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fromAdvocate.com
2 days ago

Daily newsletter 11/25

➡️ Scouting America (formerly the Boy Scouts of America) is being targeted by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth because it changed its name to be more inclusive of all genders. Our reporter Ryan Adamczeski got the organization's response. Plus, The 19th News reports on the complex history of LGBTQ+ immigrants in America, and a Democrat running for office in Illinois had a very sparkly reply to a Christian group's anti-transgender survey.
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SF LGBT
fromSlate Magazine
2 days ago

"The Lord Is My Shepherd and He Knows I'm Gay"

Metropolitan Community Church provided sanctuary during the AIDS crisis, and recovered cassette recordings inspired a podcast documenting community, grief, and comfort.
Film
fromAdvocate.com
2 days ago

Tilda Swinton on the AIDS crisis and why fluidity isn't frightening

Tilda Swinton recalled losing many friends to AIDS, carries their memory, and emphasizes collective resistance to cruelty and the importance of defying unkindness.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The play that changed my life: It was frightening at first but The Inheritance let me discover myself'

The Inheritance explored intergenerational gay identity and grief through dual roles as EM Forster and a dying contemporary, profoundly affecting the actor.
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

How Should Queer Christians Respond to Anti-Gay Violence, its Victims, and the People Who Perpetrate It?

San Francisco's gay/lesbian community in the 1980s wasn't just facing an AIDS crisis, they also struggled against ongoing anti-gay violence. In 1989, in the midst of a campaign to legally establish anti-gay violence as a hate crime, MCC San Francisco made headlines when their AIDS minister was attacked in her home. The city, the police department, and the LGBTQ community rallied around the church and the minister. And when they finally solved the puzzle of who did it, the answer shocked the church.
SF LGBT
Arts
fromTime Out New York
2 weeks ago

Keith Haring's iconic 'FDR Drive Mural' will be on display for a limited time on Elizabeth Street

Fourteen original panels from Keith Haring's 1984 FDR Drive mural reunite at Martos Gallery, hung at original height to evoke movement and urban rhythm.
SF LGBT
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

How Hundreds of Cassette Tapes Hidden Under the Floor of a Bay Area Church Reveal a Unique Slice of Gay Life in the 1990s

Archival audio from 1,200 MCC tapes reveals how LGBTQ-affirming churches provided spiritual support, joy, and trauma processing during the AIDS crisis.
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Film
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

The new San Francisco movie that will make you cry

Fairyland portrays a daughter's coming-of-age with a gay single father in 1970s–80s San Francisco, blending tenderness with the AIDS-era caregiving experience.
LGBT
from48 hills
2 months ago

Mel Odom's kaleidoscopic queer eye drew stunning art through AIDS - 48 hills

Mel Odom transformed queer aesthetics through homoerotic, meticulously detailed art, channeling AIDS-era loss into enduring, stylized creations and the Gene Marshall doll.
LGBT
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

"Cashing Out" Examines an Investment Strategy That Profited from AIDS Deaths

Viatical settlements allowed terminally ill AIDS patients to convert life-insurance policies into immediate cash, providing comfort and modest inheritances while investors profited from anticipated deaths.
SF LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

Rebel song: A history of gay men's choruses

Gay men's choruses evolved from 1978 visibility efforts into resilient cultural institutions combining music, queer identity, and social justice.
San Francisco
fromThe Atlantic
3 months ago

The 48-Hour Fentanyl Clock

Innovative harm reduction strategies were implemented in response to the AIDS crisis, yet challenges with homelessness and addiction persist in cities like San Francisco.
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fromMedium
8 months ago

Forgive me, Father, for I have served a look

Carnivale at Grace Cathedral highlights community, inclusivity, and the celebration of life amid a backdrop of fundraising and connection.
fromAperture
5 months ago

Rosalind Fox Solomon's New York City

Fox Solomon's photography is marked by a distinctive vision that showcases the struggles and resilience of individuals in crisis, illuminating personal narratives through social justice themes.
Photography
NYC LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
5 months ago

1985: the year the AIDS crisis finally broke through the silence

1985 was a critical year when the AIDS crisis shifted from obscurity to public importance, catalyzed by activism and celebrity announcements.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
5 months ago

Thomas Mallon's NYC diaries get to the 'Very Heart' of the AIDS crisis

Thomas Mallon's reflections reveal the balance between personal liberation as a gay man and the devastating impact of AIDS during the 1980s.
NYC LGBT
fromAnOther
5 months ago

The Awe-Inspiring Aids Memorial Quilt Comes to the Turbine Hall

The statement "SILENCE=DEATH" captures the urgency of activism during the Aids crisis, highlighting the need for public awareness and support.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
5 months ago

Edmund White, who broke ground in gay literature, has died at 85

Edmund White's work profoundly shaped LGBTQ culture and understanding during crucial sociopolitical periods, notably around the AIDS crisis.
NYC music
fromsilive
7 months ago

Wagner College Theatre presents 'Rent,' directed by acclaimed Broadway veteran

Wagner College Theatre is staging Jonathan Larson's RENT this spring, highlighting critical themes of love, loss, and survival amidst the AIDS crisis.
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