This page is to honor departed Deaf LGBTQIA+ who created works in visual art, film, theatre, literature (signed and/or written), movement and more. Send us a message if you know of someone who should be added.
Click to access pdf 2024 https://surdistsunited.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LGBTQIA2S-Surdist-Ancestors-Honored-in-April-2024-1.pdf
PDF includes the following LGBTQIA+ Deaf Surdists/Creatives:
Don Baer (1959-2013) Wax Sculpture, Actor
Georgette “Gigi” Doran (1949-2022) Actor, Stage Rat
George Gaska (1930-2014) Tailor, Costume Designer
Robert E. Harding (BH) (1946-1994) Set Designer, Artist
Rosie Lanier Rodiquez (1969-2006) Performer
Frank Varveri (1958-1991) Actor
Mark Allen Branson (1955-1997) Actor
Michael Jolliffe (1945-1998) Artist
Angelo Rosardo-Marquez (1950-1991) Draftsman
Victor Magide (1963-2016) Photographer
Click to access pdf 2023 https://surdistsunited.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DeafLGBTQAncestorsArtistsTributes_April_2023-1-1.pdf
PDF includes the following LGBTQIA+ Deaf Surdists/Creatives:
Betty G. Miller (1934-2012) and Charles Guy Wonder (1945-2020)
Harry Williams (1948-1991) and Bruce Hlibok (1960-1995)
Mary Beth Miller (1943?-2019) and Sam Edwards (1941-1989)
Clayton Valli (1951-2003) and Jose Granda (1953-2022)
Charlie McKinney (1940-1998) and Alan R. Barwiolek (1952-1996)
Douglas Tilden (1860-1935) and Theophilus Hope D’Estrella (1851-1929)
Ned Behnke (1948-1989) and Morris Broderson (1928-2011)