BRENDA HOWARD was an American LGBT activist who died on this date (b. 1946); a bisexual rights activist and sex-positive feminist, Howard was an important figure in the modern LGBT rights movement as a member of Gay Liberation Front

A militant activist who helped plan and participated in LGBT rights actions for over three decades, she was a member of the Gay Liberation Front and for several years chair of the Gay Activists Alliance in the early post-Stonewall era. 

In 2005 the Queens Chapter of PFLAG announced the creation of the “Brenda Howard Award”.

This was the first time a major American LGBT organization has named award after an out bisexual member of the LGBT Community. The award, to be given yearly, recognizes “an individual or organization whose work on behalf of the LGBT Community best exemplifies the vision, principals and community service exemplified by the late Brenda Howard and who serves as a positive and visible role model for the Bisexual community.”