By John Mack Freeman
Sidney Abbott, notede lesbian activist and author, passed away on April 15, 2015 at the age of 77. A former member of the activist group Lavendar Menance and co-author of the book Sappho was a Right-On Woman: A Liberated View of Lesbianism, Abbott was a force for gay women’s rights in New York for decades. A full obituary can be read here.
LGBT advocate, writer, and arist Nathan ‘Seven’ Scott died unexpectedly on April 20, 2015 in Washington, D.C. at the age of 44. A full obituary from GBM News can be read here.