Bren Gosling sat down in 2018 with the intention of writing a one-act play, and immediately the image of Princess Diana holding the hand of a man living with AIDS flooded into his mind. “I must have buried it away…
A photo of an anonymous headstone at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., went viral in Reddit’s r/pics forum this month, getting more than 89,000 upvotes. The inscription on the headstone reads “A Gay Vietnam Veteran: When I was in the…
It’s hard to believe it’s been seven years since the Supreme Court handed down its 5-4 decision that legalized marriage for same-sex couples throughout the United States. When the decision came down, outside the high court in Washington, D.C., marriage…
On Sept. 10, 1982, the forecast called for rain — of a masculine variety. That date served as the release for the unforgettable disco track “It’s Raining Men,” recorded by San Francisco disco divas Martha Wash and Izora Armstead of the…
Forty-nine years ago a horrific tragedy happened in the French Quarter. Thirty-two people, mostly gay men, perished in a fire at the Upstairs Lounge at the corner of Iberville and Chartres after a patron who had been told to leave…
At the height of the AIDS epidemic, countless Americans who lost friends and family had no way to remember or honor them. Their collective grief couldn’t find closure. Kevin Herglotz, Chief Operating Officer of San Francisco’s National AIDS Memorial, tells…
“Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all our letters could be published in the future in a more enlightened time,” Gordon Bowsher wrote during the harrowing days of World War II. “Then all the world could see how in love we are.”…
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