Brenda lost her valiant fight with cancer on June 28th, however the contributions she made to all of us will be a living legacy.

The New York Area Bisexual Network (NYABN) released the following upon her death: "It is with great sorrow that the family and friends of Brenda Howard regrets to announce the untimely passing of a matriarch of the bisexual community & a major figure in the modern LGBT rights movement. She was a founding mother of NYABN"

There are so many tributes out there to Brenda, that we are going to post a few links here for you to get to know Brenda.

1. Larry's tribute, as her significant other.

2. Other Memorials from her many friends.

3. "The next time someone asks you why LGBT Pride marches exist or why Gay Pride Month is June tell them “A bisexual woman named Brenda Howard thought it should be" by Tom Limoncelli.

Brenda fought for all our rights from the early days of 1969 until shortly before her death. We all have to wonder if we would be willing to go to jail for our rights and more important other's rights as Brenda did.

We invite you to browse through the pictures provided by many of her friends to the NYABN galleries.

Her contributions will not be forgotten and groups are making sure of that, including the following: " The Queens Chapter of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) announces the creation of the "Brenda Howard Award" in memory of the late bisexual activist Brenda Howard." Read their press release.

Sign Brenda's Guest Book.

May Her Memory Be a Blessing

May her family and Friends be comforted among all mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

The song playing was picked out by Brenda's friend, Cynthia and is called "Internationale", a french song about fighting for equality.

The original Gay Rainbow flag was made up of eight colors that are the bases of this page:

Hot pink for sexuality

Red for life

Orange for healing

Yellow for the sun

Green for nature

Blue for art

Indigo for harmony

Violet for spirit