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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.


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.


Howard Cruse Dies at 75; His Cartoons Explored Gay Life

2019-12-04T22:29:46+0000

He described his experiences as a gay man in a comic strip and an acclaimed semi-autobiographical graphic novel, influencing many other cartoonists.


Theodore Van Kirk, 93, Enola Gay Navigator, Dies

2014-07-30T00:14:59+0000

Mr. Van Kirk, a navigator, guided a flight that, six-and-a-half hours after takeoff, reached Hiroshima with its atomic bomb just seconds behind schedule.


William A. Norris, Judge Whose Opinion Presaged Gay Marriage, Dies at 89

2017-01-31T02:09:28+0000

Judge Norris ruled in 1988 that the Constitution’s equal protection clause guaranteed the right of gay people to serve in the military.


Fred Phelps, Anti-Gay Preacher Who Targeted Military Funerals, Dies at 84

2014-03-20T17:06:37+0000

Mr. Phelps’s Westboro Baptist Church drew scornful attention for proclaiming in rallies that God was punishing America for tolerating homosexuality.


Patricia Nell Warren, Novelist of Gay Romance, Dies at 82

2019-02-15T22:28:40+0000

Ms. Warren’s 1974 book, “The Front Runner,” portrayed a positive, open relationship between two men and sold millions of copies.



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Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 01:58:36 +0000

As chief of the counterintelligence branch of the C.I.A.’s Soviet division, he had access to some of the nation’s deepest secrets. He had been serving a life sentence since 1994.

Michael Reagan, 80 Dies; President’s Son Fought for Right-Wing Causes

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:31:22 +0000

The son of Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman, he built on his father’s conservative legacy with a radio talk show and columns on right-wing sites like Newsmax.

Rosa von Praunheim, 83, Dies; Captured Gay Life in Germany on Film

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:03:32 +0000

His first feature-length movie, in 1971, was called his country’s “Stonewall moment,” for jump-starting a gay-rights movement. He became a leading voice of it.

Doug LaMalfa Is Dead: Republican Congressman From California Was 65

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 01:05:46 +0000

A Republican in the House since 2013, he portrayed himself as a voice for his constituents in his northeast district. His death narrowed his party’s slim majority in the chamber.

Bela Tarr, Titan of Slow-Moving Cinema, Dies at 70

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:38:01 +0000

The master Hungarian filmmaker’s movies included “Satantango” and “Werckmeister Harmonies.”

Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s Stepsister and Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 96

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:13:45 +0000

Freed from Auschwitz, she was silent about her ordeal for four decades. Then she decided to dedicate her life to educating people about the dangers of prejudice.



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