KEVIN AVIANCE in 1997, my friends and i would all make our way to a local youth drop-in center in philadelphia every… Continue reading “KEVIN AVIANCE”…
TANDI IMAN DUPREE the most iconic drag performance entrance and possibly one of the, if not, the most influential, did not take place… Continue reading “TANDI IMAN DUPREE”…
ADVEVA 1990 was the year house music went mainstream. after creating a massive underground following in chicago, new york and detroit,… Continue reading “ADVEVA”…
WAYLAND FLOWERS in the early 1980’s, a puppet with big drag queen energy served as a trojan horse sneaking comedic skits that… Continue reading “WAYLAND FLOWERS”…
DOMINIQUE MORGAN Dominique Morgan (she/her) is a visionary. As executive director of Black & Pink, the largest prison abolitionist organization serving LGBTQ+… Continue reading “DOMINIQUE MORGAN”…
JOCELYN ENRIQUEZ my love for jocelyn began on a hot summer night in 1994. my friend oscar and i were on our… Continue reading “JOCELYN ENRIQUEZ”…
NICO SANTOS nico santos, best known for his role as mateo, a queer undocumented character in the nbc hit sitcom “superstore,” has… Continue reading “NICO SANTOS”…
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… Continue reading “CHI CHI DEVAYNE”…
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… Continue reading “MISS TONY aka BIG TONY”…
MOI RENEE in 2007, two years after the launch of youtube, a video of the late great moi renee performing their now… Continue reading “MOI RENEE”…
LARRY LEVAN there once existed a black queer man who used the art of mixing songs to transform a converted parking garage… Continue reading “LARRY LEVAN”…
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… Continue reading “LAYLEEN XTRAVAGANZA CUBILETTE-POLANCO”…