Other Records in 1996 after Callen's death. Additionally, Callen made cameo appearances in the films Philadelphia (1993) and Zero Patience (1993), in which he famously performed a song in falsetto as the fictitious "Miss HIV". In partnership with Oscar winner Peter Allen and Marsha Melamet, Callen wrote his most famous song, "Love Don't Need a Reason", commissioned by Larry Kramer for his play, The Normal Heart. The song was introduced at a 1986 AIDS Walk and was performed frequently at gay pride and AIDS-related events around the country. The song has been covered by numerous gay men's choirs as well as the Peter Allen Broadway musical The Boy From Oz (1998). Bibliography 1983: How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach (co-author) 1990: Surviving AIDS (author) Discography Albums as part of The Flirtations The Flirtations (1990) The Flirtations: Live Out on the Road (1991) Feeding The Flame: Songs By Men to End AIDS (1992) Solo Purple Heart Legacy – a 2-CD album (posthumously) Filmography Zero Patience (1993) - Miss HIV Philadelphia (1993) - The Flirtations (final film role) See also Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, an organization in New York City named for Michael Callen and Audre Lorde. ACRIA – Started as Community Research Initiative, an organization co founded by Callen and Joseph Sonnabend. Love Don't Need A Reason: The Life and Music of Michael Callen (Punctum Books, 2020) by Dr. Matthew J. Jones References External links Official posthumous home page of Michael Callen Remarks of Michael Callen to the New York congressional delegation 1983 at TheBody.com Photographs of the real people from Randy Shilts' history of the AIDS crisis And the Band Played On 1955 births 1993 deaths Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni American gay writers Songwriters from Indiana American male pop singers LGBT people from Indiana American LGBT singers American LGBT songwriters HIV/AIDS denialists AIDS-related deaths in California HIV/AIDS activists Gay singers Gay songwriters American health activists American gay musicians People from Rising Sun, Indiana 20th-century American singers 20th-century American non-fiction writers Radical Faeries members 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers 20th-century American male singers 20th-century LGBT people American male songwriters