msc 18,472 Posted March 17, 2020 On 08/03/2020 at 22:03, YoungWillz said: Twitter beginning to report that Mart Crowley, author of the US play The Boys In The Band has died. Awaiting the usual confirmations. He got a Guardian obit but I haven't seen reference in my catch up so far. Corona-drowning out the minor numbers... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,585 Posted March 21, 2020 A polish actor by the name of Witold Sadowy recently came out and he's 100 years old. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,606 Posted April 9, 2020 David Harvey, former chair of Pride Brighton, has succumbed to #COVIDー19. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 9, 2020 1 hour ago, The Old Crem said: former chair of Pride Brighton, has succumbed to #COVIDー19. I wouldn’t mind an obit for the CEO of PRIDE Industries Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted April 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Sir Creep said: I wouldn’t mind an obit for the CEO of PRIDE Industries A bit harsh on him, he’s not even dead. What has he ever done to you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted April 9, 2020 Phyllis Lyon has died aged 95: https://www.ebar.com/news/latest_news//290632 Along with partner Del Martin (who died in 2008), she was one half of the first same-sex couple to get married in San Fran in 2004, which was voided when the California Supreme Court voided the law allowing same-sex couples to get married in San Fran later on in the same year. They were married again (once again being the first to do so) in San Fran in June 2008 when same-sex marriages were again legalised in California in that year. Del Martin died 2 months later due to complications from an arm-bone fracture. In the middle of being LGBTQ activists who were founding members of the Daughters of Bilitis, the first national lesbian organization in the United States, in 1955, they also found time to be senior activists, advocating for older people, from 1989. They were also named delegates to the White House Conference on Aging, Martin by Dianne Feinstein and Lyon by Nancy Pelosi, in 1995. Rosie O'Donnell played Martin and Maddie Corman played Lyon in the miniseries When We Rise. (Yes, this was long - but they did a lot of stuff, and I felt at least some of that deserved to be mentioned here) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted April 9, 2020 Pavel Petel, a YouTube personality and symbol for Russian Gays, has died in a car crash. The accident was caught on video. https://ananova.news/male-model-who-was-symbol-for-russian-gays-dies-in-crash/ Car crash video: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,620 Posted April 21, 2020 Sy Rogers, Christian pastor and "ex-gay", dead at 63 from kidney cancer. Yeah... definitely "cured" himself of being gay. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 13, 2020 Aimee Stephens, a Transgender woman who was at the centre of a Supreme Court case on whether LGBTQ workers are covered by federal anti-discrimination law in the U.S., has died. She was 59. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/politics/aimee-stephens-supreme-court-lgbt-workers/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted May 13, 2020 12 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Aimee Stephens, a Transgender woman who was at the centre of a Supreme Court case on whether LGBTQ workers are covered by federal anti-discrimination law in the U.S., has died. She was 59. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/politics/aimee-stephens-supreme-court-lgbt-workers/index.html Yeah, she was never going to make the 2021 starter line. Another one off the longlist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted May 27, 2020 On 12/10/2009 at 20:05, Ulitzer95 said: At a push, Tab Hunter will be 79 next year and Giorgio Armani will be 76, as will Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Rip Taylor. Johnny Mathis and Larry Kramer will be a reasonable 75. Looks like Larry Kramer is dead 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted May 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Joey Russ said: Looks like Larry Kramer is dead Oh wow, I just looked him up this morning. He was writing a new play, as a NYT article just two weeks ago told. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted June 15, 2020 Sarah Hegazi, who made global headlines after being arrested for flying a Pride flag at a rock concert in Egypt back in 2017, has died by suicide aged 30. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted August 14, 2020 Founder of Gay Times Magazine, Chris Graham-Bell reported dead by his publication: https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/founder-of-gay-times-magazine-dies/ Eventually becoming part of Millivres Group, his publications including Zipper and Him would have adorned the coffee tables of many a gay man and the underside of many a gay teenager's mattress (including mine). