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DIED: Alexander John "Bear" Goodrum, 41, transgender activist, by suicide, in Tucson, September 28. Goodrum founded the transgender advocacy group TGNet Arizona.DIED: D.L. Hawley, 56, lesbian writer and painter, of colon cancer, in Bellingham, Wash., September 26.
DIED: Patsy Mink, 74, U.S. representative from Hawaii, of a viral infection from chicken pox, in Honolulu, September 28, Mink was a strong supporter of gay rights and cowrote Title IX, a landmark 1972 law banning gender discrimination in schools that receive federal funding.
RESIGNING: Surlia Khan, as executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, effective in December,
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| Publication: | The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) |
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| Date: | Nov 12, 2002 |
| Words: | 102 |
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