Tag: queer history
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TONY VIRAMONTES
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years before i knew who tony viramontes was, i knew of his art. sometime in 1986, three years before i began buying music on my own, my uncle took me to my first record store. as we walked into the store, i was in complete wonderment. it was the closest…
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SYLVESTER
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sylvester, believed that god was found on the dance floor. his live performances were a revival and his lyrics were that of anointed sermons, “you are a star. you only happen once.” proclaimed the literal queen of disco during the genre’s peak in the late 1970’s, sylvester set both the…
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The Songs I Loved: Queen Latifah’s “Come Into My House”
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“welcome into my queendom, come one, come all…,” the opening line of the first verse of queen latifah’s 1990 hip-hop/house track “come into my house” was an invitation into her world, extended to those of us who were either exiled from or denied entry into kingdoms that valued hyper-masculinity and…
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JOSE & LUIS XTRAVANGANZA
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in 1990, madonna was arguably the most popular performer on the planet. already known as the queen of reinvention by the time “vogue” was released in the spring of 1990, it was two latinx gay men from new york who would helped to not only make the visual for “vogue”…
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HECTOR VALLE XTRAVAGANZA
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the year was 1982. new york began the year as one of the most dangerous cities in the united states with a record 637,451 reported felonies by the end of 1981.one year into what is now known as the AIDS epidemic but before the urging of activists during a july…
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Hello Goodbye: Why Ugly Betty Is Still Beautiful
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10 years ago, on April 14, 2010, Ugly Betty’s final episode “Hello Goodbye” aired on ABC. “Ugly Betty” was a Mexican-American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta. The show revolved around the character Betty Suarez, who despite her lack of style, landed a job at a prestigious fashion magazine. The series was based…
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How To Survive A Plague Again: The Denver Principles
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About two week ago, I did the very rare thing of going live on Instagram. I asked my comrade and my good, good gurlfriend Abdul-Aliy Muhammad to join me as we discussed “How to Survive A Plague…Again.” For about an hour and a half, Abdul and I talked about what…
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VITO RUSSO
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people living with AIDS formed coalitions for each other years before the US present ronald reagan publicly acknowledged AIDS. people living with AIDS mobilized to feed, house, nurse, care, and fight for themselves and each other. they became their own researchers, lobbyists, and drug smugglers. and this was done before…
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THE B-52s
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i always knew i was gay. i don’t have a coming out story because i was always “out” or whatever that meant for a 13 year old in 1990. i didn’t begin to identify as queer until much later in my life. partly, because in 1990, i didn’t even know…
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ANDRE MIZRAHI
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after madonna’s 1990 hit “vogue” brought the dance art of vogueing into the mainstream consciousness for a season, vogueing returned to the underground and continued to thrive in black and latinx queer and trans ballroom communities. there were glimpses of the art form in a few music videos throughout the…
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CHARLENE ARCILA
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growing up in the 1990’s afforded me the opportunity to personally meet and work with lgbtqia pioneers who shoulders we stand on. charlene arcilla is one of them. miss charlene, as i called her, moved to philadelphia in 1991 from jackson, mississippi. much of the queer organizing taking place during…
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DAVID COLE
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in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, david cole, one half of c&c music factory, wrote and produced some of dance music’s biggest pop hits. today we celebrate his life and his musical legacy. david was a brilliant piano player who got his start remixing songs as he was DJing…