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DR. MARCY ADELMAN, a longtime columnist for the SAN FRANCISCO BAY TIMES, received San Francisco Pride’s TEDDY WITHERINGTON Award on June 29, 2025, for lifetime contributions to the LGBTQ community. Adelman and her partner JEANETTE GUREVITCH, who passed away in 2003, founded the nonprofit Openhouse in 1998 to provide affordable senior housing and services.

STANFORD ALTAMIRANO, founder, publisher, and editor in chief of THE FIGHT magazine based in Los Angeles, passed away on August 7, 2025, following a long battle with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare form of head and neck cancer. He was 51.

OUTFAU, the LGBTQ student newspaper at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton that is owned by Wilton Manors-based OutSFL, won five awards at the 75th Green Eyeshade Awards, the nation’s oldest regional journalism competition, recognizing excellence across the Southeast and organized by the Society of Professional Journalists. Three of OutFAU’s awards were tied to last year’s special The Body Issue — a project that featured students and alumni appearing nude, or nearly nude, and sharing candid stories about their bodies and self-image. LEWIS DE BERRY, OutFAU’s former graphic artist, earned third place in Print Design and took first place honors in Visual Storytelling. OutFAU founder MARY RASURA and editor CJ WALDEN claimed third place in Special Projects for The Body issue. Rasura also won second place in Editorial Leadership.

QSALTLAKE, based in Salt Lake City, sponsored its annual Lagoon Day at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah, on August 10, 2025.

RICK THOMAN, who wrote regularly for San Francisco’s BAY AREA REPORTER in the 1980s and early 1990s reporting on queer sports in the city and region, passed away on July 28, 2025, after a struggle with cancer. According to the newspaper, he will be remembered for his prominent role in developing an out and proud sport culture in the city by leading the efforts to create diverse spaces where people could pursue their athletic interests in a safe community regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or physical ability. He passed peacefully at Coming Home Hospice in the Castro, a neighborhood he considered home for over 40 years. He was 72.

WINDY CITY TIMES, based in Chicago, is celebrating its 40th anniversary on September 25, 2025, at the city’s iconic SIDETRACK video bar. For tickets and more information, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/windy-city-times-40-celebration-at-sidetrack-tickets-1538974376789?aff=oddtdtcreator

TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
Volume 27
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