Our Gay of the Day hero today is the incomparable Urvashi Vaid. Lesbian, activist, change maker, and she left a road map for the community to organize and fight. The time is now! #pride #pridemonth #history #lgbtqia #lgbtq #gay
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NYC activists wanted to celebrate the 25th anniv of the Stonewall Riots and feared competition for attendees. During a break, I asked Urvashi Vaid and two other leaders to consider a compromise.
My hand-edited proposal shows how difficult coalition building was.
Ultimately, all of the parties agreed to proceed with planning for both events and we had a National March on Washington in 1993 and a Stonewall Celebration in NYC in 1994.
Thank you for this Dana. Indeed, Urvashi was a powerhouse activist and fierce social justice warrior. She is deeply missed. I had the honor of photographing her numerous times. A delightful person.
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Substantial divisiveness among the groups led to a boiling point where the planning meeting was about to fall apart.
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My hand-edited proposal shows how difficult coalition building was.
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