Terrrie Frye, a longtime activist and Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club member, died February 4. She was 74. Ms. Frye had been in poor health for some time, friends noted on social media posts.
She had been in hospice at Washington Hospital in Fremont. Paul Melbostad, an attorney and friend who had been helping with Ms.
Frye's care, said that she needed heart valve surgery but was too weak. She had been in a nursing home in Fremont before being moved to the hospital, he said. (Melbostad is the Bay Area Reporter's attorney.) Gabriel Haaland, a trans man and longtime friend of Ms.
Frye's, told the B.A.R. that she identified as bi and queer. Ms. Frye, also known as "Granny Gear," was active in progressive political circles and an outspoken