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‘Golden Girl’ Rue McClanahan dies

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:45:08 +0000

Editor’s note: In honor of Rue McClanahan, Logo will be running a Sordid Lives: The Series marathon this Sunday night, June 6, from 8 pm – 2 am. Rue starred. We all met her a couple years ago(...)

Writer E. Lynn Harris is dead

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:20:08 +0000

E. Lynn Harris, the African-American, openly gay author, died while on a West Coast book tour. He was 54.

He was on tour for his most recent book, Basketball Jones, about the gay lover of an NBA(...)

HIV/AIDS activist Martin Delaney dies

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:51:35 +0000

(San Francisco, California) Martin Delaney, a longtime activist for the HIV/AIDS community, has died at his home in San Rafael, California.

Delaney, the founder and longtime director of the HIV(...)

American gay rights advocate dies in Scotland

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:51:41 +0000

(Edinburgh) Cody Lavender, an American exchange student, has fallen to his death from a dormitory room window at the University of Edinburgh.

Police are investigating but say there is nothing to(...)

Lesbian pioneer Del Martin is dead

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:37:06 +0000

Del Martin (left) and her partner Phyllis Lyon being married by SF Mayor Gavin Newsom

Del Martin, beloved figure of the gay and lesbian civil rights movement, died this morning. She and her(...)

Gay ally who led attack on UK sodomy law dies

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:35:47 +0000

(London) Leo Abse, the man credited with toppling Britain’s law against sodomy, has died. Abse was 91.

Abse served in the House of Commons for nearly 30 years, championing civil rights for(...)

Estelle Getty Of Golden Girls, Torch Song Trilogy Dies

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:00:07 +0000

(Los Angeles, California) Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV’s “The Golden Girls,” has died. She was 84. Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard [...]