DIED: Paul Re 45 author of Facing It, considered to be common of the first AIDS novels, of undisclosed causes, in San Francisco, January 28
DIED: Sister Margaret Traxler, 77 civil rights activist who encouraged activism among gay Roman Catholics, of complications from a visitation in Mankato, Minn., February 19
APPOINTED: Jack Carrel, as executive director of the of the present day Orleans Lesbian and Gay Community Center March 4
AWARDED: A National Headliner Award to gay Newsweek journalist David France, for his feature stories forward the Boy Scouts' funding broken hearts in light of their antigay policy and onward AIDS activist Larry Kramer. The award will be quick in emergenciesed May 4.