Stonewall Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (1996) Winner
Urvashi Vaid
うるゔぁしー・ゔぁいど
Urvashi Vaid
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1958-10-08 （New Delhi, India）
- Died
- 2022-05-14 （New York City, New York, U.S.） age 63
- Nationality
- Indian-American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- New Delhi, India → Potsdam, New York → Boston, Massachusetts → Manhattan, New York → Provincetown, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- LGBT rights activist, lawyer, writer
- Active Years
- 1975-2022
- Affiliations
- National LGBTQ Task Force, ACLU National Prison Project, Arcus Foundation, Ford Foundation, Gill Foundation, Columbia Law School, The Vaid Group
- Influenced By
- Krishna Baldev Vaid
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vassar College | — | English literature and political science | AB | 1975-1979 | United States |
| Northeastern University School of Law | — | Law | JD | 1979-1983 | United States |
Vassar College
English literature and political science
Degree:
AB
Period:
1975-1979
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
United States
Northeastern University School of Law
Law
Degree:
JD
Period:
1979-1983
Year of Graduation:
1983
Country:
United States
Worked as writer at Gay Community News
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Stonewall Book Award | Virtual Equality | — | American Library Association | Winner |
| 1996 | Lambda Liberty Award | — | — | Lambda Legal | Winner |
| 1997 | Civil Rights Leadership Award | — | — | Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund | Winner |
| 1999 | Honorary Degree | — | — | CUNY School of Law | Winner |
| 2002 | Honoring With Pride Award | — | — | American Foundation for AIDS Research | Winner |
| 2006 | Dan Bradley Award | — | — | National Lesbian and Gay Law Association | Winner |
| 2008 | Lifetime Achievement Award | — | — | Gay Men's Health Crisis | Winner |
| 2010 | Ken Dawson Advocacy Award | — | — | Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders | Winner |
| 2010 | Kessler Award | — | — | CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies | Winner |
| 2013 | Over The Rainbow project award | Irresistible Revolution | — | American Library Association | Winner |
| 2014 | Social Justice Action Award | — | — | Columbia Teachers College | Winner |
| 2014 | Spirit of Justice Award | — | — | GLAD | Winner |
| 2015 | Honorary Degree | — | — | Kalamazoo College | Winner |
| 2022 | Susan J. Hyde Award | — | — | National LGBTQ Task Force | Winner |
Stonewall Book Award
1996
Work:
Virtual Equality
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
Winner
Lambda Liberty Award
1996
Organization:
Lambda Legal
Result:
Winner
Civil Rights Leadership Award
1997
Organization:
Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund
Result:
Winner
Honorary Degree
1999
Organization:
CUNY School of Law
Result:
Winner
Honoring With Pride Award
2002
Organization:
American Foundation for AIDS Research
Result:
Winner
Dan Bradley Award
2006
Organization:
National Lesbian and Gay Law Association
Result:
Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
2008
Organization:
Gay Men's Health Crisis
Result:
Winner
Ken Dawson Advocacy Award
2010
Organization:
Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders
Result:
Winner
Kessler Award
2010
Organization:
CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies
Result:
Winner
Over The Rainbow project award
2013
Work:
Irresistible Revolution
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
Winner
Social Justice Action Award
2014
Organization:
Columbia Teachers College
Result:
Winner
Spirit of Justice Award
2014
Organization:
GLAD
Result:
Winner
Honorary Degree
2015
Organization:
Kalamazoo College
Result:
Winner
Susan J. Hyde Award
2022
Organization:
National LGBTQ Task Force
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation
1995 Non-fictionA critique of the mainstreaming of gay and lesbian liberation and the concept of 'virtual equality'.
LGBT rightsmainstreamingsocial change
Irresistible Revolution: Confronting Race, Class and the Assumptions of LGBT Politics
2012 Non-fictionCritiques racial and class biases in the mainstream LGBT movement and calls for intersectional justice.
intersectionalityraceclassLGBT politics
Bibliography
- Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation
- Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights
- It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living
- Irresistible Revolution: Confronting Race, Class and the Assumptions of LGBT Politics
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- polemicalanalyticalactivist
- Recurring Motifs
- social justiceintersectionalityrace and class inequalityLGBT liberation
Health
-
breast cancer晩年～2022cause of death
-
thyroid cancer以前previously diagnosed and treated
Legacy
Renowned as a pioneering LGBTQ rights activist, the first woman of color to lead a national gay-and-lesbian organization, and advocate for intersectional social justice.
In Popular Culture
- Her name appears in the lyrics of Le Tigre's song 'Hot Topic'.
Quotes
-
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality will occur only when the larger institutions of society and the family are transformed to be more inclusive of racial, gender, and economic difference.
Source: Political activism section (1995) -
One is to take care of the parts of our community that are less powerful. That means low-income LGBT people, transgender people and our community's women.
Source: Interview (2014)
Trivia
- Partnered with comedian Kate Clinton from 1988 until her death in 2022; they married in 2013.
- Sister Jyotsna Vaid (neuroscientist), father writer Krishna Baldev Vaid, nibling Alok Vaid-Menon.
- Disrupted George H. W. Bush's press conference with a sign during her NGLTF tenure.
- Named one of the 50 most influential LGBT people in the US by Out magazine in 2009.