Tag: AIDS

You know her from Ugly Betty, Dallas and The exes and now she has been nominated to the Golden Globe for her role as Shelly Pfefferman in Transparent and recently Judith Light gave an interview for PrideSource about how the role of a Jewish mother tingled her acting skills and what is it like from the posture of an LGBT advocate. “How it makes me feel as a longtime LGBTQ advocate - it thrills me. I feel as though my...

When I was a budding family practice doctor, starting fresh in my internship after medical school, I had no idea what that year had in store for me.  It was 1995, and I had matched with a great residency program in my hometown of Chicago, in the part of town they called “Boystown.”  At that point, I was an LGBT imbecile without gaydar, dating men, and generally confused. As a naïve woman, I thought they selected me because of...

For the last thirty years, the world created controversy and stigma around people who have been living with AIDS. The gay community was affected at a larger scale and this condition became something to be ashamed of, a reality you needed to hide. It has been a struggle to be a person living with HIV until recently, when the social movements and activists finally got results. Living with HIV is no longer something to be ashamed of, nor something you...

Kenneth Cole, the well-known high-fashion clothing manufacturer, who also produces beautiful watches, bags and shoes has taken a big step for LGBT equality. His father was a shoe manufacturer, so his career grew straight from his roots.  Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. is an American fashion house which he founded in 1982.  In 1994, the company went public, and has been included on Forbes 200 Best Small Companies list, now four times over.  His products are advertised and sold all...

From his personal to his artistic and public life, here are 10 things you most likely never knew about Freddy Mercury: Name and nationality His real name is Farrokh Bulsara and he was born in the British protectorate of Zanzibar from Parsi parents and he spent most of his childhood in India, a fact that he tried to hide from the public view for a very long time. Roger Taylor said that Mercury considered it will not fit his public performer...