Portland Area Lesbian Activist Dies in Cycling Accident

Lesbian activist Bonnie Tinker, 61, died Thursday in a cycling accident at the Virginia Tech University campus, OregonLive.com reported.

Director of the Portland, Ore. Love Makes a Family and a member of the Seriously P.O.’d Grannies, Tinker was struck by a Mack truck while cycling at about 4:30 p.m. Tinker hit the truck and then it ran over her. She died at the scene.

At the Virginia Tech campus for a conference with the Religious Society of Friends, Tinker was a peace promoter, lesbian activist and abuse survivor, who was arrested in 2008 and for protesting at the downtown Portland Armed Forces Recruiting Center.

Tinker and her partner had three adult children according to Cecil Prescod, a member of the Love Makes a Family board of directors. He also said that cycling was one of Tinker’s hobbies.

"She had been active in the community for many years on a number of issues, from domestic violence to gay rights to, more recently, anti-war activities,” Prescod said.

Tinker is survived by her partner, Sara Graham, and their three children, Alex, Josh, and Connie.