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The singer briefly came out as bisexual in 2017.

The Lavender Country frontman was 78.

For most of her reign, she was rather quiet about LGBTQ issues, but in the last few decades, she began to take a more publicly pro-LGBTQ stance.

Rusty Mae turned her home into “Transy House” a refuge for trans and queer New Yorkers, including Sylvia Rivera.

The singer remembered their time together and bemoaned the recent spate of celebrity deaths.

Doug Ericksen was in El Salvador when he caught coronavirus and couldn’t get treatment. He had to be medevac’d to Florida, and his whereabouts after that remain unknown.

Heartbreaking doesn’t aptly depict the enormity of her passing.

The queer intellectual’s writings became “sought-after reading” in the wake of racial justice protests that swept the nation last year.

With his vocal opposition to LGBTQ rights and general callousness, the former Presidential candidate personified many of the traits that are now considered essential for GOP leaders.

From “West Side Story” to “Sweeney Todd” and everything in between, the public searches hopelessly for words that encapsulate the incomparable creative.

“We’d just come through the crisis and every representation of gay was kind of dark, and spoken in hushed tones. But Stanford was like, ‘Hey, I’m gay. Really gay. Super gay. And I’m happy about it.”

All LGBTQ Americans owe a measure of gratitude to James Hormel. He funded many of the groups that have fought for LGBTQ rights over the years.

When someone knocked on the hotel door, he bolted.

As “Miss Alix Dobkin” she performed with a very young Bill Cosby, and became Bob Dylan’s favorite “girl singer.” By being herself, she changed lesbian history.

At least 24 trans or non-binary people have been violently killed so far this year.

She was one of the first actresses to portray a trans character on American television when she took on the role of Anna Madrigal in Maupin’s Tales of the City.

He said smoothies could cure the coronavirus and told the government not to bother importing vaccines. Now the Vice President is denying he died from COVID.

The radio host made white racial grievance, conspiracy theories, cruelty, and hatred of LGBTQ people the hallmark of today’s Republican party.

The Notorious RBG left an indelible mark on America.

Reverend Lou Sheldon founded one of the first anti-LGBTQ hate groups, the Traditional Values Coalition.