Jim Stewart, a columnist for the Bay Area Reporter's BARtab section and a Folsom Street leather pioneer, died October 15, 2018, at his home in Ludington, Michigan, where he had retired. He was 75.
James Sullivan, a straight man who helped facilitate the funerals of hundreds of HIV/AIDS victims at the height of the epidemic, died October 3 at a nursing home in the city after suffering a heart attack. He was 76.
A gathering for Norman Tanner, a gay man who was killed in a hit-and-run collision in San Francisco earlier this month, will be held on the corner of Baker and Oak streets Friday, November 2, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Friends of ACT UP/East Bay founder John Iversen, who died October 1 after experiencing a massive stroke, will hold a get-together Sunday, November 11, at 2 p.m. at King Yen Restaurant, 2995 College Avenue in Berkeley.
John Iversen, a gay man who fought for people living with AIDS and founded ACT UP/East Bay, died October 1 at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley after experiencing a massive stroke. He was 69.
Norman Tanner, a gay man who was a nationally prominent leader in HIV prevention and support, died Friday, October 5, two days after a hit-and-run collision in San Francisco. He was 60.
