Urvashi Vaid
American LGBT rights activist
Born on: October 8, 1958Died on: May 14, 2022
Aged: 63 years 218 days (763 months)
Gender: Female
Nationality: Indian
Birth Sign: Libra
Urvashi Vaid was an Indian-born American LGBT rights activist, lawyer, and writer. An expert in gender and sexuality law, she was a consultant in attaining specific goals of social justice.
She held a series of roles at the National LGBTQ Task Force, serving as executive director from 1989 to 1992 — the first woman of color to lead a national gay-and-lesbian organization.
She is the author of Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation (1995) and Irresistible Revolution: Confronting Race, Class and the Assumptions of LGBT Politics (2012).
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