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• RA ADSSA, LONGTIME SOCIAL ACTIVIST AND FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PENNSYLVANIA LBIAN AND GAY TASK FORCE, HAS DIED AT 76
• PHILALPHIA GAY NEWS (PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) NEWSPAPER OBUARI (2009 - CURRENT) ENTER YOUR ANCTOR'S NAME BELOW AND WE'LL SEARCH OBUARI TO HELP YOU LEARN MORE. LAST NAMESEARCH NARROW BY DATEDATE RANGE OR DATE MM/DD/YYYYTO MM/DD/YYYY MM/DD/YYYYFOREXACT+/- 1 YEARS+/- 2 YEARS+/- 5 YEARS+/- 10 YEARS +/- USE A SPECIFIC DATE NARROW BY KEYWORDSKEYWORDS INCLU THE KEYWORDS...  EXCLU THE KEYWORDS... NARROW BY LOTNSTATEALABAMAALASKAAMERIN SAMOAARIZONAARKANSASCALIFORNIACOLORADOCONNECTICUTDELAWAREDISTRICT OF COLUMBIAFLORIDAGEIAGUAMHAWAIIIDAHOILLOISINDIANAIOWAKANSASKENTUCKYLOUISIANAMAEMARYLANDMASSACHETTSMICHIGANMNOTAMISSISSIPPIMISSOURIMONTANANATNALNEBRASKANEVADANEW HAMPSHIRENEW JERSEYNEW MEXINEW YORKNORTH CAROLANORTH DAKOTAOHOKLAHOMAOREGONPENNSYLVANIAPUERTO RIRHO ISLANDSOUTH CAROLASOUTH DAKOTATENNSEETEXASUTAHVERMONTVIRGIAWASHGTONWT VIRGIAWISNSWYOMGCYABGTON, HATBORO-HORSHAMALLENTOWNAMBLERAPOLLO, LEECHBURG, VANRGRIFTARDMOREARDMORE-WAYNEASPWALL, FOX CHAPELASTON, BROOKHAVEN, CHICHTERBEAVER, ROCHTER, AMBRIDGE, ALI...BEDFORDBENSALEMBERKS, LANSTER, CHTER COUNTYBETHLEHEMBLAIRSVILLEBOYERTOWNBRENTWOOD, PLEASANT HILLSBRIDGEVILLEBRISTOLBROOKHAVEN, UPLANDBROOKVILLEBUCKS COUNTYBUTLERCANTONCARBONDALECARLISLECARNEGIECHADDS FORDCHAMBERSBURG,CHTERCHTER HEIGHTSCLARKS SUMMCOATVILLECOLUMBIACONNELLSVILLECONSHOHOCKENCORAOPOLISCORRYCOUNTYCRANBERRYDALLASDANVILLEDGMAN, MILFORDDONEGALDOWNGTOWNDOYLTOWNDREXEL HILL, UPPER DARBYDUBOISEASTONELIZABETHTOWNELLWOOD CYERIEEXTONFEASTERVILLE, TREVOSEFORT WASHGTONGERMANTOWNGETTYSBURGGIBSONIA, ALLISON PARKGLEN MILLSGREENSTLEGREENSBURGGROVE CYHAMBURGHARRISBURGHAVERFORDHAVERTOWNHAWLEYHAZLETONHELLERTOWNHERSHEYHONDALEHUNTGDON, MOUNT UNNIRWJEANTEJENKTOWNJOHNSTOWNKANEKENT SQUAREKG OF PSSIAKTANNGKUTZTOWNLAFAYETTE HILLLANSTERLANNBERGLANGHORNE, LEVTOWNLANSDALELATROBELEVTOWN, BRISTOL, LANGHORNELIGONIERLIMERICKMARPLE, NEWTOWNMCKEPORT, DUQUNE, CLAIRTONMCKNIGHTMEADVILLEMEDIAMIDDLEBURGMIDDLETOWNMILTONMONSENMONROEVILLEMONTROSEMOSWMOUNT PLEASANTMURRYSVILLENEW BETHLEHEMNEW BLOOMFIELDNEW CASTLENEW HOPENEW KENSGTONNEW WILMGTONNEWTOWNNEWTOWN SQUARENEWVILLENORRISTOWNNORTH EASTOLYPHANTOXFORDPARKBURGPARKLANDPENN HILLSPHILALPHIAPHOENIXVILLEPIKE, LACKAWANNA, WAYNE COUNTYPTSBURGHPTSTONPLUMPLYMOUTH MEETGPOTTSTOWNPOTTSVILLEPOTTTSTOWNPRIMOS, UPPER DARBYPUNXSUTAWNEYQUAKERTOWNQUARRYVILLEREADGRIDGWAYROSLYN, ABGTONROXBOROUGHSANATOGASAYRESCHWENKSVILLESTTDALESCRANTONSEWICKLEYSHAMOKSHARONSHIPPENSBURGSOMERSETSOURTONSOUTHAMPTONSPRGFIELDST. MARYSSTATE COLLEGESTROUDSBURGSUNBURYTOWANDATRAFFORDTUNKHANNOCKUNNTOWNUPPER DARBYVALLEY VIEWWASHGTONWAYNEWAYNBOROWT CHTERWT GROVEWT GROVE, KENT SQUAREWT NEWTONWT OAK LANE, MT. AIRYWT READGWT READG, WYOMISSGWEXFORD, MCKNIGHTWHEHALLWILK-BARREYARDLEYYORKNEWSPAPERBILLY PENNCHALKBEAT PHILALPHIACHTNUT HILL LOLDAILY PENNSYLVANIAN, THE: UNIVER...DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN, THE: UNIVER...JEWISH EXPONENTMETRO - PHILALPHIAMT. AIRY EXPRSNEWS GLEANERNORTHEAST BREEZENORTHEAST TIMOLNEY TIMPHILALPHIA CY PAPERPHILALPHIA DAILY NEWSPHILALPHIA GAY NEWSPHILALPHIA INQUIRERPHILALPHIA INQUIRER, THE: WEB ...PHILALPHIA MAGAZEPHILALPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTEB...PHILALPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTEB...PHILALPHIA TRIBUNEPHILLY WEEKLYSOUTH PHILLY REVIEWSPIR, THE: WT-SOUTHWT PHIL...STAR & HOME SEARCHADVANCED SEARCH PHILALPHIA GAY NEWS OBUARI PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

