Veteran Sexual Freedom Fighter Carmen Vàsquez Passes
January 29, 2021 11:00 PMLegal - By BROOKLYN, N.Y.— Carmen Vàsquez, who spent much of her adult life working to gain full rights for sexual minorities, died this past Wednesday, January 27, at her home of COVID-related illness. She was 72 years old. The Puerto Rican-born Vàsquez, oldest of seven children, was raised in Harlem and attended City University of New York (CCNY), where she earned a Bachelor's degree in English and a Master's in Education before moving to San Francisco in 1974, where she co-founded The Women's Building, became the Executive Director of the National Network for ...
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