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    Gay author / LGBT pioner Gore Vidal, passes away at 86...

    Gay author, playwright and LGBT pioner, Gore Vidal died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, he was 86. Vidal leaves behind an incredible mark as one of the important figures in LGBT history. His second novel The City and the Pillar, which was one of the first novels to feature gay characters caused such a frenzy that the New York Times book critic would not review it. Claiming it was to objectionable.