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Pioneering Indian American LGBTQ leader, attorney, and author Urvashi Vaid died at a hospital in New York City May 14. She was 63.
Rick Earl Stokes, famously "the other gay candidate" who ran against Harvey Milk for San Francisco supervisor in 1977, died May 3.
The obituary for John William Hughes, who worked at the San Francisco Chronicle, the SF Public Library, and the Asian Art Museum.
The Reverend Canon David R. Forbes, a leatherman, outdoorsman, and Episcopal priest loved as much for his compassion as his intellect, died at his home in Palm Springs, April 26, three days short of his 97th birthday.
A memorial has been scheduled for Robert Mainardi, who ran The Magazine store in San Francisco.
The obituary for Bernardine Anna Banonis, who was a fixture in the Castro neighborhood.
Richard Labonte, who once managed the LGBTQ bookstore A Different Light in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood, died March 20 at his home in British Columbia, Canada after a battle with stomach cancer.
Kenneth William Topper, a gay man and longtime state government worker in Sacramento, died April 17 at his home in Arden, North Carolina. He was 65.
Former legislative aide Anna Damiani was remembered at a celebration of life March 12 in San Francisco.
The obituary for Juan Pablo Gutiérrez, who organized the Day of the Dead Ritual Procession in San Francisco's Mission district for decades.
A memorial will be held March 27 for Red Jordan Arobateau, a painter and author who passed away last November.
Dennis Cunningham, a longtime civil rights lawyer whose work also included representing gay men who were attacked by police in the infamous "Castro Sweep," died March 5. He was 86.