Remembering Those Who Have Gone

As 2014 turns into 2015 we have a look at those in the lgbt community who have died in the past twelve months.

January 2014

5^th        Tom Chorlton, political science professor, Democratic Party lgbt activist, aged 67.

5^th        Daniel James McClung, playwright, aged 26.

8^th        Angela Clayton, nuclear physicist, trans activist, aged 54.

14^th      Bernard Perlin, war artist, aged 95.

29^th      David A. Cohen, founder of PINKPages and Pride magazine, aged 59.

February 2014

4^th        Mark Bennett, Mayor of Lambeth, Greater London, aged 43.

10^th      Hudson, avant-garde art and exhibition gallery owner, aged 63.

18^th      Henry Messer, civil rights pioneer and philanthropist, aged 86.

20^th      Roy Simmons, former Washington Redskins football player, aged 57.

27^th      Chuck Schoen, co-founder of American Veterans for Equal Rights, aged 88.

March 2014

2^nd       Norman Scarfe, historian, aged 90.

14^th      Danny J. Boos, Mr. Chicago Leather 1997, aged 48.

31^st      Frankie Knuckles, DJ and House music pioneer, aged 59.

April 2013

6^th        Dr. Charles Farthing, AIDS research pioneer, aged 60.

7^th        George Dureau, artist, aged 83.

16^th      Rev. Jim Cotter, first Hon. Sec. of the Gay Christian Movement (UK), aged 72.

May 2014

6^th        Lex Watson, pioneering Australian lgbt activist, aged 71.

24^th      Storme DeLarverie, Stonewall Riot veteran, aged 93.

June 2014

12^th      Cameron Fox, gay porn actor, aged 36.

21^st      Peter de Rome, called the “Grandfather of Gay Porn”, aged 89.

23^rd      Nancy Garden, pioneering lesbian novelist, aged 76.

24^th      Caleb Bankston, former contestant of “Survivor” tv series, aged 27.

30^th      Frank M. Robinson, columnist, novelist, speech writer, aged 87.

July 2014

17^th      Ross Burden, celebrity chef, aged 45.

September 2014

1^st        Caryn Berman, HIV/AIDS educator, aged 61.

3^rd        Mariah Crossland, Gay Games powerlifting silver medallist, aged 55.

28^th      Dr. Max Schneider, pioneer in addiction medicine, aged 92.

October 2014

4^th        Konrad Boehmer, composer, aged 73.

23^rd      Raleigh Trevelyan, historian and biographer, aged 91.

23^rd      Paul Cottingham, activist, partner of Michael, Lord Ashman, aged 50.

November 2014

6^th        Milan Rozsa, Hungarian lgbt activist, aged 26

8^th        Trevor Pharo, sales executive, founder of annual clown convention, aged 60.

15^th      Leslie Feinberg, trans pioneer and author, aged 65.

19^th      Brad Crelia, journalist and HIV/AIDS activist, aged 29.

December 2014

4^th        Rt. Hon. Jeremy Thorpe, former leader of the UK’s Liberal Party, aged 85.

15^th      Tori Johnson, café manager shot by terrorist in Sydney, aged 35.