The singer crystallised the message of being true to your identity in a track that became a pioneering electronic classic ...

A new collection of disco numbers, Mighty Real: Greatest Dance Hits, showcases the career of Sylvester. Music critic Milo Miles argues that... Sylvester: 'Mighty Real' Disco Star Deserves A Modern ...

Unapologetically gay disco pioneer Sylvester was one of the many LGBTQ artists whose lives were cut short by the AIDS epidemic in the ’80s while the Republican-led government willfully ignored the ...

Though the title of the “Queen of Disco” is commonly associated with legends like Gloria Gaynor and Donna Summer, one of the first to truly reign supreme within this genre was Sylvester. Known for ...

Stories that will make you laugh, cry and question everything you thought you knew. Step into a portal where LGBTQ+ folks can live authentically, free from hate and where their contributions to art ...

Sylvester in March-1979 at the SF War Memorial Opera House – Photo: Phil Bray READ THIS STORY IN THE MAGAZINE Much of the world met Sylvester in the late ’70s as the unapologetically androgynous, ...

February is Black History Month — and each week, all month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is here to talk about a different trailblazer and maverick of Black music. These musicians took risks ...

Sylvester is immortal, all over the world, still very much revered as the shining example of a Black gay man who recognized his purpose as an artist and representative of LGBTQ culture. A new ...

“He was about as outrageous as styrofoam! “When I charged into his room at the Holiday Inn, he was lying on the couch, kvetching about exhaustion, a backache, and his root canal session like a bored ...