Gloria Anzaldúa, who was a lesbian feminist Chicana/Xicana theorist and creative writer, succumbed to an illness that was apparently related to diabetes on May 15, 2004. She left this world at the age of 61, just weeks before completing her dissertation and earning her doctorate from UC Santa Cruz. Gloria Anzaldúa was perhaps best known to people outside of her communities as the author or editor of This Bridge Called My Back (translated to Esta puente, mi espalda) (1981), Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987), and Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Feminists-of-Color (1990), amongst other publications. However, she meant much more to the people who knew her-- she built enlaces, or links, between lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities; she was an eloquent scholarly writer in Spanglish; she was very open about her vision and her spirituality; and she gave a voice to Chicana women's struggles. On Sunday, June 13th, a public memorial was held at the Women's Building in San Francisco. Read more about her on the Web Altar for Gloria