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Why Sylvester Is Still ‘Mighty Real’ 30 Years Later

Savas Abadsidis December 19, 2018 Leave a Comment

Thirty years ago, disco superstar Sylvester died of complications from AIDS. But, as the AIDS Memorial recently noted, with his openness of his … [Read more...] about Why Sylvester Is Still ‘Mighty Real’ 30 Years Later

Topics: towleroad More Posts About: AIDS, black, disco, gay icon, HIV, Pop Idol, Sylvester

Do You Know the LGBTQ 1970s? Test Your Grasp of its Pop Icons, Influencers, and Political Heroes

Towleroad November 9, 2018 Leave a Comment

PRESENTED by WorldPride 2019 | Stonewall 50 Next summer, WorldPride comes to the United States for the first time to commemorate the 50th anniversary … [Read more...] about Do You Know the LGBTQ 1970s? Test Your Grasp of its Pop Icons, Influencers, and Political Heroes

Topics: Uncategorized More Posts About: Billie Jean King, Gay Iconography, Harvey Milk, Pride, Sylvester, Village People, world pride

The OXD Mirror: The Legacy of Space Disco

Occupy the Disco October 15, 2015 Leave a Comment

BY TAD HAES During the '70s and in early years of the '80s, while both gay and straight audiences got down across the globe and mainstream disco … [Read more...] about The OXD Mirror: The Legacy of Space Disco

Topics: Uncategorized More Posts About: Discodromo, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Music, Music Recommendations, New Music, Occupy The Disco, OXD, Sylvester, Tad Haes

Gay Iconography: The Super Sounds of Martha Wash

Bobby Hankinson June 21, 2015

Martha Wash

If there’s one sound that signals the arrival of Pride season, it’s got to be the unmistakable sound of Martha Wash’s voice booming from speakers … [Read more...] about Gay Iconography: The Super Sounds of Martha Wash

Topics: Uncategorized More Posts About: Gay Iconography, Martha Wash, Sylvester, The Weather Girls, Two Tons of Fun

Gay Iconography: No Disco Queen Quite Like Sylvester

Bobby Hankinson May 3, 2014

  Having grown up in Los Angeles, Sylvester moved to San Francisco in the '70s. He became involved with an avant-garde performance art … [Read more...] about Gay Iconography: No Disco Queen Quite Like Sylvester

Topics: Uncategorized More Posts About: Gay Iconography, Gay Iconography, Sylvester, Sylvester

Sean Penn Directed His Own ‘Mighty Real’ Man-on-Man Kiss

Andy Towle March 14, 2008

Mark Martinez (aka drag queen Flava) got more than he bargained for in his role as disco singer Sylvester in Gus van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic Milk, … [Read more...] about Sean Penn Directed His Own ‘Mighty Real’ Man-on-Man Kiss

Topics: Film/TV, News More Posts About: drag queens, Film, Flava, Gus van Sant, Harvey Milk, kiss, News, Sean Penn, Sylvester

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