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Community, allies remember victims lost to anti-transgender hate crimes
Today marks the 13th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance around the world, a day when the LGBTQ and allied community honor those who have lost their lives to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice, and seek to raise awareness of the ongoing threat of brutality faced by the transgender community.
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More than 800 mourners pay last respects to murdered gay Scotsman Stuart Walker
CUMNOCK, Ayrshire, Scotland — Following an emotional ceremony at Old Cumnock Old Parish Anglican Church in the town center, a funeral procession of around 800 friends, family and well-wishers wound their way through the town of Cumnock to the town’s cemetery, to pay their last respects to 28-year-old Stuart Walker.
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Washington pays tribute to gay civil rights icon Dr. Frank Kameny
In a moving, and at times humorous tribute, official Washington and the city’s LGBTQ community on Thursday paid its last respects to gay civil rights icon Dr. Frank Kameny. The ceremony was held in Washington’s old Carnegie Library in the heart of the city Kameny called home for over 50 years.
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Prominent gay rights leader Franklin Kameny, dies at 86
Franklin E. Kameny, one of the nation’s most prominent gay rights leaders, died in his home today from an apparent natural causes. He was 86.
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Longtime LGBT activist, attorney Paula Ettelbrick dies at 56
Longtime LGBTQ activist and attorney Paula Ettelbrick, a prominent LGBT activist who recently stepped down from her post as Executive Director of the Stonewall Community Foundation due to her ongoing battle with cancer, died today, just five day after her 56th birthday.
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Lady Gaga performs tribute to Jamey Rodemeyer
Entertainer Lady Gaga on Saturday performed a tribute for Williamsville, N.Y. gay teen Jamey Rodemeyer, at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Jamey, 14, committed suicide last week after enduring years of anti-gay bullying at school and online. He was laid to rest on Saturday.
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Jamey Rodemeyer laid to rest
Jamey Rodemeyer was laid to rest on Saturday. .More than 500 mourners, many of who were strangers, turned out in Williamsville, N.Y. to say goodbye to Jamey, a 14-year-old gay teen who committed suicide earlier this week after enduring years of bullying at school and online.
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Remembering Tyler Clementi, one year since gay teen jumped to his death
On this day one year ago, Tyler Clementi — an 18-year-old student at Rutgers University — jumped to his death from the George Washington bridge after a sexual encounter he had with another man was allegedly streamed online by his roommate.
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Activist, gay pioneer Arthur Evans dies
Gay pioneer, writer, and neighborhood activist Arthur Evans, who lived at the corner of Haight and Ashbury streets in San Francisco since 1974, died Sunday, September 11 at his home. He was 68.
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Episcopal Bishop, LGBT rights supporter Walter Righter dies
Walter Righter, a bishop in the Episcopal Church and a staunch LGBT supporter among faith leaders, died Sunday at his home outside Pittsburgh. He was 87 years old.