Songs That Soundtracked The AIDS Crisis: LaTour’s “People Are Still Having Sex” By 1991, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had spent over $7,000,000 on mass media public service announcements… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked The AIDS Crisis: LaTour’s “People Are Still Having Sex””…
Songs That Soundtracked The AIDS Crisis: City High’s “What Would You Do?” What would you do, if you knew that many of the songs that captivated older millennials and Gen Yers were… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked The AIDS Crisis: City High’s “What Would You Do?””…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Sylvester’s “Do You Wanna Funk” sylvester was more than the beloved literal queen of disco, he was a prophet, a visionary, and a savior. literally.… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Sylvester’s “Do You Wanna Funk””…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Spice Girls “Holler” “I want to make you holler, and make you scream my name” a song on the third studio album of… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Spice Girls “Holler””…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Weather Girls “It’s Raining Men” what would the world’s dance floor sound and feel like if it weren’t for gay anthems? how would we bond,… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Weather Girls “It’s Raining Men””…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Patti LaBelle’s “You Are My Friend” every year, just as pride season is about to kick off, the interwebs argue, fight and debate about who is… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Patti LaBelle’s “You Are My Friend””…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Shirley Murdock’s “As We Lay” “It’s morning, and we slept the night away” that’s how we are introduced to the soft and powerful voice of… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Shirley Murdock’s “As We Lay””…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Boy George’s “Il Adore” in the early 1980s, boy george was one of the world’s most popular musical figures in the world. as lead… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Boy George’s “Il Adore””…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Gwen Guthrie’s “Can’t Love You Tonight” dubbed the queen of paradise garage, legendary 1980’s new york night club, gwen guthrie scored her biggest hit when she… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Gwen Guthrie’s “Can’t Love You Tonight””…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Jermaine Stewart’s “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off” in january 1986, the CDC reported more people were diagnosed with aids in 1985 than all of the earlier years… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Jermaine Stewart’s “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off””…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: TLC’s “Waterfalls” In 1995, Black people made up 49% of the AIDS-related deaths that year. This is insurmountable grief, personal loss and… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: TLC’s “Waterfalls””…
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Pet Shop Boys “Being Boring” by the late 1970s, homosexuality had been decriminalized in multiple states including iowa, nebraska and wyoming. with the hypervisibility of… Continue reading “Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Pet Shop Boys “Being Boring””…