New York City LGBTQ Activist Larry Lombardi Has Died

Up until his death last week, Lombardi was an integral member of the queer Queens community.

Neal Broverman

Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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Larry Lombardi -- who volunteered with several LGBTQ organizations serving the New York City borough of Queens -- died on Saturday at the age of 83.

Lombardi passed away in his sleep at his home in the Jackson Heights neighborhood, according to the Times Ledger.

For over a quarter of a century, Lombardi worked tirelessly for LGBTQ causes. Lombardi served as treasurer and board member of the Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens and was a member of the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee, the organization that mounts the annual Queens Pride Parade.

During this year's Queens Pride Parade in June, Lombardi helped honor Julio Rivera, gay man killed by skinheads during a 1990 Jackson Heights hate crime.

Lombardi was also a regular fixture at the Queens Center for Gay Seniors.

"Larry was an amazing human being and he will be sorely missed by all who were lucky to know him," City Councilman Daniel Dromm told the Times Ledger. "Larry spent at least the last 26 years of his life fighting for the rights of LGBT people in Queens and beyond. He was a progressive fighter who took to the streets to fight for the things he believed in. He was active in LGBT causes until the very end. I was fortunate to spend time with Larry on Wednesday in the Queens Center for Gay Seniors. He was on oxygen but was in good spirits. Rest in peace my friend and ally."