Heklina: Thank you for being a friend
With the passing of drag legend and San Francisco icon Heklina, we are reminded of how precious life is. Heklina
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Obituaries
LGBTQ icon of the small and big screen, Leslie Jordan, has died
Leslie Jordan, an Emmy-winning actor, writer, entertainer and singer best known for Will & Grace and American Horror Story has
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Vale: Mystery writer Claire McNab
Katherine V. Forrest pays tribute to her friend and fellow pioneering author, Claire McNab. Claire has left us, complications ending
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Vale Mama Gloria Allen
Chicago’s trailblazing Black transgender elder icon and activist Mama Gloria Allen has passed away. Chicago transgender icon and activist Gloria Allen, who
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Vale Urvashi Vaid: Activist and author passes away aged 63
It is with great sadness we report that Urvashi Vaid, a giant of the LGBTQ community, has passed away after
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Remembering the talented Joan Schenkar
A personal and unconventional obituary for one of America’s great biographers. Joan Schenkar once offered to steal champagne for me
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Pioneering queer Black feminist bell hooks has died, age 69
Acclaimed author bell hooks, whose intersectional writing asked more of feminism than white upward mobility, has died. Her notable works
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Honoring the queerness of author Anne Rice
Anne Rice, author of the best-selling novel “Interview with the Vampire,” has passed away at 80 years old, leaving behind
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The Berlin Patient, Timothy Ray Brown honored with AIDS memorial
Brown is considered the first American to be cured of HIV/AIDS. The Timothy Ray Brown “The Berlin Patient” Memorial Campaign
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James Hormel, first out gay US ambassador, has died at 88
Tributes pour in at the passing of a true LGBTQ trailblazer, philanthropist, ambassador, and cofounder of HRC. James C. Hormel
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Larry Kramer, playwright and HIV/AIDS activist dies at 84
Oscar-nominated screenwriter, playwright, author and trailblazing gay rights and AIDS activist, Larry Kramer, best known for the Tony Award-winning The Normal
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