In Remembrance

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

16^th      Josh Weston, gay porn star, aged 39

28^th      John Carol Cage, baritone, aged 89

January 2013

5^th        Mary McIntosh, academic feminist, aged 76

7^th        Phil Sheats, ex-IGLFA board member, Gay Games bronze (soccer ‘94), aged 43

8^th        Manuel Mota, Spanish fashion designer, aged 46 (suicide)

17^th      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

1^st        Rev. Herman Verbeck, Catholic priest, MEP, aged 77

5^th        Arpad Miklos, gay porn star, aged 45 (suicide)

11^th      Nikki Rowan Kedge, caterer and restaurateur, aged 68

11^th      Man Karim, gay porn actor, aged 52

16^th      John Ayldon, Gilbert and Sullivan bass-baritone, aged 69

25^th      Jason Lynch, reigning Mr. International Rubber, aged 38

26th     Marco McMillian, Mississippi mayoral candidate, aged 33 (murdered)

27^th      Van Cliborn, pianist, aged 78

March 2013

5^th        Wilfried Knight, gay porn star, aged 35 (suicide)

8^th        Robert Troyan, American socialite, aged 63 (murdered)

April 2013

15^th      Hugh Rosen, academic, AIDS activist and research volunteer, aged 82

May 2013

4^th        Frederic Franklin, ballet dancer, aged 48

6^th        Steve Martland, composer, aged 53

7^th        Peter Rauhofer, Grammy-winning DJ, remixer and producer, aged 48

18^th      Kasaki Koh, activist and gay porn star, aged 29

20^th      Shivananda Kahn, activist, aged 65

30^th      Ratiparno Ghosh, film-maker, aged 49

31^st      Philip McKee, firefighter at the Pentagon during 9/11, aged 41

June 2013

            Michael Brown, founder, Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group, aged 82

9^th        Christopher Pearson, journalist, aged 61

17^th      Donald Despertt, volunteer event organiser of DC Black Pride, aged 30

21^st      Jeffrey Smart, artist, aged 91

July 2013

15^th      Gunther Freehill, AIDS activist and campaigner, aged 60

15^th      Eric Lembecke, Cameroon activist, aged 33 (murdered)

22^nd     Kate Crutchley, actor and pioneer of lgbt theatre, aged 69

23^rd      Emile Griffith, professional boxer, aged 75

August 2013

2^nd       Rev. Mervyn Kingston, Church of Ireland priest, activist, aged 66

7^th        Sean Sasser, AIDS activist, aged 44

13^th      Louisa Jo Killen, folk singer, aged 79

18^th      Josephine D’Angelo, of the All-American Girls Baseball League, aged 88

19^th      José Sarria, first out lgbt to run for public office in USA, aged 90

19^th      Michael Goulding, flower arranger, aged 80

20^th      Domonique Newburn, of “Hollywood Houseboys” (murdered)

21^st      “CGK” and “EHM”, activists shot in the Nairobi shopping mall attack

23^rd      Stephen Crohn, HIV patient, aged 66

24^th      Amber Maxwell, trans and Socialist activist, aged 20 (suicide)

29^th      Darren Manzella, campaigner against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, aged 36

September 2013

15^th      Peter Taylor, NZ equestrian coach, Olympic team manager, aged 61

22^nd     Barrett L. Brick, US government lawyer and gay rights activist, aged 59

27^th      Alexey Davydov, leading Russian activist, aged 36

October 2013

1^st        Michael Rice, museum designer, aged 85

4^th        Betu Singh, lesbian activist in India, aged 49

7^th        Patrice Chéreau, film and theatre director, aged 68

20^th      Doug Ireland, Vietnam veteran and activist, aged 67

22^nd     Sue King, first New Zealander to undergo gender reassignment surgery

26^th      Sharley McLean, Holocaust survivor, aged 90

27^th      Lou Reed, rock musician and songwriter, aged 71

November 2013

5^th        John W. Bunting III, ex-Chair, Baltimore City Commission on HIV/AIDS, aged 69

19^th      Ray Gosling, broadcaster, 1^st openly gay Nottingham City Councillor, 1963, aged 74

December 2013

4^th        José Esteban Muñoz, queer theorist and author, aged 46.

11^th      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.