I didn’t know the trailblazing lesbian Victoria Brownworth, but I remember her as a fighter. She was always on Twitter (when it was still usable), pointing out injustice. She wasn’t afraid to get into arguments with people — I remember her warning me to not engage with her critics. She was made of tough stuff.
She, through her micropress Tiny Satchel, published my YA novel, Bereft. Bereft started out as a short story, included in an anthology called From Where We Sit, a collection of young adult fiction from writers from marginalized groups. She asked me to expand the story into a short novel. I remember her giving me edits from her hospital bed—she believed in the story just that much. She never let her health conditions stop her. The book went on to win two awards — a Silver and Bronze Independent Publisher Book (IPPY) awards.
Condolences to all who knew Brownworth.
Craig Laurance Gidney 
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