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Category: Giving Them Their Roses (page 3)

ADVEVA

1990 was the year house music went mainstream. after creating a massive underground following in chicago, new york and detroit,…
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Posted on: December 11, 2020 Last updated on: July 30, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

WAYLAND FLOWERS

in the early 1980’s, a puppet with big drag queen energy served as a trojan horse sneaking comedic skits that…
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Posted on: December 8, 2020 Last updated on: December 8, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

DOMINIQUE MORGAN

Dominique Morgan (she/her) is a visionary. As executive director of Black & Pink, the largest prison abolitionist organization serving LGBTQ+…
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Posted on: November 27, 2020 Last updated on: November 27, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

JOCELYN ENRIQUEZ

my love for jocelyn began on a hot summer night in 1994. my friend oscar and i were on our…
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Posted on: October 31, 2020 Last updated on: October 31, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

NICO SANTOS

nico santos, best known for his role as mateo, a queer undocumented character in the nbc hit sitcom “superstore,” has…
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Posted on: October 11, 2020 Last updated on: October 11, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

CHI CHI DEVAYNE

chi chi devayne, who dazzled and charmed the world as part of the season 8 cohort of “rupaul’s drag race” passed away…
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Posted on: August 21, 2020 Last updated on: August 21, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

MISS TONY aka BIG TONY

if you grew up dancing at $2 house parties in the 1990s on the east coast, then you might have…
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Posted on: August 10, 2020 Last updated on: August 10, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

MOI RENEE

in 2007, two years after the launch of youtube, a video of the late great moi renee performing their now…
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Posted on: August 4, 2020 Last updated on: August 4, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

LARRY LEVAN

there once existed a black queer man who used the art of mixing songs to transform a converted parking garage…
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Posted on: July 29, 2020 Last updated on: July 29, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

LAYLEEN XTRAVAGANZA CUBILETTE-POLANCO

layleen xtravaganza cubilette-polanco was a fixture in the new york city’s ballroom scene. she was a member of the legendary…
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Posted on: June 27, 2020 Last updated on: June 27, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Happy Juneteenth!

happy juneteenth! celebrate Black liberation by pouring into Black trans and queer creatives. below are six Black trans and queer…
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Posted on: June 19, 2020 Last updated on: June 19, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

DOMINIQUE “REM’MIE” FELLS

her name was Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells. Dominique, a 27 year old Black trans woman, was found murdered on June 9,…
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Posted on: June 12, 2020 Last updated on: June 12, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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