Former National LGBTQ Task Force executive director Urvashi Vaid passed away last month. RIP
Urvashi Vaid, pioneering LGBTQ activist and author, 63, passed away last month after a long battle with cancer.
“The world has lost a giant in the movement for LGBTQ freedom, justice and equality…” said Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Lorri L. Jean.
“I first met Urv in the early 1980s when we were both young attorneys and lesbian activists in Washington, D.C. As we became friends and, eventually, colleagues, I admired her leadership and all that she accomplished, both within and outside of our movement—for queer people, for women, for people of color and against poverty. She continued her work to advance equity and justice until the very end.
“Over the years, we spent many an hour laughing and scheming about ways to advance the causes we cared so deeply about. Urvashi was a visionary. But she was so much more: brilliant, hilarious, charismatic, loving, determined and, above all, courageous. She made life better for all of us. Our community and our nation owe her an enormous debt of gratitude. Our hearts go out to Urvashi’s wife, Kate Clinton, and to everyone who loves her. If there’s a heaven, Urv is already organizing the angels.”
