The Washington Blade reports, that Cheryl Spector died today after a 10-week battle with leukemia, according to Rainbow History.Cheryl will be remembered for many things in her life. She was an LGBT activist, a historian, a fierce supporter of our local drag kings, and she was an AIDS activist.
Cheryl was actively involved in ACT UP DC in the early days of the epidemic. She joined after losing her brother to AIDS. She has been a force in Washington ever since I got here (and long before) and she will be greatly missed.
For more about Cheryl, click here to read a tribute to her from an awards ceremony in 2004.
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