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This Week In Gay History May 12 – 18: Nero Marries 1st Gay Couple, Divine, Auntie Mame, and ENDA
Share this:ANCIENT HISTORY 54 AD - Nero becomes Emperor of Rome. Nero married two men in legal ceremonies, with at least one spouse accorded the same honours as an empress. Gay relationships are accepted and institutionalized in this time period. 1102...
This Week In Gay History April 7 -13: The Earl of Rochester, The APA, and the Tragic Death of Ryan White
Share this:April 7, 1907 – The ultimate “fag hag” Violette Leduc was born in Arras Pas de Calais, France. She hated being a woman and continually went after gay men. One of them, Maurice Sachs told her to write just to get rid of her....
Mississippi Baby Born With AIDS Is Cured After Early Agressive Treatment
Share this: A Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus appears to have been cured after being treated with an aggressive regimen of drugs just after her birth 2½ years ago, and has become acase that could trigger changes in care for hundreds...
Award Winning AIDS Documentary ‘How to Survive a Plague’ to Become ABC Miniseries
Share this:David France’s 2012 documentary “How to Survive a Plague” has been optioned by ABC Studios, which is planning to develop the film into a dramatic miniseries. The film, which was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary...
Forgotten Gay History – The Infamous Adonis Movie Theater NYC, NY (1975 – 1988)
Share this: The 1,433-seat Adonis Theatre, was originally built as the Tivoli Theatre in 1921 was one of a kind. A grandly opulent movie theatre on Eighth Avenue and 51st Street which in its declining year was revamped for stud romping, porn and anonymous...
New York Times Updates Ed Koch’s Obit To Include AIDS Criticism And Rightfully So
Share this:The New York Times revised its obituary of former NYC mayor Ed Koch after receiving many complaints of Koch’s handling of the AIDs crisis in New York City in the 1980s. Koch died of congestive heart failure yesterday at the age of 88. The...
World AIDS Day – The Genocidal Legacy of Ronald Reagan: We Must NEVER Forget
Share this:32 years ago on June 5, 1981, that the Center for Disease Control first published a report on the mysterious epidemic that we have now come to know as AIDS. And while today Republicans and the Tea Party proudly wallow in the revisionist life...
Liberty Counsel’s Matt Barber Posts Evil Disgusting World AIDS Day Tweet
Share this: What an evil souless fuck. I would never advocate voilence against anyone. But in this case I just might make the exception.
LGBT History Month: Remembering The Mineshaft – 835 Washington St. NYC, NY (1976 – 1985)
Share this: At one time New York City’s Mineshaft was the most notorious “members only” gay S&M/B&D sex club in history. Today it is treated as a dirty secret to some and is all but a forgotten to many. The building that...