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Source: Los Angeles Times , with additional material Kennith H. Burns, an early leader of the Mattachine Society, one of the country's first gay rights organizations, died Dec. 16 at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. He was 81. The cause was lung failure, according to a friend, Dale...

Source: Associated Press via Mercury News LOS ANGELES (AP) Dr. R. Scott Hitt, an AIDS specialist and the first openly gay person to head a presidential advisory board, has died. He was 49. Hitt died Thursday of colon cancer at his home in West Hollywood, according to John Duran, the city's mayor...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence started in 1979 as one of the first charities supporting San Francisco's gay community and has since spread to more than 600 sisters in eight countries. Mixing street theater, drag-queen elegance and community fundraising, the men...