Jeanne Manford

The elementary school teacher who walked alongside her son in a New York City gay pride parade in 1972 became the cofounder of the support group Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, or PFLAG. President Obama praised Manford in a 2009 speech to the Human Rights Campaign. Her work, he said, was the "story of America." She was 92. Full obituary
Notable deaths of 2012

January 26, 2013