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LGBTQ Trailblazer & Humanitarian James Hormel Dies @ 88

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Hormel with his husband in 2019 (Image via Community Music Center) James Hormel, the former Ambassador to Luxembourg whose status as an out gay man made waves when he was nominated to the position by President Clinton, died today at age 88.

An heir to the meatpacking fortune, Hormel held his position from 1999-2001 after Clinton's recess appointment, was also a renowned LGBTQ activist and humanitarian who co-founded the Human Rights Campaign, was active in amfAR, gave the money that led to the building of the Gay and Lesbian Center at the San Francisco Public Library in 1995, was a rep to the U.S.

delegation to the 51st United Nations General Assembly and was a member of the U.S. Human Rights Commission. The library he funded was one reason

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