Rest in Peace, Erik Rhodes

Paper Magazine is reporting that troubled young gay adult-film star Erik Rhodes is dead having passed away last night at the age of 30.

On his blog, Erik Rhodes: A Romance With Misery, he stated:

My name is James... I have worked in the adult entertainment industry for the last 7 years of my life under the name Erik Rhodes. I'm not sure how I ended up here, and I don't know how i have survived this long... all i do know is that it can a very lonely place and sometimes i need a blog to get shit off my chest. So take it or leave it... here it is.

Author of book detailing history of LGBT movement dies

Dudley Clendinen, an openly gay reporter and author who co-wrote a history of the LGBT movement, has died at age 67 after battling Lou Gherig's disease. 

His 1999 book, "Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America," covered the period from the Stonewall riots of 1969 to the founding of ACT UP in 1987 and was co-written by New York Times political reporter Adam Nagourney.

Rest in Peace