Science fiction writer and poet Thomas Disch has committed suicide. Disch died July 4 and his body was discovered July 5, according to the New York City Police Department. He was 68.
The author of popular sci-fi novels Camp Concentration and 334, Disch had been openly gay since 1968. Following the 2004 death of his partner, poet Charles Naylor, Disch reportedly began suffering from depression. …
Nuala O’Faolain, journalist and writer, was born on March 1, 1940. She died of cancer on May 9, 2008, aged 68
Nuala O’Faolain, then 55, had been writing a current affairs column on The Irish Times for almost ten years and was rather feeling that life had passed her by when, in 1995, a publisher offered to make a book out of the best of her articles. To show where she was coming from, she decided to write a short introduction about her own life. …
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Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg’s mediums knew few bounds.
One of his most famous works or “combines” was “Bed,” created when he woke up in the mood to paint but had no money for a canvas. His solution was to take the quilt off his bed and use paint, toothpaste and fingernail polish for his creation. He was also a sculptor and a choreographer. …
The actor Simon MacKenzie was best known for his leading role in the long-running Gaelic television soap, Machair, in which he played the dignified head of a further education college. …
He is survived by his long-term partner, Charlie Curran.
Simon MacKenzie, actor and activist for the Gaelic culture, was born on December 4, 1949. He died of cancer on April 8, 2008, aged 58 … Read full obituary
An active opponent of apartheid, Dr Ivan Toms went on to campaign against conscription and homophobic discrimination in South Africa.
Born in Cape Town in 1953 Toms completed his medical degree at the University of Cape Town in 1976 and two years later was conscripted into the South African Defence Force (SADF). …
Dr Ivan Toms, physician and activist, was born on July 11, 1953, and was found dead on March 25, 2008, aged 54 … Read full obituary
DJ who helped to open the closet door of the 1960s and led London’s gay club scene for more than 40 years …
Martyn Allam, known as DJ Tallulah, was born on October 2, 1948. He died after a heart attack on March 25, 2008, aged 59 … Read full obituary
Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey and a man considered one of the world’s top science fiction writers, has died.
He was 90. An aide announced his death Tuesday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had lived since 1956. … Read full obituary
PALM SPRINGS, California (AP) — Costume designer Bill Belew, who created Elvis Presley’s jumpsuits and the tight black leather outfit he wore on his 1968 television special, has died. He was 76.
Belew died January 7 at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs after battling diabetes, his longtime companion, Paul Dafelmair, told the Los Angeles Times. … Read full obituary
Thomas Morgan III, 56, a former reporter and editor at the New York Times, died Monday of AIDS complications.
According to an obituary in the Times, Morgan’s accomplishments were great: He served as the first openly gay president of the National Association of Black Journalists from 1989 to 1991, received a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University in 1990, and was inducted into the hall of fame of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association in 2005. … Read full obituary
William Silver, who unsuccessfully sought to be ordained by the Presbyterian Church in 1975, died at 59 of AIDS complications on May 26, the New York Times reported. He graduated from the Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan in 1969 and came out in 1973. When he applied to work as an assistant pastor at the Central Presbyterian Church on Park Avenue, “he shocked committee members interviewing him by saying he was gay,” the newspaper reported. They sought guidance from the national Church and in 1978 its general assembly banned “unrepentant” gays from ministry. … Read full obituary
Samuel A. Garrison III, a congressional lawyer who argued against the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon, has died in Virginia at age 65. …
Garrison later announced he was gay and became active in gay rights issues, the Times reported. … Read full obituary
Charles Nelson Reilly, the Tony Award winner who later became known for his ribald appearances on the “Tonight Show” and various game shows, has died. He was 76.
Reilly died Friday in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia, his partner, Patrick Hughes, told the New York Times. … Read full obituary
BOSTON (AP) — Martha B. Sosman, one of three Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court judges who voted against the landmark decision legalizing gay marriage in the state, has died, the court said Sunday. She was 56. …Read full obituary
Actor John Inman, most famous for the comedy Are You Being Served?, has died in London aged 71, his spokesman said.
Inman made his name in the 1970s show as Mr Humphries, whose catchphrase “I’m free!” entered popular culture. …
Inman’s long-term partner, Ron Lynch, is said to be “devastated” at his death. … Read full obituary
Gay rights pioneer Barbara Gittings has died at the age of 75 from a lengthy and brave battle with breast cancer, Philadelphia Gay News publisher and friend Mark Segal announced today. … Read full obituary
Gerry E. Studds, who championed environmental, maritime, and fisheries issues during 24 years in the US House and lent an eloquent voice to health and human rights matters, died early Saturday. … Read full obituary
Former Mayor James E. West, who opposed gay-rights bills but was recalled from office over an Internet gay sex scandal, died Saturday of complications from recent cancer surgery. He was 55. … Read full obituary
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Pioneering psychotherapist and writer Betty Berzon died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 78 years old.
Berzon had been sick with cancer, but still continued to see patients and write while undergoing chemotherapy. …
She [became] one of our community’s best-known, with a gift for helping gay people come to terms with their true selves and with each other. …
She was one of the founding board members for the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center in 1971. … Read full obituary
(Cocoa, Florida) Jack Nichols, one of the pioneers of gay liberation and a prolific writer, died early Monday in hospital after a long illness. He was 67.
In 1961, Nichols along with Frank Kameny, founded the Mattachine Society of Washington — one of the earliest groups to fight for gay rights in America. … Read full obituary
An appointee of Mayor Anthony A. Williams who headed the city’s office of gay and lesbian issues was found slain late yesterday in her Northeast Washington home, police said, stunning city officials, activists and friends. …
Authorities said she apparently had been stabbed, but they were awaiting the medical examiner’s ruling on the cause of death. … Read full obituary
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) — German investigators opened a murder hunt after fashion designer Rudolph Moshammer, who created clothes for celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, was found dead at his home here.
“Everything indicates that he was murdered,” said Munich prosecutor Peter Boie. … Read full story
Author Susan Sontag, widely regarded as one of America’s leading intellectuals, has died aged 71.
The writer, who had suffered from leukaemia, died at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. … Read full obituary
Barry “J.T.” Rogers, known as Johnny Rahm in scores of gay sex movies, committed suicide in Atlanta on Nov. 7. He was 39.
Rogers hung himself with a wire on the fence line of the Atlanta Botanical Garden, according to the Atlanta Police Department. … Read full obituary
California state senator William J. “Pete” Knight, who sponsored the state’s same-sex marriage ban and took it directly to voters after twice failing to get it through the legislature, has died of leukemia. He was 74. …
Knight’s son, David Knight, married Joseph Lazzaro, his partner of 10 years, at San Francisco’s City Hall earlier this year, just two days before the California supreme court halted the weddings. … Read full obituary
Key West, Florida — Key West commissioner Jeremy Anthony has died after a lengthy battle with AIDS. The body of the 51 year old Anthony was discovered Monday at his home.
Anthony was nearing the end of his first term on Key West’s council and had announced plans to run for mayor. …
Anthony was diagnosed with HIV 18 years ago. A vegetarian, he used natural, non-pharmaceutical treatment methods. …
In his 21 years in Key West, Anthony served as president of the Lesbian and Gay Pride Alliance and as a board member of the Boys & Girls Club of the Keys. … Read full obituary
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