AANHPI History Calendar

· New Delhi, India / United States

Urvashi Vaid Born

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Urvashi Vaid, born this day, became a leading LGBTQ-rights strategist and, as head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force from 1989, the first woman of color to lead a national gay-and-lesbian organization. (Anchored on her birth anniversary; shares Oct 8 with California's ethnic-studies law.)

Communities
  • Indian American
Event type
  • birth
Regions
  • South Asian
Identity lens
  • LGBTQ
  • women

Sources

  • npr.org npr.org/2022/05/18/1099723605/urvashi-vaid-lgbtq-activist-death
  • advocate.com advocate.com/news/2022/5/14/legendary-activist-urvashi-vaid-dies-63

Also on October 8

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California Requires Ethnic Studies

California became the first state to require ethnic studies for high school graduation-a milestone rooted in the Asian American and Third World student movements of the late 1960s.