ooof.

Willie Colón basically created, WITH RUBÉN BLADES, most of the soundtrack of my childhood.

he also became the perfect example of the little fascists hiding in plain sight: there was a time he was part of my parents’ social circles because i had an uncle who was a pioneering salsa singer. so it was a shock to find out, as an adult, he was a guanabí GOP bootlicker.

❝ Willie Colón muere a los 75 años, pionero y figura legendaria de la salsa
https://www.france24.com/es/minuto-a-minuto/20260221-willie-col%C3%B3n-muere-a-los-75-a%C3%B1os-pionero-y-figura-legendaria-de-la-salsa

#QDEP #RIP #music

ooof.

Willie Colón basically created, WITH RUBÉN BLADES, most of the soundtrack of my childhood.

he also became the perfect example of the little fascists hiding in plain sight: there was a time he was part of my parents’ social circles because i had an uncle who was a pioneering salsa singer. so it was a shock to find out, as an adult, he was a guanabí GOP bootlicker.

❝ Willie Colón muere a los 75 años, pionero y figura legendaria de la salsa
https://www.france24.com/es/minuto-a-minuto/20260221-willie-col%C3%B3n-muere-a-los-75-a%C3%B1os-pionero-y-figura-legendaria-de-la-salsa

#QDEP #RIP #music

#JesseJackson was an ally to #LGBTQ people before it was fashionable; when most politicians were scared to say the word "gay" or publicly be associated with us, Jesse Jackson did just that. And in 1987, when people with AIDS were too often shunned, discriminated against and treated with fear and contempt, Jackson publicly hugged people with AIDS at the LGBTQ March on Washington. Hail and farewell. #RIP https://wehoonline.com/jesse-jackson-lgbtq-legacy-west-hollywood-obituaries-missing/

thank you for everything you’ve done for us, Mr. Jackson. you’re now one of the ancestors. go rest in power.

Jesse Jackson, U.S. civil rights activist, dead at 84 | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jesse-jackson-obit-9.7093216

#BlackHistoryMonth #CRM #RIP #QDEP