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2017: In Memoriam by Frank Perez

February 21, 2018 By Frank Perez

The local LGBTQ community lost some seminal people in 2017, as did our national community.

Those national gures include:

• John Ashbery—poet

• Gilbert Baker—creator of the rainbow flag

• Judith Bradford—scientist

• J.D. Disalvatore— filmmaker and writer

• Max Ferra—director

• Michael Friedman—composer • Jim Graham—HIV / AIDS activist and politician

• William M. Hoffman—playwright

• Albert Innaurato—playwright

• Rudy Kikel—poet and editor

• Gregory Lugliani—HIV /AIDS activist

• Henry McClurg—publisher

• Kate Millett—writer and activist

• Ruth Mountaingrove—photographer and writer

• Rip Naquin and Marsha Delain—publishers and activists

• Celeste Newbrough—writer and activist

• Chuck Renslow—founder of Leather Archives and Museum

• Charley Shively—activist and educator

• Emily Sisley—psychologist and writer

• Stuart J. Thompson—Broadway producer

• Stuart Timmons—historian

• Diane Torr—artist

• Robert A. Wilson—writer and bookseller

• Edie Windsor—plaintiff in Windsor vs. U.S.

Filed Under: Obituaries Tagged With: LGBTQ, Memoriam, Volume 36 Issue 03

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