Sunday 31 December 2017

In Memoriam 2017

A selection of members in the lgbt who we lost this year.

JANUARY 2017
2nd – Julie Barnes-Frank (56), pioneering out police officer in the UK
17th – David Le Lay (72), architect
23rd – Gorden Kaye (75), comedy actor
28th – Stuart Timmons (60), historian and “Advocate” journalist
 
FEBRUARY 2017
2nd – Gordon Aikman (31), campaigner for research into motor neurone disease
6th – Alec McCowen (91), actor
7th? – Jorge Schmeda (35), Mr Gay Argentina 2008 (fired when uncovered as gay porn actor Max Schutler)
11th – Judy Bradford (73), leading researcher into lgbt & health issues
17th – Nicole Bass (52), bodybuilding champion and professional wrestler
18th – Norma McCorvey (69), pioneering campaigner for abortion rights
 
MARCH 2017
6th – Robert Osborne (84), veteran broadcaster on TCM
9th – Sir Howard Hodgkin (84), artist
30th – Gilbert Baker (65), activist and creator of the Rainbow Pride flag
 
APRIL 2017
18th – Joan Garner (65), Commissioner of Fulton County, Georgia USA
21st – Sandy Gallin (76), tv executive producer and manager to many US stars
 
MAY 2017
24th – Richard Moll (82), multiple Gay Games swimming champion
31st – Morgan Monceaux (72), artist, Vietnam veteran, Leather title holder
 
JUNE 2017
2nd – Sir Jeffrey Tate (74), Principal Conductor, Royal Opera House
3rd – David Delfin (47), fashion designer, Spanish National Fashion Design Award 2016
4th – Juan Goytisolo (86), writer
16th – Jim French (84), photographer, founder of Colt magazine
29th – Chuck Renslow (87), photographer, co-founded Leather Archives and Museum
 
JULY 2017
1st – Aleshia Brevard (79), transgender actor and writer
18th – David Scott (82), San Francisco mayoral candidate 1979
18th – Andrew Paulson (58), entrepreneur
21st – Billy Manes (45), journalist, prominent in the wake of 2016 Orlando shooting
 
AUGUST 2017
4th – Celeste Newbrough (77), co-chair of 1978 parade which saw 1st appearance of Gilbert Baker’s flag
5th – Lee Blakely (45), opera director
12th – Holly Boswell (66), transgender pioneer, created of trans symbol
15th – Mark Merlis (67), novelist
18th – Liz MacKean (52), journalist who helped to uncover Jimmy Savile sex abuse
25th – Richard Smith (49), former Senior Associate Editor of “Gay Times”
31st – Dexter Pottinger (35), fashion designer and stylist, murdered
 
SEPTEMBER 2017
3rd – John Ashbery (90), poet
6th – Kate Millet (82), feminist theorist
8th – Pierre Bergé (86), co-founder Yves Saint Laurent fashion label
9th – Michael Friedman (41), Broadway composer and lyricist
12th – Edie Windsor (88), pioneer of equal marriage campaigns
23rd – Charles Osborne (89), actor, poet and theatre critic
 
OCTOBER 2017
24th – Ron Muncaster (81), Sydney Mardi Gras costume designer
28th – Roger Lockyer (89), Tudor historian and academic
 
NOVEMBER 2017
2nd – John Paul De Cecco (92), psychologist, pioneer of sexuality studies
3rd – Ed Flanagan (66), 1st openly gay elected US state official 1995
7th – Debra Chasnoff (60), Oscar-winning documentary film-maker
11th – Henry Badenhorst (51), co-founder of Gaydar.com
12th – Liz Smith (94), gossip columnist and journalist
18th – Azzedine Alaïa (77), fashion and shoe designer
19th – Jana Novotna (49), tennis champion and Olympic silver medallist
30th – Jim Nabors (87), comedy actor
 
DECEMBER 2017
2nd – Alan Sinfield (75), Shakespearean scholar and queer studies pioneer
21st – Wolfgang Lauinger (99), Nazi concentration camp survivor, gay rights activist
 
During the past few years we have seen the increase in lone terrorist attacks. The lgbt community has not been unaffected by these attacks and we have also lost several members.
 
Paris Terror attack – 20th April
Xavier Jugelé (37) police officer.
 
Ariana Grande Concert Terror attack) Manchester – 22nd May
Martyn Hett (29).
 
Las Vegas Harvest music festival shooting – 1st October
Cameron Robinson (28)

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