EB Troast, a queer educator in Petaluma who specialized in LGBTQ-inclusive family life and sex education curriculum, died January 11 after she collapsed during a Zoom meeting.
She was 37. Ms. Troast, who used female pronouns, was rushed to a hospital after going into cardiac arrest, according to an article in the Petaluma Argus-Courier.
She had been pregnant with her third child, who was stillborn. Ms. Troast had been a member of Amor Para Todos (love for everyone), a Petaluma-based organization that supports LGBTQIA+ youth in schools and the community, said Renee Ho, the founder of APT.
Ms. Troast's partner, Kawai Carvalho, who also identifies as queer, told the Bay Area Reporter that the couple practiced gender open (neutral) parenting