Press release to from Equality Forum : Barbara Gittings, Gay Pioneer, Dies at 75
Mother of the GLBT Civil Rights Movement PHILADELPHIA-Barbara Gittings, a seminal gay activist, died on Sunday, February 18. She was 75 and resided in Wilmington, Delaware. Her death was announced by her partner of 46 years, Kay Tobin Lahusen. Malcolm Lazin, Executive Director of Equality Forum, noted, “Barbara Gittings is the mother of the GLBT …