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HBO Films Releases Teaser Trailer for “The Normal Heart” – Video
Share this: The Normal Heart is a largely autobiographical 1985 play by Larry Kramer which debuted Off-Broadway and now, almost 30 years later been adapted for the screen by HBO Films. It focuses on the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York...
Back2Stonewall Sunday Tea Dance 1978: “Mac Arthur Park Suite” by Donna Summer – 17mins, 51 sec.
Share this: The multi-million selling vinyl single disco version of “Mac Arthur Park” by Donna Summer was number one on the American pop music sales charts for three weeks during 1978, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female...
Today In Gay History: March 9, 1969 – Police Beat Gay Man to Death During Los Angeles Hotel Raid
Share this: The Dover Hotel was a five-story brick building in downtown Los Angeles. The hotel operated as an early version of the soon to become popular bathhouse scene. Gay men checked in, removed their clothing, and laid on their beds with the...
Jamie Lee Curtis To Produce Biopic Honoring Gay Major League Baseball Player Glenn Burke
Share this: Before there was Michael Sams or Jason Collins there was Glenn Burke. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is putting on her producer’s cap to make a film honoring the memory of Glenn Burke, a professional athlete who came out of the closet...
LGBT History – February 9th: Brendan Behan, Marc ’10½’ Stevens, and Jerry Falwell Outs A Teletubby
Share this: February 9th. 1874 – Amy Lowell the American poet was born in Brookline. Massachusetts. A militant literary leader she thumbed her nose at the Boston Brahmans who raised her and outed herself. Her lover was actress Ada...
Today In Gay History: January 22 – Lord Byron, Sir Francis Bacon Was A Slut, and Roe vs. Wade
Share this: January 22 1561 – Sir Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626) was born in London. He is best known for his philosophical works concerning the acquisition of knowledge; Novum Organum and The Advancement of Learning. Bacon had a preference...
National Park Service Seeks Nominations For LGBT Historical Landmarks
Share this: The National Park Service is seeking nominations of historical LGBT sites and landmarks to be added to the National Register of Historic Places and for consideration to be designated as a National Historic Landmarks. “We are looking...
Remembering Lance Loud (June 26, 1951 – December 22, 2001) The First OUT Person on Television
Share this: An American Family, was a 12-episode reality documentary series broadcast in 1973 on PBS. The directors, Alan and Susan Raymond, were the first to install cameras into a real-life situation. They documented hundreds of hours of the lives of...
Today In Gay History: Dec 9th, 1985 – N.Y.C. Department of Health Closes the St. Marks Baths
Share this:The New St. Marks Baths was the premiere gay bathhouse in NYC located at 6 St. Marks Place in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City from 1979 to 1985. It claimed to be the largest gay bathhouse in the world with with 230...
