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Laurent McCutcheon, a prolific Montreal LGBTQ activist, has died. He was 77. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/lgbtqi-activist-laurent-mccutcheon-died-on-thursday-after-battle-with-cancer

Gene Elder, a unique artist and activist in the San Antonio art and LGBTQ communities, died on Sunday after a bout with cancer. He was 69. in 1988, Elder created and became director of the Happy Foundation Archives, which documented and preserved local LGBTQ history. Elder also founded his own gallery, MUD; ran for mayor on the “Party Party” ticket in 1979; was crowned King Anchovy of the Cornyation in 1984; and kept extensive journals. In 2014, Elder donated his journals to UTSA’s Special Collection. SC

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/08/houari-manar-death-lgbt-fans/

Guy Kinman, a one-time Presbyterian minister & Air Force chaplain during the Korean War who spent over half a century as an LGBTQ activist, has died. He was 100. https://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/my-admiration-to-all-of-us-longtime-richmond-lgbtq-activist/article_7e2c46bf-204b-5f51-a818-4fd6ab664444.html

So I believe this thread is the most fitting, also considering she is somewhat of a LGBT icon...

Rip Naquin, whose same-sex domestic partnership was the first in New Orleans when it was registered in 1993, died Tuesday at Chateau de Notre Dame nursing home of kidney failure. He was 63. Naquin published Ambush, a biweekly magazine for the city's LGBT community, with his partner, who was born Martin Greeson but is known as Marsha Naquin-Delain. They were two of the five grand marshals of Southern Decadence, New Orleans' largest gay street fair, in 2015. New Orleans was the 29th U.S. municipality to create a registry of domestic partners, and Naquin and Delain were the first in line when the rolls opened at City Hall on Sept. 3, 1993. SC

In a twist I'm posting a hetero- here. Unless she had a beard. Susan Wolfe-Devol, the first woman to become a Lutheran pastor in Orange County and a hard-driving advocate for LGBT inclusion and social justice in the church and its ministry, has died at the age of 61. Wolfe-Devol died Dec. 16 in Ventura after a brief illness, her HUSBAND said. SC http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-susan-wolfe-devol-20161222-story.html

Prominent LGBT activist Jay Kallio died back on September 30th, and was a Hare's Deadpool pick for me: http://gaycitynews.nyc/jay-kallio-model-activist-end-dead-61/

Kind of both tbh. It does celebrate drag culture in all forms and pays suitable tribute to LGBT history and cultural milestones, but on the other hand a lot of Frankenstein-editing goes on to ensure that certain contestants are portrayed in somewhat unflattering lights. Anyway, here's season 6's Snatch Game.

This is really sad: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/12/transgender-teen-struck-and-killed-on-ohio-interstate-in-apparent-suicide/

German screenwriter, film director, actor and LGBT-activist Walter Bockmayer died of lung cancer at age 66. http://www.rundschau-online.de/kultur/-walter-bockmayer-ist-tot,15184894,28668178.html

The death of Sean Sasser, American HIV-activist, was announced yesterday. He died at age 44. Maybe he is better known for being the boyfriend of Pedro Zamora, who was one of the first openly gay men with AIDS to be portrayed in popular media. Together with Sean Sasser he brought international attention to HIV/AIDS and LGBT issues and prejudices through his appearance on MTV’s reality television series The Real World: San Francisco. I remember I was crying the whole time when MTV broadcasted a Tribute to Pedro Zamora, a special memorial program, in his honor. He was 22 years old, when he lost his battle to AIDS on November 11, 1994. http://www.queerty.com/breaking-sean-sasser-aids-activist-dead-at-44-20130807/

This is a thread for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual/transgender people and activists who has passed away. Here are the deaths of 2013: 12.01.13 Jeanne Manford, 92, gay rights activist (PFLAG) http://www.npr.org/2013/01/12/169223070/remembering-pflag-founder-and-mother 17.01.13 Michael Triplett, 48, NLGJA president http://www.bilerico.com/2013/01/nlgjas_michael_triplett_has_died_at_48.php 28.01.13 Man Karim, 52, gay porn actor http://www.edgeboston.com/news/national/news//141437/gay_porn_star_man_karim_dead_at_52 28.01.13 Dan Massey, 70, LGBT activist http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/02/20/lgbt-activist-dan-massey-dies/ 01.02.13 Ed Koch, 88, former Mayor of New York City http://news.yahoo.com/ed-koch-mayor-became-symbol-nyc-dies-111111775--politics.html 21.02.13 Jerry Enriquez, gay porn actor, husband of Wilfried Knight http://www.rawstory.com/rs/tag/jerry-enriquez/ 03.02.13 Arpad Miklos, 45, gay porn actor http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2274497/Arpad-Miklos-Gay-porn-star-45-dead-New-York-apartment-suicide 05.03.13 Wilfried Knight, 35, gay porn actor, husband of Jerry Enriquez http://www.rawstory.com/rs/tag/jerry-enriquez/ 27.02.13 Marco McMillian, 34, Mayoral candidate in Mississippi http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/marco-mcmillian-dead_n_2780698.html 27.02-13 Van Cliburn, pianist http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/arts/music/van-cliburn-pianist-dies-at-78.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 11.03.13 Erica Andrews, transsexual drag performer http://blog.chron.com/celebritybuzz/2013/03/drag-icon-erica-andrews-passes-away/