Joshua Tree Feeding Program

Happy birthday to , who would have turned 66 today! 🥳

Throughout his career, Keith Haring produced more than 50 public artworks between 1982 and 1989, in dozens of cities around the world, many of which were created for charities, hospitals, children’s daycare centers, and orphanages. The work of Keith Haring can be seen today in the exhibitions and collections of major museums around the world, including on the second floor of The Center.

📷: Courtesy of the Keith Haring Foundation.

Have you visited the iconic Keith Haring Bathroom at The Center? Learn more here: gaycenter.org/culture/haring-bathroom

Instagram https://instagram.com/p/CvVqFAGIVky/

🇺🇸 “Today, July 30, marks 38 years since Douglas Trezza passed away from AIDS related complications at the age of 29, just 5 days shy of his 30th birthday.

We met in the pool at the Westside YMCA in Manhattan in July 1982. After showering, chatting and well, cruising each other while drying off, we walked back into the locker room, only to discover that our lockers were right next to each other, clearly a sign of things to come. Since we lived in the same neighborhood, we continued to get to know each other while walking uptown to our respective apartments. I was completely smitten.

Douglas was not only beautiful to look at but it became quickly clear that he was just as beautiful inside. When we approached his apartment on 75th & Broadway, he invited me in. I jumped at the chance yet somehow knew that this was not a typical hookup but something very different. And I was right. When we got upstairs to his place, he was a perfect gentleman. First he planted a delicious kiss on my lips and then asked me on a date two days later. I of course said yes and the rest is history.

Honestly, Douglas suffered terribly and never stood a chance against HIV. Unlike today, there was no medication to keep the virus at bay. I watched it ravage his body, trying against all odds to do whatever I could to prolong his life while at the same time being scared sh*tless that I would soon suffer the same fate as him, as I found out I was HIV positive about the same time he did.

To this day, I don’t know why I survived and he didn’t. I never got sick although I lived for years waiting for the other shoe to drop. I am one of the lucky ones. Being such, I will never forget those who weren’t so fortunate, like my beloved Douglas.” — by Mark Quigley