April Ashley was a transgender activist who continually advocated for transgender rights. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59816881
April Ashley, transgender activist dies at 86
Category: In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Anne Rice, 1941-2021
Anne Rice the author of Interview With a Vampire and dozens of other books died last weekend at the age of 80. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/anne-rice-homoerotic-vampires-left-immortal-mark-gay-culture-rcna8632 https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/13/anne-rice-interview-with-the-vampire-lgbt/ https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/12/anne-rice-lgbtq-icon-advocate-literary-genius-passes-away/
In Memoriam: Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021
Legendary Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim died late last month at the age of 91. https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/11/29/stephen-sondheim-soared-while-rest-us-remained-ground https://www.jweekly.com/2021/11/30/how-stephen-sondheim-helped-me-find-my-gay-jewish-sensibility/ https://pridesource.com/article/sondheim-found-just-the-right-words-to-illustrate-my-life-as-a-gay-man/ https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/legendary-gay-composer-broadway-genius-stephen-sondheim-passes-91/
In 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 photojournalist and her work documented some of the movement’s early campaigns and demonstrations during the pre-Stonewall era. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/gay-rights-pioneer-photojournalist-kay-tobin-lahusen-dies-91-n1268913 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/us/kay-tobin-lahusen-gay-rights-activist-and-photographer-dies-at-91.html […]
In Memoriam: Tony Murray
“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 age of 56. This beautiful profile story appeared in the March 18th New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/style/perfume-youtube.html You can see the videos […]
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Columnist 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. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/business/media/deb-price-dead.html https://www.advocate.com/media/2020/11/28/deb-price-pioneering-columnist-lgbtq-issues-dead-62
Pat Patterson, the first openly gay pro wrestling star, has died at 79
Jan 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, Conundrum. She herself rejected the term “travel writer” saying her books were “about place, which [is] nothing to do with movement” and in writing about her […]