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==Personal life and legacy==
Tinker and her partner Sharon Keeler adopted a daughter, Connie. Tinker married her longtime partner Sara Graham in 2004, during a brief window of legalized same-sex marriage that year in Oregon.<ref name=":3" /> Tinker and Graham raised their sons Josh and Alex together. Their family was featured on a 2001 segment of ABC's ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]'' about gay and lesbian parents. Tinker died in a traffic accident in 2009, at the age of 61, while riding her bicycle in [[Blacksburg, Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maus |first=Jonathan |date=2009-07-03 |title=Well-known local activist killed while riding in Virginia |url=https://bikeportland.org/2009/07/03/well-known-local-activist-killed-while-riding-in-virginia-20650 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=BikePortland |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Teigen |first=Kristin |date=July 2, 2009 |title=Bonnie Tinker, Rest in Peace |url=http://www.blueoregon.com/2009/07/bonnie-tinker-rest-in-peace/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Blue Oregon}}</ref> The Love Makes a Family organization also ended in 2009. There is a large collection of her papers, recordings, and photographs in the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bonnie Tinker collection |url=https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv85766 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Archives West}}</ref> The Bonnie Tinker Emergency Shelter in Portland is named in her memory.<ref>{{Cite
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