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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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Valentino Garavani, Regal Designer and Fashion’s ‘Last Emperor,’ Dies at 93

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:51:47 +0000

Valentino, as he was called, created one of the most durable and fashionable labels and became an equal of his high society customers.

Ralph Towner, Eclectic Guitarist With the Ensemble Oregon, Dies at 85

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:51:29 +0000

A composer and pianist as well, he was a prolific recording artist who integrated jazz, classical and world music traditions in a career that spanned seven decades.

Wilbur Wood, Ironman Knuckleballer for the White Sox, Is Dead at 84

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:09:41 +0000

He threw more innings in a season than any player since 1917. A three-time All-Star, he also had four 20-win seasons.

Tina Packer, Powerhouse of Shakespeare Performance, Dies at 87

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 20:20:05 +0000

She was a founder and the longtime artistic director of Shakespeare & Company, a repertory theater in western Massachusetts, and directed all his plays.

Rhoda Levine, Pathbreaking Opera Director, Dies at 93

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:59:46 +0000

Starting out in the 1970s as a rare woman in a field dominated by men, she directed the premieres of a pair of politically charged modern classics.

Gabriel Barkay, 81, Dies; His Discoveries Revised Biblical History

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 17:09:47 +0000

One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier than historians had thought.



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