Sad story from Philly…a real loss to the LGBT community here

[PCIntern]

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/Philadelphias_first_director_of_citys_Office_of_LGBT_Affairs_Gloria_Casarez_dead_at_42.html

Gloria Casarez, who became Philadelphia's first liaison to the city's gay community when Mayor Michael Nutter appointed her to a newly created post in 2008, died this weekend after a long battle with cancer, according to a statement from the city Sunday. She was 42.

Casarez, in her role as the first director of the Mayor’s Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs, helped establish the Mayor’s Advisory Board on LGBT Affairs.

"Gloria was a fun, serious, strong and kind person who always wanted to do more for others and who fought for equality of rights for all people,” Nutter said in the statement. “She was a clear, strong voice to the LGBTQ community in Philadelphia and across America.”

Born in Philadelphia, Casarez was a founding member of housing rights organization Empty the Shelters before becoming a coordinator for the LGBT Center at the University of Pennsylvania.


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[m-lekktor]

1. too young.

R.I.P. Gloria Casarez.

[LoisB]

2. R.I.P. Gone too soon.

[shenmue]

3. Mercy