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May 21, 2013
Lesbian astronaut Sally Ride awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Sally Ride was the first American woman in space and the first known LGBT astronaut

The White House and NASA are to honor America's first woman in space and first know LGBT astronaut, Sally Ride, by awarding her a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom.

President Barack Obama announced on Monday Ride will be posthumously awarded America's highest civilian honor during a White House ceremony later this year.

July 25, 2012
Star Trek icon Nichelle Nichols pays tribute to lesbian astronaut Sally Ride

Woman who played Lt. Uhura says Ride was 'a symbol for all of the little girls'

In her role as communications officer Lt. Uhura aboard the USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek television series and feature films, Nichelle Nichols was a pioneer of sorts for women in space - at least fictionally.

Sally Ride, who died this week of pancreatic cancer, was the real deal as the first US woman in space. It was not widely known until her death that she was a lesbian who is survived by her female partner of 27 years.

June 27, 2012
Coroner reopens investigation into gay man’s death after 24 years

An Australian court has opened the way for a new investigation into the death of an American gay man in 1988 that was dismissed as a suicide

The New South Wales Coroners Court has paved the way for a new investigation into the 1988 death of an American gay man in Sydney.

A 1989 inquest ruled the death of 27 year old Scott Johnson to be a suicide despite his body being found naked on the rocks below an area where gay men were known to sunbathe and meet for sex near Manly’s Shelly Beach.

Johnson had no history of depression and had been told only that morning that he was well on his way to achieving his doctorate in mathematics from the Australian National University.