By: Jerrold Freitag

He took down Rick Santorum and started the It Gets Better project.

By: Brian Berger

He wanted to destroy “the whole — how would you explain it — that exists.”

By: Tor Aarestad

A lethally and incessantly clever futurist.

By: Jessica Bruder

Fashion plate, poet, proto-punk and feminist performance artist.

By: Tucker Cummings

His minimalist compo­sitions are haunted by his counter­tenor voice

By: Alix Lambert

Backwards, in high heels, and brilliant

By: Jacob Mikanowski

He invented a funny avatar of passive resistance.

By: Jerrold Freitag

He presaged barbarity by pointing out abuses to the German language.

By: Brian Berger

Her dramatic potential was revealed in literary adaptations.

By: Tucker Cummings

It’s always “Posh and Becks,” rarely “Becks and Posh.”

By: Alix Lambert

They were so insep­arable they practically fused into each other.

By: Brian Berger

Unknown until word of his devotion to conjunto spread.

By: Tor Aarestad

He pioneered DIY data production, and transformed Anthropology.

By: Norman Hathaway

He showed us a bum trip that was perfectly in sync with the era.

By: Peggy Nelson

Translating passion for animals into passionate advocacy.