In memoriam

Betty Berzon, 78 Lesbian activist and renowned psychotherapist; died January 25.

Robert J. Sandoval, 56 Los Angeles superior court judge and one of the first openly gay prosecutors in the city; died February 28.

Rodger Keller, 63 An original member of the 1970s activist group Gay Liberation Front; died March 20.

Eloy de la Iglesia, 62 Spanish writer-director whose films include the landmark El Diputado (1978); died March 23.

Julia Pell, 52 Gay activist; died April 13.

Fritz Klein, 73 Bisexuality researcher and creator of the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid; died May 24.

Hanns Ebensten, 82 Gay author and traveler extraordinaire; died July 24.

Tee Corinne, 62 Lesbian feminist, artist, photographer, and writer; died August 27.

Willi Ninja, 45 Voguing guru; died September 2.

Aleta Fenceroy, 57 Cofounder and editor of the pioneering LGBT newsletter "Fenceberry"; died September 23.

Jeff Getty, 49 AIDS activist who received a baboon bone marrow transplant for the disease; died October 9.

Michael Sandy, 29 Ikea designer and hate-crime victim; died October 13.

Gerry Studds, 69 Democratic congressman from Massachusetts; died October 14.