In footage from the event, she thrashes about with sweet abandon.
By that time, Madonna had already lost her good friend Martin Burgoyne to the epidemic. But in 1989 Madonna and her Detroit-era dance instructor Christopher Flynn, who was then diagnosed with AIDS, fired up New York with a major benefit dance marathon. Pride Month is not the same without Madonna and her music, and thus we recount 10 of her great gay moments.īack in the ‘80s, we were hard up for celebrities who spoke out against AIDS (and it didn’t help that we had a president who was, shall we say, reticent on the subject).
Madonna Delivers Her Blunt Truth During Fiery, Teary Billboard Women In Music SpeechĪs far as being an ally goes, she’s the Elizabeth Taylor of pop as far as iconography goes, she’s like if Marlene Dietrich were an X-Men.