Stonewall vet Miss Major Griffin-Gracy 'surrounded by love' as she enters hospice care
Miss Major has entered hospice care, but "is comfortable and surrounded by love," her partner says.
October 8, 2025
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Jimmy Carter, an LGBTQ+ Ally, to Begin Receiving Hospice Care
President Carter has been a longtime supporter of LGBTQ+ rights.
February 18, 2023
WBC Founder Fred Phelps Dead at 84
One of Fred Phelps's estranged sons confirmed to media that the patriarch of the Westboro Baptist Church died in hospice care Wednesday night.
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March 20, 2014
LGBT and Labor Activist Howard Wallace Dead at 76
Howard Wallace, a leader in organizing and uniting members of the LGBT and labor communities, died in hospice care in San Francisco on Thursday. He was 76.
November 17, 2012
This Man Helped Terminal AIDS Patients Find Peace
Tony Cointreau tells of leaving a singing career behind to work with Mother Teresa and her New York City AIDS Hospice in A Gift of Love, a new memoir. Read an excerpt below.
August 1, 2016
Lance Loud: A death in An American Family
Just days before he passed away on December 22, Lance Loud completed an essay about his life for The Advocate's year-in-review issue, written from the hospice in which he lay dying. "For years I had told myself that all my unbridled drinking, drugging, and unsafe sex were going to lead exactly here," he wrote. "But I'd never really believed it."
January 22, 2002
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Dies at 96
“Rosalynn was my partner in everything,” former President Jimmy Carter said. “Her wisdom and support were my constant companions.”
November 19, 2023
End-of-Life Care for an Aging LGBT Population
At the end of their life, many men and women go back in the closet for fear of being mistreated by health care and other professionals.
December 27, 2013
Smash Mouth's Former Lead Singer Steve Harwell Dead at 56
The band has been an ally for LGBTQ+ rights.
September 4, 2023
The Challenge of Staying Hopeful in the Age of Trump
It's difficult, but the alternative is unthinkable, says author and health care activist Kimberly D. Acquaviva.
April 28, 2017
Fred Phelps Ex-Communicated and Near Death?
The Westboro Baptist Church founder was booted from his own sect and is now suicidal and near death, according to his estranged son.
March 16, 2014
