For many of us, the television acronym GMA means either Good Morning Australia or Good Morning America. But from 1983-1985 there was another meaning – Gay Morning America. Gay Morning America was a weekly TV show that ran on public-access … Continue reading →
In June 1983 – two years after the first case of AIDS was reported in the USA – I found myself on holiday in San Francisco. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to visit a friend over there. (Indeed, so spur-of-the-moment … Continue reading →
Robert Mapplethorpe played a key role in having photography accepted as a legitimate art form. In the course of the 70s and 80s his work ranged from basic collage to black-and-white photographs of celebrities, nudes and flowers. Towards the end … Continue reading →
Technically this film is outside the remit of this blog as it was released in 1990. But I have included it for two reasons. Firstly, the people and events therein were all filmed in the late 80s. And, secondly, those … Continue reading →
At risk of stating the obvious, we didn’t have the internet back in the 80s. Instead, we relied on a diverse range of LGBT media – some of which was more accessible than others – to counter the everyday homophobia … Continue reading →