Heres all his vlogs if you wanna check out the channe his friend set up to honor his memory:
https://www.youtube.com/user/5ninthavenueproject/videos
If this was in the 70-80s I would imagine anyone who was anyone in those circles knew most. It was a very limited scene where they could congregate.
This is powerful, if you know the history. During the AIDS epidemic, gay and transgender people were dying in huge numbers. Hospitals and medical professionals were denying care because AIDS was new and deadly. People didn't fully understand how it was transmitted, and the general population was much more homophobic than it is today. Gay people were dying, in large numbers, daily. It got so bad, that checking in with one's friends was like doing a headcount to see who was still living! And since humans can become a bit numb or desensitized to repeated exposure to horrible experiences, and the deaths were so frequent, it makes sense why the emotional delivery of the information was a bit flat. That's why this video is so powerful, imo - if you know the history, this short clip tells a big story.
I found this very emotionally powerful to watch.
"Im very upset" while looking completely emotionless describes how incredibly tired this community was at the time
Oh my god! I watched a whole series of old videos from him on YouTube by chance. They are soooooo good. Highly recommended
"Watching Queer Eye for the Straight Guy made me think that if I made gay friends they'd give me fashion tips. Actually, they fucked me."
Is this where the film "Party Monster" came from? I never got to see the documentaryyy
Is she coming?
Watched all his episodes during Covid. Just to restore the feeling of what had been gone from NYC at the time.
People.
Just to relive the era thru the lens of others, in an era that was tough to document, compared to today.
Lots of great content as far as showing off the city goes.
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