#Closets are for #cowboyboots: A #tribute to #DavidMixner.

A friend remembers the Veteran #LGBTQ+ #activist, #presidentialadviser, and rolemodel, after his death at age 77.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #RoleModels #Representation #Culture

https://www.advocate.com/voices/david-mixner-tribute

You can #honor #LGBTQ+ #icon #DavidMixner’s #legacy & #support #queer #youth at the same time.

Even in #death, the #queer icon is trying his best to support the youth who need it most.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewYork #Activism #RoleModels #Representation #Culture

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/you-can-honor-lgbtq-icon-david-mixners-legacy-support-queer-youth-at-the-same-time/

"Longtime LGBTQ+ activist David Mixner, who was a leader in the fight for social change and equality, has died, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund President and CEO Annise Parker announced.

“David was a courageous, resilient and unyielding force for social change at a time when our community faced widespread discrimination and an HIV/AIDS crisis ignored by the political class in Washington, DC.,” Parker said.

“In 1987, David joined one of the first HIV/AIDS protests outside the Reagan White House, where police wore latex gloves because of the stigma and misinformation around HIV/AIDS. He was arrested, along with 64 others, and made national headlines, when being an out person could lead to harassment, violence or worse. But David was undeterred.”

Mixner cofounded the LGBTQ+ Victory fund in 1991, a group that exclusively supported LGBTQ+ political candidates, Parker said.

“He pushed the presidential campaign of Bill Clinton to be inclusive of gay people – and was asked to join the campaign’s National Executive Committee – the first time an out LGBTQ+ person held a public facing presidential campaign role,” Parker said.

#LGBTQ #LGBTQrights #DavidMixner

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/12/us/lgbtq-activist-david-mixner-dies-reaj/index.html

Visa #Politico

#DavidMixner, #LGBTQplus activist and #BillClinton campaign advisor, dies at 77

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/12/david-mixner-clinton-campaign-advisor-dies-00146576

David Mixner Dies: LGBTQ Activist, Who Pressed And Persuaded Ronald Reagan And Bill Clinton On Civil Rights, Was 77
#News #Obituaries #Politics #BillClinton #DavidMixner #ElectionLine #RonaldReagan

https://deadline.com/2024/03/david-mixner-dead-lgbtq-activist-reagan-clinton-1235856079/

#RIPDavidMixner #DavidMixner

Photo: With Edie Windsor, Judith Light, Herb Hamsher--Linda Lenzi via Broadway World

David Mixner, veteran LGBTQ+ activist and presidential adviser, has died at 77 - Advocate https://apple.news/AMo165R80TJClNYRDrCG9kA

#DavidMixner is a #hero
#LGBTQ

Rest in power sweet, glorious man.

From #AIDS to #Assassinations, Sen. #DianeFeinstein Was Always There for Us

#DavidMixner, Feinstein's longtime #friend and #colleague for over 40 years, shares thoughts about her #strengthofcharacter.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #RoleModels
https://www.advocate.com/voices/senator-feinstein-was-always-there-for-us

#Comings & #Goings

#CAMPRehoboth #scholarship #honors #DavidMixner.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Society #Representation #Culture
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/08/17/comings-goings-151/