This was 1990. The stuff we did at the time, it wasn’t cool at the time, but now it is cool…
Like, me kissing the guys. I still get letters about that! Now everyone is kissing, but at the time people didn’t think it was cool. We were just being ourselves. But it inspired a lot of people just to be yourself, and express yourself. But we did it all without knowing what an impact it would have throughout the world.”Salim “Slam” Gauwloos remembering the impact of his passionate kiss with the late Gabriel Trupin while the two were backupdancers during Madonna‘s Blond Ambition tour, while promoting the upcoming documentary Strike a Pose in an interview with Attitude
John Kuehnle
I remember taking a friend from work to see it, I have it on bluray now, love the concert footage, reminds me of when I saw her in concert in 1990
Sebastián Gaspar
I remember I was like 11 when I watched it, I was already being bullied for being gay (yes I was a sassy boy and yes I did know I liked boys), and that kiss was the first time I ever felt I wasn’t alone
Amaurys Arias
I still remember it… I was in high school and just accepting who I was… It was amazing.
MMDD
People still freak out over a guy kissing another guy.
Brian
Oh, please, give me a break. These guys give themselves too much credit. Hasn’t he seen male-male kissing in Cruising starring Al Pacino? It pre-dated you, Salim.
Whev b b
trusgold
Brian..that was a move that could have cost them their career…it was brave.
Low Country Boy
Some people need to get over themselves. Not the first, not the last.
Dave Downunder
When your life hasn’t taken you anywhere further you can always fall back on a 25 year old stint as one of Madonna’s stooges to get a headline.
DCguy
@Brian:
Oh look, Brian hates somebody that gave gays exposure.
Once again Brian, name something you actually like.
Black Pegasus
I noticed there are multiple photos of him 25 years ago when he was the gay adonis, yet there was just one b&w photo of him in his older years. Why was that? If he’s giving an interview was did the publication hide him behind one flattering b&w photoshop pic?
Ageism?
Mark J McWilliams
It is true when we are young we think we are the first to discover everything, not anything new here.
dbmcvey
Slam was (is) so fucking gorgeous. Him in the “Vogue” video was fantastic.
dbmcvey
@Brian: You’re really just an unhappy, unpleasant jerk, aren’t you.
dbmcvey
@Dave Downunder: You know nothing about him.
AtticusBennett
TRUTH. i saw the doc for the first time when i was about 12 years old. it was the first time i’d ever seen two men kiss. i nearly fainted. it was the most beautifully sexy thing i’d ever seen in my life at that point.
a defining moment in my gay adolescence, for sure.
Tackle
@Black Pegasus: Of course it is. They love to look at the young & beautiful…
strix1
“Truth or Dare” & “Blonde Ambition” and I still have my Madonna “sex” book with the metal cover…just checked, selling for $45 up to, WHAT? $1400…ok, that guy is dreaming…sorry Slam, Madonna in her own right was what put [more of] a spotlight on casual relationships with your dancer friends as she has done over the years…I will say, of all her tours, BA was my favorite with the choreography, presentation and set lists. Sorry, off topic…Slam, you were a great dancer, that’s about it.
o.codone
He thinks his kissing a guy is an inspiration for an entire generation of young people. His narcissism is bigger than Madonna’s dick. Please girl, get over yourself.
trusgold
once you are not polluted with narcotics and realize narcotics do not make an authority on anything let me know ass hat
Greg C
@Sebastián Gaspar: A very advanced video brother!
joeyty
@Brian: I’m glad I knew all about Leonardo DaVinci and Plato’s sexuality as a kid, so I didn’t have to wait to see one of Madonna’s dancers kiss a guy to feel all assured and legitimized.
DCguy
@o.codone: stated: “He thinks his kissing a guy is an inspiration for an entire generation of young people. His narcissism is bigger than Madonna’s dick. Please girl, get over yourself.”
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Wow, somebody who supports anti-gay politicians doesn’t like the fact that gays were actually shown on film kissing. When something hasn’t been shown before, and is treated as normal, it is a big deal. Sorry of them not being good little closet cases upsets you.
AtticusBennett
@DCguy: don’t you love how these closeted wimps are always upset at those of us who are actually Out?
did this kiss inspire a generation of young queer people? yeah. it did. who did it not inspire? grown-adult cowards who are still closeted, and trolling. YAY!