Queer News Tonight remembers beloved LGBTQ+ figures we lost in 2025—artists, activists, and storytellers who shaped our culture and community. Fashion legend Giorgio Armani. Actor Richard Chamberlain. Queer poet Andrew Gibson. Drag superstar James Lee Williams, known as The Vivienne. Literary giant Edmund White. Trailblazing activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy. German actor Udo Kier. Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule. Drag queen Jiggly Caliente, Bianca Castro-Arabejo. Wenne Alton Davis. Daytime TV icon Anthony Geary. And Scottish comedian Stanley Baxter. Their legacies live on, in pride, courage, and creativity.
