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Queer Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor dies at age 56
She was an outspoken human rights activist throughout her career and is survived by three of her children.
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World’s first out trans parliament member dies at 65
The New Zealand Prime Minister said Georgina Beyer “blazed a trail that makes it much easier for others to follow.”
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Movement leader & pivotal LGBTQ activist Urvashi Vaid has died
Viad was one of the most significant LGBTQ activists of our time.
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Nation mourns out mayor after he dies by suicide
“I’m just as human as everybody else in the city,” the late Kevin Ward once said in an interview.
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Groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier passed away at 94
Sidney Poitier’s roles challenged the stereotypical film depictions of Black men. He helped the way for a new generation of Black actors
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Legendary gay composer & Broadway genius Stephen Sondheim passes at 91
From “West Side Story” to “Sweeney Todd” and everything in between, the public searches hopelessly for words that encapsulate the incomparable creative.
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“Old Yeller” star Tommy Kirk passes. Disney fired him when he was outed as gay.
“Disney was a family film studio and I was supposed to be their young, leading man,” Tommy Kirk said in an interview decades later.
