Prominent LGBTQ Deaths in 2017
From QueerBio.com
- Azzedine Alaia, Tunisia - fashion designer
- Gordon Aikman, Great Britain - MND activist
- Henry Badenhorst, Great Britain - co-founder of Gaydar.com
- Damian Baker, Great Britain - pop singer
- Gilbert Baker, United States - creator of the rainbow flag
- Pierre Berge, France - partner of fashion designer Yves St. Laurent
- David Delfin, Spain - fashion designer
- J. D. Disalvatore, United States - filmmaker
- Dean Eastmond, Great Britain - editor of HISKIND magazine
- Edward Flanagan, United States - first openly gay man elected state-wide (Vermont) in the country
- Michael Friedman, United States - theatre composer
- Ren Hang, China - photographer
- Gorden Kaye, Great Britain - actor
- Kate Millett, United States - feminist
- Ron Muncaster, Australia - fashion designer
- Jim Nabors, United States - singer
- Robert Osborne, United States - host, Turner Classic Movies
- Lil Peep, United States - emo rapper
- Dexter Pottinger, Jamaica - fashion designer
- Charles Shively, United States - activist/journalist
- Richard Smith, Great Britain - author
