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National Coming Out Day: Miguel Andrade

So one thing I’ve learned is that often times you never really stop coming out, but it gets a bit…
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Posted on: October 11, 2021 Last updated on: October 11, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Giving Them Their Roses: A’LISA B

In 1983, Black pop/dance artist Shannon released the iconic “Let The Music Play.” It was a watershed moment in popular…
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Posted on: October 8, 2021 Last updated on: February 1, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

The Songs I Loved: Mariah Carey’s “Looking In”

On October 3, 1995, Mariah Carey released her fifth studio album “Daydream.” The album is most remembered for it’s three…
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Posted on: October 3, 2021 Last updated on: October 3, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Throwback Thursday: Rolando “RJay” Aguirre

Queer! Faggit! Sissy! Punk! and the words kept coming. It was February of 2000 as I stormed the outside corridors…
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Posted on: September 16, 2021 Last updated on: April 18, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

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

Andrew | Philadelphia, PA

Being the baby of the family, it’s good. I mean, you really can’t complain, because you get to learn from…
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Posted on: August 14, 2021 Last updated on: August 14, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Songs That I Loved: Mariah Carey’s “Emotions”

chyle, some of my favorite childhood memories are when my mother allowed us to skip school so we could go…
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Posted on: August 14, 2021 Last updated on: August 14, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Playlist: Songs That Remind Me of My Aunts

my aunt janet kept her music cassettes on the small round table she kept in her room of the house…
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Posted on: August 13, 2021 Last updated on: August 13, 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

Playlist: The Iconic Experience

It’s Friday and we love playlist! Curated by Philly’s own Icon Ebony Fierce, “The Iconic Experience” is inspired by the…
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Posted on: July 10, 2021 Last updated on: July 10, 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

The (Mis)Education of AIDS Storylines on TV Shows: “Brothers” 1985

before the advent of social media and digital organizing, network television played an integral role in raising awareness about social…
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Posted on: June 25, 2021 Last updated on: June 25, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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