Robert Levithan (April 11, 1951 - May 3, 2016), was an American writer and HIV/AIDS activist who has had a significant influence on LGBT culture. Levithan has been on the forefront of the reaction to the HIV/AIDS epidemic since the early Eighties. Levithan wrote prolifically on living with HIV and other issues related to LGBT culture on both Advocate.com and GoodMenProject.com. He died of cancer in 2016. He was gay.