Urvashi Vaid (Photo by The Laura Flanders Show) Veteran activist Urvashi Vaid is leading a newly-formed group of activists and scholars who have come together to form an independent national research project focused on the concerns of LGBTQ women.
More than 100 organizations have joined on as partners in an effort to “center the concerned of LGBTQ+ women for policy-makers and advocates.” Vaid explained, “We had to create an independent project to get this work off the ground.
It’s outrageous that it’s 2021, and this will be the first national survey about the needs and priorities of LGBTQ+ women specifically. “For queer women to advocate effectively we need this data to deepen the gender focus of our movements, and to get the services and