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Queer activists plan week of mourning for COVID-19 victims
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ebar.comKirstin Urquiza, a bisexual San Francisco woman who lost her father to COVID-19 and became nationally recognized after speaking at this year's Democratic National Convention, is joining forces with longtime gay activist Cleve Jones, the founder of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, to put together the week of mourning from October 4-11.Urquiza lost her 65-year-old father, Mark, to COVID-19 on June 30.
In an obituary for him, Urquiza cast blame on politicians who refused to "acknowledge the severity of this crisis."It was then that the 39-year-old resident of the Richmond district was contacted via Twitter by "someone with the Democratic National Committee," she told the Bay Area Reporter."I did research and saw they were very connected with.
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