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LGBTQ+ ally Dianne Feinstein has passed away at age 90
The longtime senator faced health problems earlier this year.
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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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Televangelist Pat Robertson has died but his anti-LGBTQ+ legacy will live on
Through his children, his followers, and his network, he created a culture of hate that will unfortunately last well beyond his existence.
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Music icon Tina Turner dies at age 83
She had experienced several life-threatening illnesses in recent years.
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So long, possums. Dame Edna Everage is dead.
She first spoofed suburban pretentions, then the cult of celebrity that her own rise to fame coincided with.
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Charles Silverstein, who toppled gay ‘sexual deviant’ label, has died at 87
He argued men weren’t ashamed because they were gay, but because of what their therapists were telling them.
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Pope Benedict XVI’s era of queer bashing finally comes to an end with his death
Many Catholics will recall the legacy of his papacy with mixed feelings. Queer people will remember how he persecuted LGBTQ+ people.
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Legendary journalist Barbara Walters has died at 93
For Walters, one award stood out above them all: the one for her groundbreaking 2007 “20/20” special on transgender children.
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Visionary lesbian author & activist Barbara Love dies at 85
She proudly called herself a “feminist troublemaker.”
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Former teen pop star Aaron Carter dies at age 34
The singer briefly came out as bisexual in 2017.
