When A Menudo Concert Paused Was in El Salvador
When I pressed play on Menudo: Forever Young on HBO Max , the new docu-series on the iconic Puerto Rican…
Tag: 1980s
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Crisis: Miquel Brown’s “So Many Men, So Little Time”
“So many men, so little timeHow can I choose,So many men, so little timeHow can I choose” On March 14,…
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
olivia, i honestly love you. i remember the stereo with the big knob and bright neon dial. every morning i…
SAM HARRIS
decades before american idol opened the floodgates for the talent show genre of reality tv, there was the ultimate variety…
in the summer of 1988, i had a friend named jacqueline who lived next door from us. she was a…
The (Mis)Education of AIDS Storylines on TV Shows: The Golden Girls
before the advent of social media and digital organizing, network television played an integral role in raising awareness about social…
MARTHA WASH
martha wash is one of the greatest vocalists in music history. and i would wager my mariah carey cd collection…
The Enduring Queer Cheer of Pee-Wee Herman’s Christmas Special
33 years ago this week, one of the wackiest, campiest, and queerest christmas specials premiered on network television– and it…
SHERYL LEE RALPH
on december 20, 1981, one of the most beloved and influential musicals in broadway’s history, “dreamgirls” made its premiere at…
MARY JANE GIRLS
the pointer sisters, sister sledge and vanity 6 were my earliest introduction to the miracle that is the girl group…
GEORGE MICHAEL
to be a global pop star who was gay but not out during the height of the AIDS epidemic meant…
TONY VIRAMONTES
years before i knew who tony viramontes was, i knew of his art. sometime in 1986, three years before i…