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Pottery Workshops Fill Up as People Travel to Connect Over Clay

Pottery workshops like those at the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine are filling up with people who want to connect with others instead of screens.

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'How can this be possible today?' Supporters unite around Rebel Wilson

SMH is facing backlash over 'outing' of Rebel Wilson over the weekend. Columnist Andrew Hornery caused more controversy with his 'apology'.

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Australian Paper Deletes Rebel Wilson Column but Denies Outing Her

The actress disclosed her relationship with Ramona Agruma a day before The Sydney Morning Herald published a column about it. The writer, Andrew Hornery, said he had made mistakes and would learn from them.

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The Prolific Activism of Urvashi Vaid

Vaid, a legendary organizer in the L.G.B.T.Q. movement, had an unerring sense of injustice and the overwhelming need to redress it.

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Urvashi Vaid, Pioneering L.G.B.T.Q. Activist, Is Dead at 63

Over a four-decade career, she profoundly shaped a range of progressive issues, including AIDS advocacy, prison reform and gay rights.

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Urvashi Vaid, Pioneering L.G.B.T.Q. Activist, Is Dead at 63

Over a four-decade career, she profoundly shaped a range of progressive issues, including AIDS advocacy, prison reform and gay rights.

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Carmen Vázquez, a Force on L.G.B.T.Q. Issues, Dies at 72


Carmen Vázquez, a Force on L.G.B.T.Q. Issues, Dies at 72
Often outspoken, she was a fixture in advocacy groups in San Francisco and New York. She died of Covid-19.
Carmen Vázquez was called “one of the most brilliant activists” in the L.G.B.T.Q. rights movement.Credit.National L.G.B.T.Q. Task Force
Published Feb. 5, 2021Updated Feb. 12, 2021
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others
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It was 1996, and President Bill Clinton was running for a second term against Bob Dole, the Republican candidate. In the gay/lesbian/bi/trans world, there was talk of boycotting the election to show displeasure with the center-right politics of compromise that characterized Mr. Clinton’s first term. But Carmen Vázquez was having none of it.

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