PHILALPHIA GAY NEWS

The Philalphia Gay News is the area’s largt and olst publitn targetg the LGBTQ+ muny. Ra Adssa, 76, of Philalphia, the longtime executive director of the Pennsylvania Lbian and Gay Task Force, a fierce lifelong advote for peace, social jtice, and civil rights of all sorts, and self-scribed nonprof anizatn management profsnal, died Saturday, July 9, of chronic obstctive pulmonary disease at Penn Hospice at Rtenhoe.

RA ADSSA, LONGTIME SOCIAL ACTIVIST AND FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PENNSYLVANIA LBIAN AND GAY TASK FORCE, HAS DIED AT 76

She enthiastilly embraced all such pictns, often wore a silver battle-ax on a cha around her neck, and famoly opened her remarks at a 1986 gay-rights rally by shoutg, “Pay attentn!

PHILALPHIA GAY NEWS (PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) NEWSPAPER OBUARI (2009 - CURRENT) ENTER YOUR ANCTOR'S NAME BELOW AND WE'LL SEARCH OBUARI TO HELP YOU LEARN MORE. LAST NAMESEARCH NARROW BY DATEDATE RANGE OR DATE MM/DD/YYYYTO MM/DD/YYYY MM/DD/YYYYFOREXACT+/- 1 YEARS+/- 2 YEARS+/- 5 YEARS+/- 10 YEARS +/- USE A SPECIFIC DATE NARROW BY KEYWORDSKEYWORDS INCLU THE KEYWORDS...  EXCLU THE KEYWORDS... NARROW BY LOTNSTATEALABAMAALASKAAMERIN SAMOAARIZONAARKANSASCALIFORNIACOLORADOCONNECTICUTDELAWAREDISTRICT OF COLUMBIAFLORIDAGEIAGUAMHAWAIIIDAHOILLOISINDIANAIOWAKANSASKENTUCKYLOUISIANAMAEMARYLANDMASSACHETTSMICHIGANMNOTAMISSISSIPPIMISSOURIMONTANANATNALNEBRASKANEVADANEW HAMPSHIRENEW JERSEYNEW MEXINEW YORKNORTH CAROLANORTH DAKOTAOHOKLAHOMAOREGONPENNSYLVANIAPUERTO RIRHO ISLANDSOUTH CAROLASOUTH DAKOTATENNSEETEXASUTAHVERMONTVIRGIAWASHGTONWT VIRGIAWISNSWYOMGCYABGTON, HATBORO-HORSHAMALLENTOWNAMBLERAPOLLO, LEECHBURG, VANRGRIFTARDMOREARDMORE-WAYNEASPWALL, FOX CHAPELASTON, BROOKHAVEN, CHICHTERBEAVER, ROCHTER, AMBRIDGE, ALI...BEDFORDBENSALEMBERKS, LANSTER, CHTER COUNTYBETHLEHEMBLAIRSVILLEBOYERTOWNBRENTWOOD, PLEASANT HILLSBRIDGEVILLEBRISTOLBROOKHAVEN, UPLANDBROOKVILLEBUCKS COUNTYBUTLERCANTONCARBONDALECARLISLECARNEGIECHADDS FORDCHAMBERSBURG,CHTERCHTER HEIGHTSCLARKS SUMMCOATVILLECOLUMBIACONNELLSVILLECONSHOHOCKENCORAOPOLISCORRYCOUNTYCRANBERRYDALLASDANVILLEDGMAN, MILFORDDONEGALDOWNGTOWNDOYLTOWNDREXEL HILL, UPPER DARBYDUBOISEASTONELIZABETHTOWNELLWOOD