We at Leonard Litz join the LGBTQ+ community in mourning the passing of David Mixner, a political activist who never rested in his unrelenting advocacy for LGBTQ+ people. From fighting for the rights of LGBTQ+ teachers in California, to his anti-war activism and his role in helping to end the law known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” his loss will be felt far and wide. “All of my peers died of AIDS, and I have no one to celebrate my past or my journey, or to help me pass down stories to the next generation,” he once said. “We lost an entire generation of storytellers.” Thankfully, we can be assured that the legacy of David Mixner will be felt for generations to come—in part through the David Mixner Fellowship, which the Leonard Litz LGBTQ+ Foundation is proud to support with our friends at CUNY. We hope you can now, finally, rest in peace, David.
