David Mixner, a longtime LGBTQ+ activist who was an adviser to Bill Clinton during his presidential campaign and later called him out over the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regarding gays in the military, has died
This 2002 photo provided by LGBTQ+ Victory Fund shows David Mixner at the at the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund’s Oates-Shrum Leadership Awards in Washington. Mixner, a longtime LGBTQ+ activist who was an adviser to Bill Clinton during his presidential campaign and later called him out over the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regarding gays in the military, has died. He was 77.
Mixner believed that the LGBTQ+ community needed to be visibly and consistently involved in the political process and “dragged people along with him,” said Parker, the former mayor of Houston, Texas. He was social and witty and had a big personality, she said, but added that it was his moral compass that people should remember the most: He was willing to speak up and stand up.
Mixner’s father, Benjamin, was a farmer and his mother, Mary, was a homemaker and notary and later a bookkeeper for the local John Deere dealership, according to his niece, Lizzy Yates. His sister, Patsy Annison, died in 2018 and he is survived by his brother, Melvin Mixner, Yates said. “He taught us to open our arms and our hearts. He taught us to stand up for those things and people who we hold dear,” the statement read. “He taught us to try to at least try to fly because bones heal.”
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