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Gilbert Baker, Gay Activist Who Created the Rainbow Flag, Dies at 65

2017-04-01T03:08:52+0000

Mr. Baker’s emblem, which he created in 1978, came to symbolize the gay rights movement. He described himself as the “gay Betsy Ross.”


Angela Bowen, Dance Teacher and Gay Activist, Is Dead at 82

2018-07-22T16:43:13+0000

Her dance school in New Haven influenced many, and her outspokenness as a black lesbian feminist influenced many more.


Gay Brewer, Golfer Who Won Masters in 1967, Dies at 75

2007-09-01T04:00:00+0000

Brewer won the 1967 Masters as well as nine other PGA Tour events during the 1960s and 1970s.


Robert Wood, 95, Dies; Urged Christian Acceptance of Gay People

2018-08-28T22:09:51+0000

A United Church of Christ minister, he was the author of the 1960 book “Christ and the Homosexual,” a plea for equality that was rare at the time.


Arthur Evans, Leader in Gay Rights Fight, Dies at 68

2011-09-15T00:54:04+0000

Mr. Evans helped form and lead the movement that coalesced after gay people and their supporters protested a 1969 police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village gay bar.


Gillian Freeman, Groundbreaking Novelist on a Gay Theme, Dies at 89

2019-03-08T23:36:55+0000

She drew notice for a story of a gay attraction that threatens a marriage and a fictional diary of a woman in Nazi Germany that some took to be true.


Tom Gallagher, Diplomat Who Became a Gay Activist, Dies at 77

2018-07-12T22:45:57+0000

He began his career having to hide the fact that he was gay. He ended it celebrated as a pioneer.


Deb Price, a First as a Columnist on Gay Life, Dies at 62

2020-12-10T22:28:38+0000

If she wrote for mainstream Americans about same-sex couples in everyday situations, she thought, society would have a harder time denying them equal rights.


Gay Culverhouse,Who Helped Injured Football Players, Dies at 73

2020-07-02T20:12:20+0000

She navigated the league’s male-dominated world as a team president, then devoted her energy to fighting on behalf of players with brain disorders.


Louis Sheldon, Anti-Gay Minister With Political Clout, Dies at 85

2020-06-05T18:52:54+0000

The founder of the Traditional Values Coalition, he railed against what he called the “homosexual agenda,” gaining the ear of national politicians.



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Jo Ann Bland, Child Activist in Civil Rights Struggle, Dies at 72

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:35:20 +0000

At 11, she was one of the youngest at the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” voting rights march in Selma, Ala., and was injured while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Jeff Galloway, Olympian Who Transformed American Distance Running, Dies at 80

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:21:56 +0000

A runner, coach and best-selling author, he created the widely embraced run-walk-run method, which helped make running more accessible to the public.

Teresa de Lauretis, Coiner (and Critic) of Queer Theory, Dies at 87

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:13:15 +0000

She came up with the term as the title of a 1990 conference but saw its later popularity as a little superficial.

Dan Duckhorn, Who Transformed Napa Valley Merlot, Is Dead At 87

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:00:00 +0000

A founder of Duckhorn Vineyards, a California winemaker, Mr. Duckhorn transformed merlot from a blending grape into a premier American variety.

Oliver Grant, a Business Architect of the Wu-Tang Clan, Dies

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:52:18 +0000

He was behind the scenes with Wu-Tang Clan, the New York rap group, since its founding and helped expand its reach with a fashion line.

Ann Godoff, a Top Editor and Publisher of Best Sellers, Dies at 76

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:47:48 +0000

Considered an “author’s publisher” at Random House and then Penguin, she cultivated the careers of dozens of celebrated novelists and nonfiction writers.



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