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Hace 19 horas · Milk’s story has been told in books including The Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts, the Oscar-winning documentary The Times of Harvey Milk, and the dramatized film Milk, which brought ...
Hace 5 días · Almost Gone — Aurora YMCA. With demolition proceeding at a furious pace, the old Aurora YMCA on Garfield soon will be just a memory. It is shown here during demolition on July 10 th and in a 1976 photo when it was in its prime. Aurora YMCA demolition – 7-10-2024 (Aurora Historical Society photo by J. Jaros)
Hace 1 día · When Randy Shilts released “And the Band Played On” in 1987, it marked a watershed moment in the understanding and awareness of the AIDS epidemic. As an investigative journalist, Shilts meticulously detailed the early stages of the crisis, exposing the systemic failures that enabled the disease to spread unchecked.
Hace 5 días · In Barry’s 1978-set story, a post-Beatles John Lennon heads to an island he owns off the Irish coast, a place that the musician owned in real life called Dorinish (or, according to the locals, “Hippie Island” or, of course, “Beatle Island”). I asked Barry about his own memorably elusive title.
Hace 3 días · In 1982, freelance reporter Randy Shilts completed his first book: a biography of Milk, titled The Mayor of Castro Street. Shilts wrote the book while unable to find a steady job as an openly gay reporter. The Times of Harvey Milk, a documentary film based on the book's material, won the 1984 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.
Hace 3 días · Globally, 38.4 million [33.9–43.8 million] people were living with HIV at the end of 2021. An estimated 0.7% [0.6-0.8%] of adults aged 15–49 years worldwide are living with HIV, although the burden of the epidemic continues to vary considerably between countries and regions.
Hace 2 días · Launched in 2011 as my ’sassy American soapbox,’ The Randy Report covers the daily news cycle regarding politics, pop culture and entertainment news of interest to the LGBTQ community and its allies.
