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Coos Huijsen is widely remembered as the first openly gay member of a national parliament anywhere. He came out after his partner was challenged at his swearing-in, then spent 50 years as a teacher, historian and campaigner. He died in Amsterdam on October 19.
Born in Mendoza in 1944, Ana Lupez danced through Argentina's revue theatres, left the country under the dictatorship, and became the star and then co-owner of one of Barcelona's most famous cabarets. She died on October 14 in the city where she was born.
Dame Esther Rantzen, who founded Childline in 1986, has died aged 86. Beyond That's Life and her assisted dying campaign, she put coming out and trans lives on daytime TV long before it was easy, and built a helpline that still answers young LGBTQ+ people today.
Collins came out in a 2013 Sports Illustrated essay and kept playing — a quiet, deliberate act of courage that changed what was possible for gay athletes in men's pro sports. He died this week after an eight-month fight with brain cancer.
The Queen of Country Music died Tuesday in Nashville after a brief battle with cancer. For decades, she used her platform to tell LGBTQ+ people they belonged — and meant it.
The trans rights advocate who built D.C.'s trans Pride infrastructure from scratch in 2007 — and centered Black trans women in every room she walked into — passed away on April 24.
