Al Pacino thought 'Cruising' was 'exploitative' of LGBTQ+ people, so he donated his paycheck
The actor "just wanted one positive thing to come out of" the role, he revealed in his memoir, Sonny Boy.
October 21, 2024
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1980s
7 images of ACT UP NY taking to the streets at a queer Palestine rally saying ‘SILENCE=DEATH’
As the death toll in Gaza continues to climb, the prominent AIDS activist group is using its platforms to demand an end to the violence.
January 13, 2024
Hollywood Hunks Laid Bare: 1980s-1990s
Prime-time soap hunks and nascent superstars delivered the beefcake, while Stallone and Schwarzenegger changed the ideal male body to impossible standards that gay men still struggle to achieve.
January 5, 2016
DNA Evidence Links 1980s Murders of D.C. Lesbian, Another Woman
A recently created DNA profile links the murders of Greta Rainey and Florence Eyssalenne, which happened two years apart in the same building, to the same suspect.
October 31, 2022
In Netflix’s “Eric,” McKinley Belcher III is haunting as closeted, gay Black NYC cop in the 1980s
“You have to love yourself and understand yourself fully before you can stand on your own two feet, and at the very end of the series, [Michael] Ledroit starts to recognize that fact,” Belcher tells The Advocate.
June 7, 2024
George Michael Dead at 53
The out singer was a pop culture force in the 1980s and '90s.
December 25, 2016
The Crime of Being Positive
In the 1980s corporations, conservatives, and fear turned HIV-positive people into outlaws.
April 1, 2013
Honor for Film Focused on Gay, Lesbian Asians
Richard Fung brought attention to the largely unknown communities of Canadian Asian lesbians and gays of the 1980s.
December 11, 2015
Fundamentalist Leader Apologizes, 35 Years Later, for Advocating Stoning of Gays
Bob Jones III, chancellor of Bob Jones University, apologized for the 1980 statement in response to a petition by LGBT students and alumni.
March 24, 2015
Op-ed: To Straightwash Pride Is a Crime Against History
The 1980s was a time when LGBT Brits were legally silenced, so why silence them in 2015?
January 22, 2015
Jem and the Holograms to Get First Live-Action Film
A live-action reinvention of the classic animated series based on the beloved Hasbro toy line of the 1980s is headed to the big screen.
March 20, 2014
'It's a Sin' Is a Queer History Lesson That Doesn't Feel Like One
Russell T Davies's extraordinary new series recreates the terror of the 1980s without disregarding the sex, joy, and heroism.
February 18, 2021
New Art Performance Revisits the Height of the AIDS Crisis
A new theatrical solo performance from John Kelly brings audiences into the 1980s New York art world.
April 24, 2019
Heather Cronk Is a Reminder Our Rights Can't Wait
The Fighters: Heather Cronk and the team at GetEqual show a passion with roots in the activist days of the 1980s and '90s.
August 19, 2014
Gay Character Denies AIDS Exists in 'It's a Sin' First Look
The series from Queer as Folk creator Russell T. Davies follows a group of gay men in the 1980s.
January 6, 2021
'Gossamer Folds' Tells a Story of Friendship Across Identities
The film, screening at virtual festivals, explores the friendship of a Black trans woman and a white cis boy in the 1980s in a Midwestern suburb.
August 13, 2020
Study on Lesbian Moms Shows That the Kids Are All Right
A study tracing back to the 1980s shows that the children of lesbian moms are as happy as those raised by straight parents -- if not more so.
July 25, 2018
Richard Gere Accepted American Gigolo Role Because of Gay Subtext
Richard Gere says he accepted the part of a high-paid hustler in the 1980 drama American Gigolo partly because of the gay subtext in the film.
September 1, 2012
James Franco Gets Inspired by Cruising
With his new "homo-sex-art-film," the always intriguing actor teams with director Travis Mathews to pay homage to the controversial 1980 thriller.
August 22, 2012
'This Is Not Berlin' Is a 'Love Letter' to Mexico City's Queer Punks
Director Hari Sama discusses his extremely personal film about a teen discovering Mexico City's underground music scene in the 1980s.
August 9, 2019