in memoriam

Obituaries for the people who mattered to us: the icons, the activists, the ones who showed up early, and the ones the mainstream press will underplay.

jason collins signed his will a month after the diagnosis, and left part of it to the kids Court documents obtained by TMZ Sports show the late NBA center left more than $1.8 million to his parents, his twin brother, a cousin, an aunt, his husband William Brunson Green, and two organizations that work with LGBTQ students. He... september 12 the 9/11 fund will take claims until 2090 and still cannot say whether it pays a same-sex partner Twenty-five years on, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund has paid more than $18 billion to over 77,000 people and stays open until October 1, 2090. Asked this week whether a surviving same-sex partner qualifies, the fund's spokesperson said she... september 11 two women tortured Sam Nordquist for a month. on Tuesday both got life without parole. Precious Arzuaga, 40, and Jennifer Quijano, 32, were both sentenced at Ontario County Court in Canandaigua on Tuesday to life in prison without parole for the first-degree murder of Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old Black trans man from Minnesota. Sam's sister... september 8 six days before he died, Vincent asked his sister if anyone would show up. a thousand people did. A thousand people filled Catalina Park in Tucson for Vincent Siqueiros and Cameron Capara, killed outside the Venture-N. His sister told the crowd what he had asked her the week before. september 6 Gloria Steinem showed up for us in 1977 and never left The Ms. co-founder died at home in Manhattan on Wednesday at 92. She flew to Miami to fight Anita Bryant when it cost something to do so. september 4