Goodstein died in San Diego on June 22, 1985 as a result of complications after surgery for bowel cancer. A few months earlier he had sold The Advocate to Niles Merton, an Orange County businessman.

After Goodstein's death The Advocate dissociated itself from Eichberg's workshop program, which changed its name to The Experience and continued in operation until 2001, when it folded because of declining interest.

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The Advocate magazine remains a leading national source of glbtq news and now appears in both print and on-line formats.

Perhaps Goodstein's greatest personal legacy was his generous gift to his alma mater Cornell University to help fund the university's Human Sexuality Collection, which officially came into being in 1988. In addition to a significant financial contribution, Goodstein donated some of his own papers and personal memorabilia to the collection.

Boycotts, the refusal to patronize companies or institutions, have in recent decades been organized by glbtq rights advocates to protest discriminatory practices and policies.

The gay and lesbian press is of prime importance in sustaining a frequently embattled minority and has been crucial in the development of a national mass movement for gay rights.

Sodomy laws, which provided the legal basis for police harassment of sexual minorities, were conclusively overturned by the United States Supreme Court in 2003, after more than half a century of efforts at reform.

American artist Don Bachardy, the long-time companion of novelist Christopher Isherwood, has achieved renown in his own right for his nudes and celebrity portraits, which honestly convey the personalities of his sitters.

Steve Endean, one of the most important glbtq activists of the post-Stonewall era, stirred controversy within and outside gay politics in his conviction that "mainstreaming" the movement was the way for glbtq Americans to achieve equality.

An important organization of the early post-Stonewall era, the Gay Activists Alliance, which flourished from 1969 to 1974, strove to give gay men and lesbians visibility in American politics.

In his novels and short stories, plays, and critical writings, Richard Hall focused almost exclusively on issues of gay identity and community.

Los Angeles activist Morris Kight, a determined and courageous--if sometimes eccentric--fighter for glbtq rights, worked for decades in the struggle for equality.

Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States, was assassinated in San Francisco's City Hall, making him the American gay liberation movement's most visible martyr.

The oldest continuously operating national glbtq interest group, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has played a significant role in the development of the glbtq movement for equal rights.

Randy Shilts pioneered as an openly gay journalist in the 1970s and 1980s and was an astute interpreter of the various issues affecting American gay men and lesbians.

American activist and scientist Bruce Voeller was a leader in both the gay rights movement and the fight against AIDS.