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Photographer, Artist and Writer Tee Corinne Dies at 62

SUNNY VALLEY, OREGON - Tee Corinne, who lived in southern Oregon since 1981, died in late August after a months-long bout with liver cancer. Corinne's longtime partner, Beverly Brown, died of cancer a year ago.
     Corinne authored and edited many books of lesbian fiction, including A Woman's Touch and Dreams of the Woman Who Loved Sex.
      "She was one of the first women to create sexual images and writing for women, from a woman's point of view, outside the male-driven porn machinery - and to do it publicly and shamelessly," said Greta Christina's Blog.
      Corinne's 1975 book The Cunt Coloring Book was once included in a list of materials considered pornographic by the Traditional Values Coalition and distributed among U.S. senators. The book is still in print.
      A permanent collection of her works has been established at the University of Oregon.

Illustrator Mary Frances Fenton Dies in Michigan

KALAMAZOO - Mary Frances Fenton, 68, died in April, 2006. Mary Appelhof, her partner of 24 years, had passed away the previous May, said Lesbian Connection.
      Mary Fran illustrated Appelhof's 1982 book Worms Eat My Garbage. The couple collaborated on the follow-up book Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities for a Better Environment.
      An artist and educator, Mary Fran taught graphic arts at Western Michigan University. In the 1990s, she became a certified organic gardener and sold her produce at farmers' markets and food co-ops. For many years, Mary Fran and Mary hosted full moon circles at the Moon Lodge they created in their home.

NLGJA Mourns Death of Founding Member John Wilson

NEW YORK - John Wilson, a founding member of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, passed away in August, the NLGJA said last month.
      Wilson was assistant science editor of The New York Times. His colleagues credited him with being an inspiration to them as someone who came out in the early '80s, at The Miami Herald, when few gay journalists were out in the newsroom.

Tyron Garner Dies at 39

HOUSTON - Tyron Garner, one of the plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case in 2003," Lawrence and Garner vs. Texas," that overruled a Texas sodomy law, died last month. The decision effectively made homosexual relations a basic civil right in the United States.
"Because Tyrone Garner and John Lawrence had the courage to challenge homophobic sodomy laws, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that love, sexuality and family play the same role in gay people's lives as they do for everyone else," said Kevin Cathcart, executive director of Lambda Legal, which brought the case before the court. "That's a colossal legacy and one for which his community will forever be thankful."

Compiled this month by Editor Lynn McNicol

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