AIDS activist
Baldiga: Unlocked Heart : the story of the queer artist and political activist who sensitively captured the West Berlin queer scene of the 1980s and early 1990s
I often wonder about what the creative landscape of the planet would look like if all the artists who have died from AIDS had survived. The energy of people like Derek Jarman, Leigh Bowery, Klaus Nomi, Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring – the list is endless – is so missed. Another artist to add to…
Singer/activist Michael Callen with the hit song he wrote with Peter Allen during the 80’s AIDS crisis ‘Love Don’t Need A Reason”
During the AIDS crisis in the ’80s and ’90s, singer-songwriter Michael Callen emerged as one of the most important pioneering voices in AIDS activism, education, and support. He was a co-founder of the People With AIDS Coalition, he co-wrote the Denver Principles—which were instrumental in how we talked about and cared for those…
Keep The Cameras Rolling : The Pedro Zamora Way reviewed by Queerguru’s Ris Fatah
Keep The Cameras Rolling is the moving story of HIV/AIDS educator and activist Pedro Zamora’s life and death. Pedro shot to the world’s attention in 1994 as the first person on weekly TV to be completely open about his HIV/AIDS status. Starring in season 3 of the then hugely popular MTV’s ground-breaking reality TV…
