obit
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THANK YOU SO MUCH Ally Van Tillo for giving us the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt : RIP
Queerguru is so sad to hear of the death of Ally Van Tillo (formerly Alastair Hume), founder of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt. He had been inspired by the American Names Project Memorial Quilt to create a UK version, and co-ordinated the making of panels from across the country, bringing together grieving families, friends and…
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Multi-Award winning BOB MACKIE : a talented genius and a real old-school gentleman has died
One of the many reasons that Provincetown, at the very tip of Cape Cod, is such a magical place is the stars that make it shine so brightly. And not just the ones in the sky. Next summer it will be sadly a little dimmer, as one of the town’s most celebrated visitors has just…
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Victoria Cruz , veteran activist for both the Transgender Community + anti Violence League has died aged 70
It is with great sadness that Queerguru has learned of the death of Victoria Cruz, a larger-than-life compassionate figure in the New York transgender community who was at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 when a police raid set in motion the gay liberation movement, and who later worked as an advocate for survivors of anti-trans…
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Farewell Catherine O’Hara : you made the world such a richer and wonderfully funny place.
Queerguru wants to add to the avalanche of outpouring of love and condolences on the passing of the multi-award-winning actress, writer, and comedian Catherine O’Hara. This talented Canadian/American, who died this week, aged 71, after a short illness, had a remarkable, prolific body of work which started with the sketch comedy series Second City Television (1976–1984) for…
