In 1975 she issued a gay couple a license to marry in Colorado, becoming a hero to some and an object of hate for others.
Category: Homosexuality and Bisexuality
Overlooked No More: Maureen Colquhoun, Pathbreaking Politician Waylaid by Bias
Colquhoun campaigned for women’s rights in Britain’s male-dominated Parliament. But her political career came to an end when she was outed as a lesbian.
Margot Heuman, Who Bore Witness to the Holocaust as a Gay Woman, Dies at 94
She was a rare survivor who spoke — in recent years — of her same-sex relationship in the concentration camps, and how it sustained her.
Urvashi Vaid, Pioneering L.G.B.T.Q. Activist, Is Dead at 63
Over a four-decade career, she profoundly shaped a range of progressive issues, including AIDS advocacy, prison reform and gay rights.
Richard Lipez, Who Reimagined the Gay Detective Novel, Dies at 83
Under the pen name Richard Stevenson, he sought to correct crime fiction’s portrayals of gay characters as freaks or villains with an entirely relatable protagonist.