msc 17,761 Posted February 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, time said: Maureeen Colquhoun, first openly gay MP in Westminster has died aged 92. Was considered for my "bung 'em on the DDP" team but in the end I didn't pick her, and nor did anyone else... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,021 Posted February 2, 2021 Looks like she was never picked in the DDP? Bit surprised by that tbh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,761 Posted February 2, 2021 Just now, Ulitzer95 said: Looks like she was never picked in the DDP? Bit surprised by that tbh. Happens quite a lot with MPs in their 80s/90s. Dick Taverne for example is a pretty big name in Commons history (he left Labour over Militant insurgency in his seat, beat them at a general election, and was an inspiration for the eventual SDP) but he's been picked 4 years in the DDP, 3 of them thanks to me! (Including this year - he may need to be picked till death at this rate of disinterest.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,021 Posted February 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, msc said: Happens quite a lot with MPs in their 80s/90s. Dick Taverne for example is a pretty big name in Commons history (he left Labour over Militant insurgency in his seat, beat them at a general election, and was an inspiration for the eventual SDP) but he's been picked 4 years in the DDP, 3 of them thanks to me! (Including this year - he may need to be picked till death at this rate of disinterest.) NGL, I genuinely thought he was dead. My knowledge of UK politics tends to include everything, cept the Lib Dems. Can't be dedicating brain cells to such nonsense. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,761 Posted February 2, 2021 Just now, Ulitzer95 said: NGL, I genuinely thought he was dead. My knowledge of UK politics tends to include everything, cept the Lib Dems. Can't be dedicating brain cells to such nonsense. Tbf if you saw them trailing the Greens in some recent YouGovs its appears you aren't the only one! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,021 Posted February 2, 2021 BBC obit for Colquhoun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,840 Posted February 2, 2021 2 hours ago, msc said: Was considered for my "bung 'em on the DDP" team but in the end I didn't pick her, and nor did anyone else... She was on my shadow list a few years ago but forgot about her this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,210 Posted February 16, 2021 https://attitude.co.uk/article/peter-dorey-co-founder-of-londons-iconic-gays-the-word-bookshop-dies-aged-73/24509/?cmpredirect 73 year old Peter Dorey who was the cofounder of Londons gay scenes iconic Gay is the word bookshop has died. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,210 Posted February 25, 2021 94 year old feminist and gay rights activist Ivy Bottini has died in California. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HDS 224 Posted February 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: 94 year old feminist and gay rights activist Ivy Bottini has died in California. Damn. There goes another Cup selection... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,210 Posted February 28, 2021 On 18/11/2019 at 07:51, Spade_Cooley said: Popular DDP pick Tony Drewitt-Barlow to divorce after being cuckolded by his daughter's boyfriend. https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/14052516/tony-drewitt-barlow-saffron-barrie-valentina-bitcoin/ I'm beginning to question the wisdom of myself or indeed anyone now picking him for the purposes of deadpooling as he said two weeks ago he is considering having another child with his new boyfriend. I am assuming that most people wouldn't do that if they believed they were going to die in the next year or so. I could be wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,121 Posted March 8, 2021 Sweden-Finn writer Christer Kihlman dead at 90: https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000007848520.html He was bisexual, came out in the book "Ihminen joka järkkyi" in 1971. In some of his books he described threesomes with his wife Silenda Kihlman (1935-2007) and another man. They were married until her death. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,094 Posted March 21, 2021 Robina Asti, a World War II pilot and trans activist, has died. She was 99. (The article mistakenly indicates she was born in 1910, though it later quotes her saying she was born in 1921.) https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/19/robina-asti-dies-99-trans-second-world-war-pilot-out/?fbclid=IwAR0WwezgGfbp35_CVK1pPHAa5o20sBiu4GVfuWPRQX0qdoFOXYXFbXRGKBE 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted April 1, 2021 Paul Feinman has died after a legal career in which he became the first openly gay judge to serve on New York’s highest court. Feinman was 61 and died shortly after stepping down from the Court of Appeals due to an unspecified health issue. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,038 Posted May 20, 2021 Billy Porter has announced he is HIV positive and has been for 14 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,121 Posted June 5, 2021 A few 1950s/1960s lesbian pulp fiction novel authors are still alive. The most known ones are probably: Marijane Meaker (b. 1927) Launched the genre Sally Singer (b. 1930) Wrote Three Women in 1958. Interviewed in 2004, probably still alive but has lead a private life. Ann Bannon (b. 1932) Known from the Beebo Brinker Chronicles, called the Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction. Annselm L. N. V. Morpurgo/Artemis Smith (b. 1934) Unisex movement founder. Other gay novel authors from before the Stonewall riots: John Rechy (b. 1931) City of the Night, 1963 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,210 Posted August 13, 2021 https://www.ebar.com/news/latest_news//307836 James Hormel an american philanthropist, gay rights activist and first openly gay ambassador approved by the US senate has died aged 88. He was previously the US ambassador to Luxembourg. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,210 Posted August 16, 2021 https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/08/16/former-pflag-president-paulette-goodman-dies-at-88/ Gay rights activist and former president of American gay rights and advocacy organisation PFLAG national Paulette Goodman has died aged 88. Considered a great ally of the community in the USA. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,121 Posted August 25, 2021 Sri Lanka's first openly gay politician, Mangala Samaraweera who served as foreign affairs minister twice (2005-2007 and 2015-2017), minister of media (2017-2019) and minister of finance (2017-2019) has died aged 65 from covid. https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/sri-lankas-former-foreign-minister-samaraweera-dies-of-covid-19/article36075905.ece He was the son of parliament member Mahanama Samaraweera (1917-1966). 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,210 Posted August 31, 2021 Indian lgbt rights activist and historian Saleem Kidwai has died aged 70. https://scroll.in/latest/1004159/author-queer-rights-activist-saleem-kidwai-dies-at-70 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,230 Posted November 22, 2021 Stu Rasmussen, the US' first openly transgender mayor, dead of cancer at 73: https://www.klcc.org/politics-government/2021-11-22/silvertons-stu-rasmussen-the-nations-first-openly-transgender-mayor-dies 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,230 Posted November 29, 2021 "Pioneering" gay porn filmmaker Wakefield Poole dead at 85: https://www.advocate.com/film/2021/11/29/pioneering-gay-porn-filmmaker-wakefield-poole-dead-85 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,046 Posted December 8, 2021 Steve Bronski of Bronski Beat being reported dead: A former DDP pick for me, if true that leaves Jimmy Somerville as the last man standing from the original line-up. Knew him of sorts back in the scene in Glasgow, so this is a very sad day for me if verified. RIP. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,046 Posted December 8, 2021 Steve Bronski apparently died on 7 December 2021 from Twitter posts. List of the Missed @msc, I think it may have been last year I picked him? He'd gone missing and I suspected the worst but he survived 2020. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 12,135 Posted December 8, 2021 33 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Steve Bronski apparently died on 7 December 2021 from Twitter posts. I know Twitter can sometimes make for some awful reading, but this is a new extreme. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
