New Year’s Eve, and it’s time to look back at those lgbt people who have inspired, entertained, campaigned and left their mark on the community and the world who have passed away since my list a year ago. I celebrate the lives of them all.
December 2012
16th Josh Weston, gay porn star, aged 39
28th John Carol Cage, baritone, aged 89
January 2013
5th Mary McIntosh, academic feminist, aged 76
7th Phil Sheats, ex-IGLFA board member, Gay Games bronze (soccer ‘94), aged 43
8th Manuel Mota, Spanish fashion designer, aged 46 (suicide)
17th Michael Triplett, Pres., National Lesbian & Gay Journalist Assoc. (US), aged 48
19th Julia Penelope, activist, co-founder Lesbian Herstory Archives, aged 71
February 2013
Stu Ross, journalist, regular contributor to Pink News, aged 38
1st Rev. Herman Verbeck, Catholic priest, MEP, aged 77
5th Arpad Miklos, gay porn star, aged 45 (suicide)
11th Nikki Rowan Kedge, caterer and restaurateur, aged 68
11th Man Karim, gay porn actor, aged 52
16th John Ayldon, Gilbert and Sullivan bass-baritone, aged 69
25th Jason Lynch, reigning Mr. International Rubber, aged 38
26th Marco McMillian, Mississippi mayoral candidate, aged 33 (murdered)
27th Van Cliborn, pianist, aged 78
March 2013
5th Wilfried Knight, gay porn star, aged 35 (suicide)
8th Robert Troyan, American socialite, aged 63 (murdered)
April 2013
15th Hugh Rosen, academic, AIDS activist and research volunteer, aged 82
May 2013
4th Frederic Franklin, ballet dancer, aged 48
6th Steve Martland, composer, aged 53
7th Peter Rauhofer, Grammy-winning DJ, remixer and producer, aged 48
18th Kasaki Koh, activist and gay porn star, aged 29
20th Shivananda Kahn, activist, aged 65
30th Ratiparno Ghosh, film-maker, aged 49
31st Philip McKee, firefighter at the Pentagon during 9/11, aged 41
June 2013
Michael Brown, founder, Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group, aged 82
9th Christopher Pearson, journalist, aged 61
17th Donald Despertt, volunteer event organiser of DC Black Pride, aged 30
21st Jeffrey Smart, artist, aged 91
July 2013
15th Gunther Freehill, AIDS activist and campaigner, aged 60
15th Eric Lembecke, Cameroon activist, aged 33 (murdered)
22nd Kate Crutchley, actor and pioneer of lgbt theatre, aged 69
23rd Emile Griffith, professional boxer, aged 75
August 2013
2nd Rev. Mervyn Kingston, Church of Ireland priest, activist, aged 66
7th Sean Sasser, AIDS activist, aged 44
13th Louisa Jo Killen, folk singer, aged 79
18th Josephine D’Angelo, of the All-American Girls Baseball League, aged 88
19th José Sarria, first out lgbt to run for public office in USA , aged 90
19th Michael Goulding, flower arranger, aged 80
20th Domonique Newburn, of “Hollywood Houseboys” (murdered)
21st “CGK” and “EHM”, activists shot in the Nairobi shopping mall attack
23rd Stephen Crohn, HIV patient, aged 66
24th Amber Maxwell, trans and Socialist activist, aged 20 (suicide)
29th Darren Manzella, campaigner against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, aged 36
September 2013
15th Peter Taylor, NZ equestrian coach, Olympic team manager, aged 61
22nd Barrett L. Brick, US government lawyer and gay rights activist, aged 59
27th Alexey Davydov, leading Russian activist, aged 36
October 2013
1st Michael Rice, museum designer, aged 85
4th Betu Singh, lesbian activist in India , aged 49
7th Patrice Chéreau, film and theatre director, aged 68
20th Doug Ireland, Vietnam veteran and activist, aged 67
22nd Sue King, first New Zealander to undergo gender reassignment surgery
26th Sharley McLean, Holocaust survivor, aged 90
27th Lou Reed, rock musician and songwriter, aged 71
November 2013
5th John W. Bunting III, ex-Chair, Baltimore City Commission on HIV/AIDS, aged 69
19th Ray Gosling, broadcaster, 1st openly gay Nottingham City Councillor, 1963, aged 74
December 2013
4th José Esteban Muñoz, queer theorist and author, aged 46.
11th Frederick Fox, milliner to the Queen and Princess Diana, aged 82.
The following names are those known transgendered people who were murdered during 2013. They are given in the chronoligical order of their passing:
Evon Young, 22, USA; Nicole Galisteu, Brazil; Daniel Mendoza Ricardo Macias, 23, Mexico; “Tiffany” Wesley Holder, 19, Guyana; Karen, Mexico; Naomi Estrada, 19, Mexico; Palmira Garcia, 37, Venezuela; Mônica Lewinski, 38, Brazil; Joelma, Brazil; Stephanie, Brazil; Adán Amilcar Iglesias, Honduras; Cemia “CeCe” Dove, 23, USA; Kelly Young, USA; Ashley Sinclair, USA; Angel Francisco Martinez Gonzalez, Mexico; Rosa Fernando Domingues, 36, Brazil; Jorge Luciano Soares De Oliveira, 38, Brazil; Fábio da Conceição Machado, 26; Brazil; Ronald Feitosa Souza, 26, Brazil; Fatima Woods, 53, USA; Otávio Nascimento Valadares, 20, Brazil; Dora Oezer, 24, Turkey; Jock Maurice McKinney (aka Valarie), USA; Diamond Williams, 31, USA; Natália Sotero, 20, Brazil; Rafael da Silva Tavares, 21, Brazil; Dwayne Jones, 16, Jamaica; Mylene, France; Gaye, Turkey; Valeria, 30, Brazil; Islan Nettles, 21, USA; Joales dos Santos, 22, Brazil; Domonique Newburn, USA; Wagner Paula Rodrigues, 42, Brazil; Artegus Konyale Madden, 34, USA; Terry Golston, 50, USA; Melony Smith, 28, USA; ‘Maiara’ Castro Da Silva, 23, Brazil; Hilary Molina Mendiola, 35, Mexico; Eyricka Morgan, 26, USA; Brunete Nascimento Chagas, 22, Brazil; Natascha, 27, Brazil; S. Athiswaran, 31, Malaysia; Amari White, 22, USA; and 14 unidentified women (including 3 teenagers) in Brazil, and 1 unidentified woman in the USA.