Tag: LGBTQ History

A scene on Hart Island from “Pose” season two (image via FX)Hart Island is a small islet located a mile east of the Bronx. It’s one mile long and a third of a mile wide (roughly 213 acres), and during the mid ’80s and ’90s, New York City buried thousands of people who’d died of HIV on the island out of fear the bodies might infect others. The island and its dark history were recently explored in season two of...