Tag: obits

Lesbian Video Games, Edmund White on Beauty, and More LGBT News

Ellen Hart named 2017 Grand Master, how sex became a “four-letter word,” and Lilah Suzanne on growing up in the South

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Beloved Novelist Gloria Naylor, 66, has Died

Ebony is reporting that author Gloria

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Renowned Playwright Edward Albee, 88, has Died

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? playwright Edward Albee has died

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Visionary Editor and Writer Mark Thompson, 63, has Died

Thompson’s open-hearted writings covered the spectrum of spirituality, gay sexuality, and LGBT history

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Poet and Writer Justin Chin Has Died [Updated]

Beloved San Francisco-based poet Justin Chin suffered a massive stroke last week

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Actress and Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn, 69, has Died

Pioneering trans actress and Warhol superstar Holly Woodlawn has passed away at 69

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Gay Superheros, James Baldwin’s House, and Other LGBT News

Iceman discusses gay identity with Iceman, editors discuss what more can be done to increase diversity, and more LGBT news

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Renowned Feminist Activist and Author Sidney Abbott, 77, Has Died

Sidney Abbott was a former member of the activist group the Lavender Menace and co-author of the pioneering book Sappho Was a Right-on Woman: A Liberated View of Lesbianism.

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Nadine Gordimer: The Writer as Conscience of a Nation

“There are few writers in the world to equal the breadth of Nadine Gordimer. The valiant fighter against apartheid and against the oppression of women and gays in South Africa died July 13 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was 90.”

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In Remembrance: Nancy Garden

Nancy Garden, author, editor, LGBT activist, former theater maven and teacher, died suddenly on the morning of June 23 of a massive heart attack. She was 76.

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