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,344 Posted September 17, 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-54112171 78 year old Dale Wakefield a founder of Bristols gay switchboard in 1975 and Bristol Pride in 1977 has died it has been announced. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 24, 2020 Soraya Santiago, the first person to undergo gender reassignment surgery in Puerto Rico, has died at the age of 73. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/soraya-santiago-puerto-rico-lgbtq-icon-dies-73-73172831 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 9, 2020 Monica Roberts, a Transgender journalist & activist, has died. She was 58. Roberts founded the blog TransGriot in 2005, "which reported on issues pertaining to Black trans women and other trans women of color and documented the deaths of transgender victims, many of whom were misgendered in police and media reports". https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/09/trans-journalist-monica-roberts-founder-transgriot-dies/5939542002/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrian0719 220 Posted October 29, 2020 Pat Henschel from Netflix's "A Secret Love" will be 92/93 next year. Spouse also featured in the film died in 2019 at 93 after more than 70 years together. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted November 2, 2020 On 13/10/2009 at 03:05, Ulitzer95 said: -cut- *Cecil Taylor, novelist Dominique Fernandez, sex educator Betty Dodson, Canadian politician Laurier LaPierre and ufologist Ted Bloecher will turn 81. -cut- Betty Dodson, noted above, reportedly dead age 91. Also a hit for @gcreptile in the Six people Six Months deadpool. 3 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,620 Posted November 2, 2020 On 13/10/2009 at 03:05, Ulitzer95 said: OK, since this thread is growing... may as well concentrate on some possibilities for 2010! *Hugues Cuenod is still alive. He is 108 next year. His husband (or civil partner to be precise) is 41 years younger than him. F**k me! Although that might be what's keeping him feeling so young! *British Army commando and journalist Micky Burn will be 98! *Gay rights activist Axel Axgil is 95 next year! *Nazi victims Karl Lange and Paul Gerhard Vogel will also turn 95! *Playwright Arthur Laurents will turn 92. *Singer Chavela Vargas will turn 91. *Pierre Cardin, already on the main list, is 88 next year. *Drag queen/WWII veteran Jose Sarria will be 87 or 88. *Composer Ned Rorem will be 87, as will Fred Richmond and director Franco Zeffirelli. *Phyllis Lyon, a very prominent gay rights activist in the U.S. will be 86 next year, as will poet Edward Field. *The great Gore Vidal, gay rights activist Frank Kameny and singer Johnny Brandon will be 85. *Ronnie Gilbert, of The Weavers and a collaborator with Pete Seeger, will be 84 next year, as will composers Lee Hoiby and Hanz Werner Henze, minister Otis Charles and Lord Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, known for his "bisexual activities". *Underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger and poet John Ashbery will be 83. *Composer Ruth Anderson, actor Jack Larson, legendary filmmaker James Ivory, gay rights activist John Challis, Labour Party politician Maureen Colquhoun, philanthropist Joan Chalmers and playwright Edward Albee will all turn 82 in 2010. *Cecil Taylor, novelist Dominique Fernandez, sex educator Betty Dodson, Canadian politician Laurier LaPierre and ufologist Ted Bloecher will turn 81. *Rabbi Lionel Blue will turn 80. *At a push, Tab Hunter will be 79 next year and Giorgio Armani will be 76, as will Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Rip Taylor. Johnny Mathis and Larry Kramer will be a reasonable 75. 11 years on and just 11 names left from this list. Updated (for the first time in 11 years... oops! ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,585 Posted November 20, 2020 Jan Morris who is a trans woman and lesbian has died aged 94. BBC obit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,432 Posted December 2, 2020 Juno/Umbrella Academy/Trailer Park Boys star Elliot Page comes out as transgender Not a death, but big enough news to be posted here. Will be interesting to see how this plays out in Hollywood considering he's a near A-list actor. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted December 3, 2020 Deb Price, the first nationally syndicated columnist on gay life in the U.S., has died. She was 62. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/obituaries/2020/11/27/deb-price-who-wrote-groundbreaking-detroit-news-column-gay-issues-dies/6431049002/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 16, 2021 Ken Jones, who pushed for desegregation of the LGBT+ rights movement and who helped fund the original Pride flag, has died. He was 70. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/hero-lgbt-activist-ken-jones-111606790.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted February 2, 2021 Maureeen Colquhoun, first openly gay MP in Westminster has died aged 92. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
