In memoriam.Betty Berzon, 78 Lesbian activist and renowned psychotherapist; died January 25. Robert J. Sandoval, 56 Los Angeles superior court judge and one of the first openly gay prosecutors in the city; died February 28. Rodger Keller 63 An original member of the 1970s activist group Gay Liberation Front For Grammofonleverantörernas Förening, Sweden's music industry association, see . Gay Liberation Front (GLF) was the name of a number of Gay Liberation groups, the first of which was formed in New York City in 1969, immediately after the Stonewall riots. ; died March 20. Eloy de la Iglesia 62 Spanish writer-director whose films include the landmark El Diputado (1978); died March 23. Julia Pell 52 Gay activist; died April 13. Fritz Klein, 73 Bisexuality researcher and creator of the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid The Klein Sexual Orientation Grid attempts to further measure sexual orientation by expanding upon the earlier Kinsey scale which categorizes from 0 (exclusively heterosexual) to 6 (exclusively homosexual). ; died May 24. Hanns Ebensten, 82 Gay author and traveler extraordinaire; died July 24. Tee Corinne, 62 Lesbian feminist, artist, photographer, and writer; died August 27. Willii Ninja, 45 Voguing guru; died September 2. Aleta Fenceroy, 57 Cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found and editor of the pioneering LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender newsletter "Fenceberry"; died September 23. Jeff Getty, 49 AIDS activist who received a baboon bone marrow transplant bone marrow transplant: see bone marrow. for the disease; died October 9. Michael Sandy, 29 Ikea designer and hate-crime victim; died October 13. Gerry Studds, 69 Democratic congressman from Massachusetts; died October 14. |
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