In Remembrance

2012 has seen the passing of many members of the lgbt community who influenced the world around us. Here is just a short list of some of them.

JANUARY

19^th      Rudi van Dantzig, choreographer, aged 78

21^st      Emmanuel Cooper, potter, aged 73

23^rd      Harry Loen, journalist, aged 67

FEBRUARY

10^th      Steve Walker, artist, aged 51

20^th      Robert K. Martin, gay studies academic, aged 57

MARCH

7^th        Cris Alexander, photographer and actor, aged 92

25^th      Bettie Naylor, activist, aged 84

25^th      Dan Luckenbill, archivist and researcher, aged 67

27^th      Adrienne Rich, poet and essayist, aged 82

APRIL

9^th        John Golding, art historian, aged 82

12^th      Mark Frankland, MI6 spy and journalist, aged 77

21^st      Charles Higham, biographer, aged 81

MAY

8^th        Maurice Sendak,  children’s author, aged 84

25^th      Rosemary Curb Keefe, author and editor, aged 62

30^th      Dudley Clendenin, journalist, aged 67

JUNE

19^th      Victor Spinetti, actor, aged 82

24^th      Gerhard “Gad” Beck, Holocaust survivor, aged 88

28^th      Dr. Richard Isay, psychiatrist and gay rights activist, aged 77

JULY

23^rd      Sally Ride, first female American astronaut, aged 61

31^st      Gore Vidal, writer and political commentator, aged 86

AUGUST

4^th        Michael Neale OBE, engineer, aged 85

5^th        Chavela Vargas, Mexican singer, aged 93

5^th        Jack Fertig, astrologer, Sister Boom Boom, aged 57

6^th        Richard Cragun, ballet dancer, aged 64

9^th        David Rakoff, humorist, aged 47

12^th      Dominic Hibbard, academic and biographer, aged 70

14^th      Ron Palillo, actor, aged 63

20^th      Daryl Hine, poet, aged 76

31^st      Allan Horsfall, gay rights pioneer, aged 84

SEPTEMBER

18^th      PC Fiona Bone, officer shot on duty, aged 32

OCTOBER

1^st        Sgt. Donna Johnson, killed by an Afghan suicide bomber, aged 23

21^st      Steve Paul, New York club owner, aged 71

26^th      Mark Richards, Broadway producer, aged 80

27^th      Hans Werner Henze, composer, aged 86

NOVEMBER

4^th        Robert Marlowe, producer of traditional British seaside shows, aged 83

7^th        Richard Robbins, film composer for Merchant-Ivory, aged 71

9^th        William Brandon Lacy Campus, activist and writer, aged 35

14^th      Howard Wallace, AIDS activist, aged 76

24^th      Gray Foy, artist, aged 90

DECEMBER

14^th      Kenneth Kendall, first on-screen BBC newsreader, aged 88

17^th      Laurier LaPierre, Canadian senator, aged 83

18^th      Spencer Cox, AIDS activist, aged 44

There won’t be another post for several days. I’m having a little break and will be back on Christmas Day with the first of my 12 Gay Days of Christmas bonanza. So, until then, have a Merry Christmas.