There will never be a queer place in Amsterdam more iconic and durable than @detrutamsterdam. Today they turn 35 years young and are still going strong.
The waiting in line, the cheap drinks, their strict no phone policy, the legendary mud parties, that weird glass urinal wall & smell (especially when the sewage overruns and the place floods), we all know and love it. A true alternative hangout for fags and dykes run solely by volunteers.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. To the next 35!
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Also, since they can’t physically celebrate because of COVID, the Trut Fonds decided to raise funds to help the queer community in Poland, who are facing severe discrimination. Supernature made a donation too and if you’re in a position to do the same, please do so at the following IBAN:
NL76INGB0006181529
t.n.v.: Vereniging De Trut
o.v.v.: Trut 35 Jaar Actie
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At Supernature we love, respect and celebrate our Trans sisters 365 days a year. This week it's Trans Awareness Week and we want to take this moment to emphasize this.
Our queer community owes the equal rights movement we know today to Trans people of color.
Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Riveira were who started the riot at the Stonewall Inn.
Getting murdered, bashed, disrespected by authorities happens on a daily basis, so we need to stand up for them on a daily basis too. Say their names and celebrate them, not just this week, but every week.
Trans is beautiful.
Pics by @naomiheji & @martinekamara
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Today we celebrate the icon to end all icons: Sylvester. Happy birthday to this wonderful being that transcended boundaries before anyone did and with a voice that remains unquestioned to this day.
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Born in Los Angeles, Sylvester developed a love of singing through the gospel choir of his Pentecostal church. Leaving the church after the congregation expressed disapproval of his homosexuality, he found friendship among a group of black cross-dressers and transgender women who called themselves The Disquotays. Moving to San Francisco in 1970 at the age of 22, Sylvester embraced the counterculture and joined the avant-garde drag troupe The Cockettes, producing solo segments of their shows which were heavily influenced by female blues and jazz singers like Billie Holiday and Josephine Baker. During the Cockettes' critically panned tour of New York City, Sylvester left them to pursue his career elsewhere. He came to front Sylvester and his Hot Band, a rock act that released two commercially unsuccessful albums on Blue Thumb Records in 1973 before disbanding.
Focusing on a solo career, Sylvester signed a recording contract with Fantasy Records and obtained three new backing singers in the form of Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes – the "Two Tons O' Fun" – as well as Jeanie Tracy. His first solo album, Sylvester (1977), was a moderate success. This was followed with the acclaimed disco album Step II (1978), which spawned the singles "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" and "Dance (Disco Heat)", both of which were hits in the U.S. and Europe. Distancing himself from the disco genre, he recorded four more albums – including a live album – with Fantasy Records. After leaving this label, he signed to Megatone Records, the dance-oriented company founded by friend and collaborator Patrick Cowley, where he recorded four more albums, including the Cowley penned hit Hi-NRG track "Do Ya Wanna Funk." An activist who campaigned against the spread of HIV/AIDS, Sylvester died from complications arising from the virus in 1988, leaving all future royalties from his work to San Francisco-based HIV/AIDS charities. ❤️🌿
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