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Alice Hoagland fought to keep the legacy of her son, Mark Bingham, alive. (Jemal Countess/Getty) Alice Hoagland, the mother of gay 9/11 hero Mark Bingham and inclusive rugby champion, has died aged 71 after a long battle with Addison’s disease. Hoagland died on 22 December at her home in Los Gatos, California, AP News reported. She was remembered by International Gay Rugby as “its biggest supporter and the surrogate mother for many rugby players who found a way forward through their involvement with rugby through their involvement with rugby and the Bingham Cup.” She became involved with rugby after the death of her son, Mark Bingham. ....
Mandel Ngan/AP Alice Hoagland, the mother of 9/11 victim Mark Bingham and beloved mother figure in the global gay rugby movement had died. Alice Hoagland, a beloved figure of the gay rugby movement that her own son, Mark Bingham, helped set in motion shortly before he perished in the 2001 terrorist attacks as one of the heroes of Flight 93, has died. She was 71. Hoagland, a former flight attendant who became a safety activist while carrying on her son’s athletic legacy, died Dec. 22 in her sleep at her home in Los Gallos, California, after battling Addison s disease, according to longtime family friend Amanda Mark. ....
Towleroad Gay News Alice Hoagland, the mother of gay 9/11 hero and rugby player Mark Bingham, died last month at the age of 71 but the news of her death broke this week. The AP reports: “Hoagland, a former flight attendant who became a safety activist while carrying on her son’s athletic legacy, died Dec. 22 in her sleep at her home in Los Gallos, California, after battling Addison’s disease, according to longtime family friend Amanda Mark. International Gay Rugby – an organisational that traces its roots to one team in London in 1995 and now consists of about 90 clubs in more than 20 countries (including New Zealand) on five continents – held Hoagland in such esteem that one of the prizes at its biennial Mark Kendall Bingham Memorial Tournament, or the Bingham Cup, is called the Hoagland Cup.” ....
Feeling like a team again Dec 18, 2020 | 1 This year’s LostSouls toy drive place in the parking lot of The Round-Up Saloon. (Photos courtesy of Todd Maria) While many events have been canceled due to the pandemic, Lost Souls figured out how to make one work DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer In the year of the pandemic, it’s hard to say what’s been hardest hit. Certainly the bars which are only open right now if they’re operating as restaurants have been a casualty. So have restaurants, which are currently operating at only 50 percent capacity. And sports, which have experimented with playing in a bubble and without fans. And non-profits that rely on their fundraising events to keep providing their services. …. ....