Tributes paid to LGBT activist Dean who died from cancer

Tributes are being paid to LGBT activist Dean Eastmond, who died of cancer on Sunday.

The 21-year-old was the editor of magazine HISKIND and wrote about the struggles of living with cancer.

He was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of bone and soft tissue cancer in 2016.

Dean, who moved back to Dorset after his diagnosis, is described by his boyfriend as "the most caring, loving, beautiful person" in a Twitter post.

Nicole Scherzinger tweeted, I'm so inspired by your strength and bravery Dean. May God bless you and your journey. Sending you all my prayers and love.

He used posts in his online magazine to talk about the side effects of chemotherapy and treatment.

Dean wanted to educate and entertain people at the same time by being positive and "finding humour in the tumour".

The hashtag #DeanEastmondSLAYED has been trending on Twitter and was shared by drag queen Charlie Hides from RuPaul's Drag Race.

Charlie Hides tweeted, RIP @deanvictorr you touched so many lives and taught us how to go out in style! #DeanEastmondSLAYED

Charlie also visited Dean a couple of days before his death to give him a makeover.

Dean Eastmond tweeted, When @charliehidestv knows you're pretty much bed bound so comes to chill with you for the day and this OBVIOUSLY ends up happening.

As well as Charlie, Dean was friends with Troye Sivan.

The Australian singer first started as a YouTuber, who came out on his channel and was called an inspiration by Dean.

After Dean's NHS chemotherapy course failed to stop the spread of cancer, Troye covered all the costs of his experimental cancer treatment.

In a post on HISKIND called, 'Thank you Troye Sivan for potentially saving my life', Dean wrote about how there was only a 50% chance he would get to celebrate his 21st birthday.

"Troye had offered, there and then, to completely cover the cost of this alternative treatment.

"Saving myself and my family from being financially crippled in the most difficult time of all of our lives.

"Within minutes, he had lived up to his offer and donated thousands in the blink of an eye, (much to my awe, amazement and slight embarrassment) before popping off to sleep."

Dean's boyfriend Adam Parker broke the news on Sunday morning, saying: "This morning the most caring, loving, beautiful person was taken from us.

"I love you Dean and you, your words & light will shine on forever."

This was followed by tributes from gay magazine Attitude, campaigner Owen Jones and filmmaker Benjamin Cook.

Attitude Magazine tweeted, Dean Eastmond spoke to Attitude just a few months ago about his journey. He faced his illness with bravery, strength and humour.

Owen Jones tweeted, RIP Dean Eastmond, an amazing, courageous, inspirational queer young journalist who has died of cancer. He moved so, so many people.

Benjamin Cook tweeted, heartbroken to hear that Dean Eastmond has died of cancer. We last spoke a couple of weeks back. Brilliant, beautiful, inspiring guy.

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