Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, is being remembered by both admirers and political observers as a progressive Southern Democrat and former Georgia governor who pushed for an end to racial injustice in the U.S.
The obituary for Michael N. Madfes, who provided graphic and web design services to local businesses and was involved in the San Francisco music scene.
Dorothy Allison, a lesbian and author who rose to fame with the publication of her critically acclaimed 1992 novel "Bastard Out of Carolina," died November 6 at her home in Guerneville.
Theodore Olson, a conservative lawyer who helped George W. Bush secure the White House and later worked to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage, died November 13.
A celebration of life will be held on Halloween for Jerry Berbiar, a gay man better known to many in the San Francisco LGBTQ community as Jerry the Faerie.