In Memoriam: Jim Deva
By John Mack Freeman (thanks to Nel Ward for the head’s up!) Jim Deva, the co-founder of Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium died Sunday according to CBC News. Deva was a leader in Vancouver’s LGBT...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Trans rights figure Lily McBeth, 80
By John Mack Freeman (Thanks to Ann Symons for the tip) Trans rights figure Lily McBeth passed away this week at age 80. McBeth was well known for transitioning at age 70 in 2005 from male to female...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Gay journalist Joseph Nicholson dead, 71
By John Mack Freeman Gay journalist Joseph Nicholson died Wednesday at 71. Widely regarded as the first openly gay reporter for a big-city newspaper, Nicholson worked for the New York Post from...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Gloria Casarez
By John Mack Freeman Gloria Casarez passed away this week due to complications from her five-plus year battle with cancer. Casarez is best known for her work as the mayor of Philadelphia’s liaison to...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Activist and transgender pioneer Leslie Feinberg
By John Mack Freeman Leslie Feinberg passed away on November 15th. Feinberg was self-described (per Advocate.com) as a ” an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian,...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: James Duggins
By John Mack Freeman (thanks to Nel Ward for the tip) Lambda Literary founding figure James Duggins has passed away at 81. Via Lambda Literary: He was among the first to join the fight for LGBT rights...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Margarita Donnelly
By John Mack Freeman Margarita Donnelly died this week at the age of 72. Donnelly was best known as the founder of Calyx feminist press. From the Coravallis Gazette-Times (click for full obituary):...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Poet Justin Chin
By John Mack Freeman Poet Justin Chin was taken off life support on December 22nd in San Francisco following a massive stroke in the preceding week. Via SF Weekly: In both his poetry and prose, Chin...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Robert Spitzer, influential psychiatrist, dies at 83
By John Mack Freeman Influential psychiatrist Dr. Robert Spitzer passed away on Christmas Day at the age of 83 from complications with heart disease. Dr. Spitzer is perhaps best known for brokering the...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Author Jeanne Cordova
By John Mack Freeman (thanks to Nel for the tip!) Feminist and lesbian activist and author Jeanne Cordova passed away this week at the age of 67. Her 2011 memoir When We Were Outlaws was a 2013...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Author Bryn Kelly
By John Mack Freeman Trans writer Bryn Kelly passed away in her Brooklyn apartment on January 23rd. Via Advocate.com: A writer of fiction, essays, columns, and book reviews, Kelly, an Ohio native,...
View ArticleIn memoriam: Poet and children’s author Francisco Alarcón
By John Mack Freeman Poet and children’s author Francisco Alarcón has passed away at the age of 61. Via Los Angeles Times: The L.A.-born Chicano poet and factory laborer who worked his way from adult...
View ArticleGLBTRT Executive Board statement on the passing of Larry Romans
Via press release The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) family, along with all of ALA, are saddened to learn of the death of Larry Romans, director at large of the GLBTRT on...
View ArticleJan Morris dies at 94
Jan Morris, celebrated writer and transgender pioneer has died at the age of 94. Morris was revered for her journalism, histories, travel writings and her groundbreaking 1974 transition memoir,...
View ArticlePat Patterson, the first openly gay pro wrestling star, has died at 79
The industry’s first openly gay wrestler, Pat Patterson, died this past week at the age of 79. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pat-patterson-first-openly-gay-pro-wrestling-star-dies-79-n1249701
View ArticleColumnist Deb Price dies at 62
Deb Price, who was the nation’s first syndicated lesbian columnist, dies in Hong Kong, where she lived with her wife, Joyce Murdoch. Deb Price was 62....
View ArticleLasorda’s death starts a conversation about his son
The Dodgers manager showed love for Tommy Jr., but publicly denied that he was gay and that he died of AIDS complications. Friends hope to honor the men by discussing their relationship....
View Article“Brooklyn Fragrance Lover” Carlos J. Powell dies at 56
Openly gay Carlos J. Powell sold shoes by day, and by night vlogged about his deepest passion: perfume. Known to his YouTube fans as “Brooklyn Fragrance Lover,” Carlos Powell died last month at the...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Tony Murray
Tony Murray, who along with his husband Mark Collins, provided the support for their nephew Jason Collins to come out as an openly gay NBA player, passed away from COVID in late March. Collins and...
View ArticleIn memoriam: Kay Tobin Lahusen, 1930-2021
Kay Tobin Lahusen, photographer and gay rights pioneer (and partner for 46 years of the late Barbara Gittings) passed away late last month at the age of 91. She was known as the first openly gay...
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