1985: the year the AIDS crisis finally broke through the silence
A lot has happened in the four decades since. We take a look back.
June 26, 2025
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1985
Brothers Bond Over Madonna Tape in '1985'
We all remember our first Madonna album.Â
October 26, 2018
Rare Warhol Art, His First Digital Works, Surfaces
The Andy Warhol Museum has discovered art experiments created by Warhol on an Amiga computer in 1985.
April 25, 2014
Heartthrob Lee Pace cast in 'The Running Man' reboot
Lee Pace joins Glen Powell, Katy O'Brian, and Josh Brolin in this adaptation of the 1985 Stephen King novel.
October 19, 2024
How '80s-Era HIV Contact Tracing Can Help Kill COVID
Dr. Michael Osterholm, who started the first contact tracing program for HIV in 1985, on what needs to be done now.
July 3, 2020
We Still Need AIDS Movies
Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen talks to us about 1985, her new movie that depicts some of the darkest days of the crisis.
April 24, 2018
As the mother in ‘An Early Frost,’ Gena Rowlands helped fight the stigma of AIDS
Through her role in the 1985 film and in a public service ad, Rowlands showed a compassionate face to something that was so dreaded and feared at the time, writes John Casey.
August 15, 2024
Gay Man Out of Prison After 21 Years Tries to Clear Name
A gay man whose 1985 day care molestation conviction was overturned after 21 years in prison is now asking a judge to wipe his record clean.
February 27, 2013
King Priam
Nicholas Hytner's 1985 production of Sir Michael Tippett's classic opera is released on DVD, giving viewers perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see it performed close to perfectly
May 17, 2008
'Before Stonewall' Tells the Story of an Underground Queer Movement
The ahead-of-its-time 1985 doc that features interviews with queer activists like Ann Bannon, Harry Hay, Audre Lorde, and Frank Kameny gets a Pride Month re-release.
June 21, 2019
Big Gay Following: Martha Plimpton
The go-to Goonie for tomboy or lesbian parts since her 1985 big-screen breakthrough, Martha Plimpton stars as a legendary cross-dresser in the Broadway production of Top Girls.
April 23, 2008
Barbara Smith: Soul on Hold
This 1985 essay by Barbara Smith, a scholar-activist who made contributions to social justice movements in civil rights, feminism, lesbian and gay liberation, anti-racism, and black feminism, recalls early moments of intersectionality between African-American and LGBT rights movements, yet resonates today in the wake of Ferguson.
January 2, 2015
15 groundbreaking queer films every Gen Z gay NEEDS to see
From Glen or Glenda to Hedwig and the Angry Inch, these are the iconic, seminal films every young LGBTQ+ person needs to see!
October 2, 2024
31 Period Films of Lesbians and Bi Women in Love That Will Take You Back
For viewers who prefer to time travel with a good love story about queer women, there are plenty of options.
December 9, 2024
15 romantic gay movies with happy endings & how to stream them
Not every gay romance movie has to end with heartbreak.
June 8, 2022
15 Romantic Lesbian Films With Swoon-Worthy Happy Endings
Here are 15 films featuring queer women who finally get their fairytale ending.
April 24, 2023