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Lesbian health activist remembered after tragic death

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:58:09 +0000

Mourners gathered at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Monday to celebrate the life of Christina Santiago and the other victims killed in last weekend’s stage collapse.

Santiago, 29, was one of(...)

‘Gypsy’ playwright Arthur Laurents dies in NYC

Jennifer Vanasco — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:36:32 +0000

Editor’s note: As originally written by the Associated Press, this obituary had nothing gay about it. It didn’t mention Arthur Laurents was gay, or that he had a male partner, or even that the(...)

Bisexual actor Farley Granger, 50s screen idol, dead at 85

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:00:10 +0000

(New York) Farley Granger, the 1950s bobby sox screen idol who starred in the Alfred Hitchcock classics “Rope” and “Strangers on a Train,” has died. He was 85.

Granger died Sunday of natural(...)

Influential gay minister Gomes dies at 68

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:54:53 +0000

(Cambridge, Mass.) The Rev. Peter J. Gomes, a nationally influential Baptist minister and advocate for tolerance who oversaw Harvard University’s Memorial Church for more than 30 years, has(...)

‘Narnia’ co-producer, writer of gay Superhero book, dies at 39 in NYC

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:00:18 +0000

(New York) Perry Moore, a co-producer of “The Chronicles of Narnia” film series and the author of an award-winning novel about a gay teenager with superpowers, was found unconscious in his(...)

Corvino: Friendship, gayness and death

logointern2 — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:00:58 +0000

When I first acknowledged to myself at 19 that I was gay, there were two friends that I needed to tell right away.

I told Scott first. We were fellow candidates with the Capuchin Franciscans,(...)

Ray Castro, 1969 Stonewall Rebellion vet, dies at 68

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:30:21 +0000

From GLAAD:

(New York) Raymond Castro, a veteran of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion in New York City, died in his hometown of Madeira Beach, Florida on Saturday, Oct. 9. He was 68 years old and(...)

Police inspector who led raid on Stonewall Inn dies at 91

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:30:07 +0000

Seymour Pine, who led the 1969 raid on the gay bar – the Stonewall Inn – which sparked the modern gay rights movement died at 91. Pine was a deputy police inspector at the time and later apologized for the raid, according to his obituary in the New York Times. The Times said: “Although the ostensible [...]

Gay actor Glenn Shadix dies in Alabama

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:00:55 +0000

Glenn Shadix, best remembered for his portrayal of a portly, pretentious designer in the metaphysical comedy “Beetlejuice,” died Tuesday at his home in Birmingham. He was 58.

An official(...)

Neff: Why do we say “openly gay”?

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:00:27 +0000

Director John Waters, currently on the interview circuit to promote his new book “Role Models,” is talking a lot about how he and Gus Van Sant joke over being identified as “openly(...)