AIDS
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Today In Gay History- June 19, 1983: Founder of the Moral Majority Jerry Falwell: “AIDS Is God’s Punishment For Homosexuals.”
June 19, 1983 – In Lynchburg, Virginia, hate-monger Jerry Falwell told his followers that “AIDS is not just God’s punishment…
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Gay History – June 17th: Liberace: ‘I’m NOT Gay!’, Walter Mondale, and NYC Funeral Homes Refuse to Embalm AIDS Victims
June 17th: 1883 – Birth date of Mauritz Stiller, the Finnish film director. Stiller was Greta Garbo’s discoverer, mentor, and…
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MEMORIAL DAY – WATCH: A Day In The Life Of The AIDS Memorial Quilt and Remember Our Fallen
There is more than one type of war and those who become causalities of it. On October 12, 1996. The…
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Gay History – May 18, 1981: Dr. Lawrence Mass Becomes The First Person To Report About AIDS
While many believe that June 5, 1981 is the date of the first published report about the deadly disease…
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Donald Trump Biopic To Feature Evil Self Loathing Vile Mentor The Late Roy Cohn
Via the Hollywood Reporter: Donald Trump is getting the big-screen treatment in a film called The Apprentice that will dramatize his rise to…
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HIV+ Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Deliberately Infecting Grindr Hook-Ups
The Guardian reports: A hairdresser has been handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 12 years at Brighton…
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Gay History – April 15, 1979: San Francisco’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Is Founded
On April 15, 1979 the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence founded a “convent” in San Francisco when three men, dressed in full…
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Gay History – “As Is” by William F. Hoffman: The Forgotten and Earliest AIDS Play of the 1980’s – VIDEO
Everyone remembers “Longtime Companion”, “The Normal Heart” and “The Band Played On” all very important and powerful works about AIDS…
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GAY HISTORY – March 18, 1986: William F. Buckley, Jr. Proposes Tattooing “All AIDS Carriers” in the New York Times
William F. Buckley was an American conservative author, journalist and commentator who founded National Review magazine in 1955. He hosted…
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Forgotten Gay Heroes: Out Actor and Hollywood AIDS Warrior Tom Villard (1953 – 1994)
Actor Thomas “Tom” Louis Villard appeared in dozens of projects throughout his career in the late 1980’s and early 90’s…
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