of the, if not, the most influential, did not take place…

1990 was the year house music went mainstream. after creating a massive underground following in chicago, new york and detroit,…

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

Dominique Morgan (she/her) is a visionary. As executive director of Black & Pink, the largest prison abolitionist organization serving LGBTQ+…

my love for jocelyn began on a hot summer night in 1994. my friend oscar and i were on our…

nico santos, best known for his role as mateo, a queer undocumented character in the nbc hit sitcom “superstore,” has…