The National LGBTQ Task Force is deeply saddened to announce the death of Carmen Vázquez, long-time LGBTQ+ and social justice activist.
Carmen died on January 27, 2021 of COVID-related complications. Said Rea Carey, National LGBTQ Task Force Executive Director: “The loss of Carmen tears open a hole in the heart of the LGBTQ+, social justice, immigration, reproductive justice, and sexual freedom movements.
And in mine. I’m deeply sad that one of our movement’s most brilliant activists is no longer with us. I’ve never known this movement without Carmen in it.
A fierce, Puerto Rican butch, who spoke, wrote, organized, mobilized, and willed with her small but powerful body justice and liberation into this world.