California Alliance for Pride and Equality, today known as Equality California and became its Executive Director. During her tenure she worked to secure passage of a 2001 law to secure for same-sex domestic partners many of the rights formerly reserved to married couples. Harris campaigned for Howard Dean during his unsuccessful 2004 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Harris died at her home in Palm Springs, California on June 25, 2011. References External links Los Angeles Times obituary 1944 births 2011 deaths California Democrats American LGBT rights activists LGBT people from California Activists from California San Francisco Bay Area politicians People from Long Beach, California People from Santa Cruz, California People from Palm Springs, California