CYERIEEXTONFEASTERVILLE, TREVOSEFORT WASHGTONGERMANTOWNGETTYSBURGGIBSONIA, ALLISON PARKGLEN MILLSGREENSTLEGREENSBURGGROVE CYHAMBURGHARRISBURGHAVERFORDHAVERTOWNHAWLEYHAZLETONHELLERTOWNHERSHEYHONDALEHUNTGDON, MOUNT UNNIRWJEANTEJENKTOWNJOHNSTOWNKANEKENT SQUAREKG OF PSSIAKTANNGKUTZTOWNLAFAYETTE HILLLANSTERLANNBERGLANGHORNE, LEVTOWNLANSDALELATROBELEVTOWN, BRISTOL, LANGHORNELIGONIERLIMERICKMARPLE, NEWTOWNMCKEPORT, DUQUNE, CLAIRTONMCKNIGHTMEADVILLEMEDIAMIDDLEBURGMIDDLETOWNMILTONMONSENMONROEVILLEMONTROSEMOSWMOUNT PLEASANTMURRYSVILLENEW BETHLEHEMNEW BLOOMFIELDNEW CASTLENEW HOPENEW KENSGTONNEW WILMGTONNEWTOWNNEWTOWN SQUARENEWVILLENORRISTOWNNORTH EASTOLYPHANTOXFORDPARKBURGPARKLANDPENN HILLSPHILALPHIAPHOENIXVILLEPIKE, LACKAWANNA, WAYNE COUNTYPTSBURGHPTSTONPLUMPLYMOUTH MEETGPOTTSTOWNPOTTSVILLEPOTTTSTOWNPRIMOS, UPPER DARBYPUNXSUTAWNEYQUAKERTOWNQUARRYVILLEREADGRIDGWAYROSLYN, ABGTONROXBOROUGHSANATOGASAYRESCHWENKSVILLESTTDALESCRANTONSEWICKLEYSHAMOKSHARONSHIPPENSBURGSOMERSETSOURTONSOUTHAMPTONSPRGFIELDST. MARYSSTATE COLLEGESTROUDSBURGSUNBURYTOWANDATRAFFORDTUNKHANNOCKUNNTOWNUPPER DARBYVALLEY VIEWWASHGTONWAYNEWAYNBOROWT CHTERWT GROVEWT GROVE, KENT SQUAREWT NEWTONWT OAK LANE, MT. AIRYWT READGWT READG, WYOMISSGWEXFORD, MCKNIGHTWHEHALLWILK-BARREYARDLEYYORKNEWSPAPERBILLY PENNCHALKBEAT PHILALPHIACHTNUT HILL LOLDAILY PENNSYLVANIAN, THE: UNIVER...DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN, THE: UNIVER...JEWISH EXPONENTMETRO - PHILALPHIAMT. AIRY EXPRSNEWS GLEANERNORTHEAST BREEZENORTHEAST TIMOLNEY TIMPHILALPHIA CY PAPERPHILALPHIA DAILY NEWSPHILALPHIA GAY NEWSPHILALPHIA INQUIRERPHILALPHIA INQUIRER, THE: WEB ...PHILALPHIA MAGAZEPHILALPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTEB...PHILALPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTEB...PHILALPHIA TRIBUNEPHILLY WEEKLYSOUTH PHILLY REVIEWSPIR, THE: WT-SOUTHWT PHIL...STAR & HOME SEARCHADVANCED SEARCH PHILALPHIA GAY NEWS OBUARI PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

“Ra was the real thg, a salt-of-the-earth dynamo who fought tenacly for LGBT people and so many others who get stepped on, ” said Bill Dobbs, a longtime gay activist New York.

”From 1979, when she was hired to n what was then lled the Philalphia Gay Task Force, through 2005, when the group was dissolved, Ms.