December 4,1948 �" October 27, 2013
Paul Stewart, better known to his many friends as Gaylight, peacefully left us Sunday, October 27, 2013 at Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco at the age of 64.
A Bronx native before moving to San Francisco in 1973, he became a creative force in the San Francisco gay alternative arts scene as both a poet and musician. In the mid-1970s he headlined one of the earliest gay punk bands, Auntie Christ and the Assholes. A spiritual and cultural visionary, Paul attended the first Spiritual Gathering for Radical Faeries in 1979 and stayed involved in that community until his death. He was a practitioner of the Course in Miracles and active member of the Community Miracles Center. During the height of the AIDS crisis he helped care for many ill friends. He later was a caregiver for gay actor David Baker, and Harry Hay and his partner John Burnside.
Paul will be greatly missed by his many friends in the Radical Faerie, Billy Club, and California Miracles Center communities. His smile, wit, generosity of spirit and great sense of humor will live on in all who knew him.
A potluck memorial celebration of Paul Gaylight's life will commence on Saturday, December 7 at 1 p.m. at 455 14th Street in San Francisco. For more information email [email protected] or [email protected].