Bill McCallion was many things — an architect, an activist, a lover, and sober — but above all, he was a survivor. On his death at 71, he was among the longest-term survivors of AIDS; the end came from what we might simply call “old AIDS,” a combination of maladies accruing from perhaps 10 years of HIV, then more than 25 years of the drugs to treat it.

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has died at the age of 90.

The Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida lost a pioneer whose early efforts cemented the ensemble as a fixture in the gay cultural life of South Florida. The longtime benefactor, Doug Pew, passed away in hospice on the evening of Sept. 17 after battling a long illness.

An unabashed progressive activist, long time donor to the Democratic Party as well as LGBTQ causes, Jonathan D. Lewis died at his home earlier this month having battled CNS Lymphoma, a rare form of brain cancer.