What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, we were preparing for the city’s annual Pride celebration and marking 50 years since Stonewall with parades, galas and Madonna performing in New York City.
At the Blade, we were also celebrating 50 years since the newspaper’s founding in 1969. A year later, more than 100,000 Americans are dead of coronavirus, a pandemic that brought the world to a standstill.