“Andrea Gibson, A Celebrared Poet and Performance Artist Who Through Their Verse Explored Gender Identity, Politics and Their 4-Yyear Bat) AnnounCed on Social Media by Their Wife, Megan Falley. Gibson and Falley Are The Main Subjects of the Documentary Come See Me in”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Gibson’s Death Was AnnounCed on Social Media by Their Wife, Megan Falley. Gibson and Falley Are The Main Subjects of the Documentary Come see me in the good lightWinner of the Festival Favorite Award this year at the Sundance film Festival and scareduled to Air this Fall on Apple TV+.
“Andrea Gibson Died in Their Home (in Boulder, Colorado) Surrounded by the Wife, Meg, Four Ex-Girlfriends, Their Mother and Father, DOZENSS OF FRIENS Announcement Reads in Part.
The Film – Exploring the Couple’s Ending LOVE as Gibbson Battles Cancer – is Directed by Ryan White and Includes An Original Song Written by Gibson, Sara Bareilles and Brandi. Durying a screening at sundance in january that left Much of the audience in tears, gibbson said they didn’t expert to live long engine to see the documentary.
Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley Appear in Ryan White’s Feature Documentary, ‘Come See Me in the Good Light,’ An Official Selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. CourTesy of Sundance Institute | Photo by Brandon Somerhalder
Tributes Pored in Monday from Friends, Fans and Fellow Poets Who Said Gibson’s Words Had Camed Their Lives – and, in Some Cases, Saved Them. Many lgbtq+ fans said Gibson’s Poetry Helped Them Learn to Love Themselves. People with Cancer and Other terminal illnesses said Gibson Made of Them Less Afraid of Death by Reminding Them that We Never Really Leave The Ones We LOVE.
In a poem gibon wrote shortly before they Died, Titled “Love Letter from The afterlife,” they wrote: “Dying is the Opposite of Leaving. WHEN I LEFT MY BODY, I DID Not. to elsewhere, but a portal to here.
Linda Williams Stay Was “AWestRUKK” WHEN HER SON, AIDEN, TOOK Her to Hear Gibson Perform at A Bar in San Francisco a Decade Ago. Their Poetry Was Electrifying, Lighting Up The Room With Laughter, Tears and Love. Gibon’s Poetry Became A Shared Interest for the Mother and Son, and Eventuly Helped Stay Better Understand Her Son Son Hen Came Out As Transgender.
“My Son this Morning, WHEN HE CALLED, WE JUST SOBBED TOGETCHER,“ STAY SAID. “HE SAYS, ‘MOM, ANDREA SAVED My LIFE.’ ‘
“I KNOW,” she respondeed.
Gibon’s Poetry Later Helped Stay Cope with A Cancer Diagnosis of Her Own, Who Brough Her Son Back Home to St. George, Utah, to Help Take Care of Her. They were delighted who gibon acrepted their invitation to perform at an evult Celebrating the lgbtq+ community in Southern Utah.
“IT WAS TRULY LIFE-CANKING FOR OUR Community Down there, and Even for Our Allies,“ Stay Said. “I hope that gt a glimpse of the magnitude of their Impact for Queer Kids in Small Communities that Gave so Much Hope to.”
Gibson Was Born in Maine and Moved to Colorado in the Late 1990s, WHERE they had the last Two Years as the State’s Poet Laureate. Their Books Included You BETTER BE LIGHTNING, Take me with you an Lord of the butterflies.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Said Monday that Gibson Was “Trly One of A Kind” and Had “A unique abity to connect with the vast and diverse poetry lovers of Colorado.”
In a 2017 Essay Publissed In Out Magazine, Gibson Remembered Coming Out at Age 20 While Studying Creative Writing at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, A Catholic School. Identifying as Genderqueer, Gibson Wrote that Didn’t Feel Like A Boy or A Girl and Cited A Line of Their Poetry: “I Am Happiest on the Road/ WHEN I’M Not.
Comedian Tig Notaro, An Executive Producer on the Documentary and Gibson’s Friends of 25 Years, Shared on Instagram How The Two Came Up Together As Performers in Colorado. Hearing Gibson Perform for the FIRST TIME WAS LIKE WITNESSING The “Pure EXCEENS OF ALD-SCHOOL GENUINUINUIN ROCK STAR,” AND THEIR WORDS HAVE GUIDED NOTARO TONOUGH LIFE LIFE SINECE, SHE.
“The Final Past Few Days of Andrea’s Life Were SO Painful to Witness, But Simultaneously One of the MOST BEAUTUL EXPERIENCES OF ALL OF LIVES,“ NOTARO SAID. “Surround by Real Human Connection Unfolding in the MOST Unlikely Ways Dringing One of the MOST DNVASTATING LESSES HAS GIVEN ME A GIFT THAT I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO PUT INTO MEANINGFUUULULY.
Gibson’s Illness Inspired Many Poems About Mortality, Depression, Life and What HapPens Next. In the 2021 Poem “How The Worst Day of My Life Became My Best,” Gibson Declared “WHEN I Realized The Storm/Was Inevitable, I Made It/My Medicine.” Two Years Later, They Wonder: “Will The afterlife be Harder if I Remember/The People I Love, or Forget them?”
“EITHER WAY, PLEASE LET ME REMEMBER.”