 He held positions on the editorial boards of several social science journals including the "Journal of Homosexuality" and the "Histories of Anthropology Annual", and was a contributor to the online encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer culture, GLBTQ and other reference volumes.He was a regular contributor at epinions.com and associatedcontent.com.Stephen Murray died in San Francisco, California on August 27, 2019 of complications of a B-cell lymphoma.