Colin Lovett

As Colin Murphy battled cancer, he co-authored the following obituary with his longtime friend Colin Lovett. Murphy, a St. Louis-based LGBT journalist, wrote for the Vital Voice before co-founding #Boom Magazine with Lovett. You can read also Lovett’s Q&A remembrance of his work with Murphy here. Michael Colin Murphy, 53, died on Thursday, February 22, at Missouri Baptist Hospital after a valiant battle with cancer.

Together, Colin Lovett and Colin Murphy co-founded St. Louis' #Boom Magazine in 2014. After Murphy died on Thursday, February 22, Lovett shared this Q&A about his memories of his best friend and co-owner. How/when did you become aware of Murphy, and how/when did you begin working together? Colin Murphy and I met on the bus to the National Equality March in 2009.

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