Stacy Milbern, 33, died of surgery-related complications in a Stanford, California hospital in 2020 which is two years ago.
Milbern was a disability rights activist who emphasized the necessity of hearing LGBTQ+ and people of color voices in the disability community.
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Milbern, who had muscular dystrophy, dedicated her whole life to raising awareness of the challenges that people with disabilities experience and campaigning for their equality.
She pushed to have disability history information incorporated to high school curricula in North Carolina.
She spoke out about the necessity of disability rights movement, particularly LGBTQ+ individuals with disabilities and people of color with disabilities.
When wildfires in California forced Pacific Gas and Electric to shut down last summer, she spoke up about the needs of people with disabilities who rely on ventilators and other electrically powered medical equipment.
