Urvashi Vaid: The Vassar and Boston Years, 1975-83, by Marc Stein
Dublin Core
Title
Urvashi Vaid: The Vassar and Boston Years, 1975-83, by Marc Stein
Subject
Biography
Education and Intellectual Life
Family, Intimacy, and Relationships
Media and Communications
Movements and Activism
Organizations
Politics, Government, and Law
Race and Ethnicity
Sexuality / Sexual Behaviors
Description
This exhibit focuses on Urvashi Vaid (1958-2022), a leading LGBTQ activist of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The exhibit includes three components: a roundtable interview featuring three friends of Urvashi’s from her years at Vassar College (1975-79); a roundtable interview featuring four friends of Urvashi’s from her years in Boston (1980-83); and a set of links to publications and other materials by and about Urvashi. Published originally on OutHistory in 2023.
Time Period
1970s
1980s
Person
Stein, Marc
Vaid, Urvashi
Allee, Susan
Burns, Richard
Metro, Sue
Bloch, Robert
Hanssens, Catherine
Ringel, Betsy
Hoffman, Amy
Place
New York
Massachusetts
Asia and the Pacific
Boston, MA
Poughkeepsie, NY
Feature Exhibit Item Type Metadata
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urv
exhibit type
Oral History
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