What is Carmen Vázquez?
{{Infobox person | name = Carmen Vázquez | image = Carmen Vasquez.jpg | image_size = | caption = Vásquez at the 2011 Vicki Sexual Freedom Award ceremony | birth_date = {{birth date|1949|1|14}} | birth_place = Puerto Rico | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|01|27|1949|01|14|mf=y}} | death_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | education = [[City University of New York]] | movement = [[LGBT rights movement]], Immigrant Rights }}'''Carmen Vázquez''' (January 14, 1949 – January 27, 2021) was a Puerto Rican activist and writer. Born in [[Puerto Rico]], she was raised in [[New York City]].<ref name=Smith>{{Cite web| title = Collection: Carmen Vázquez papers {{!}} Smith College Finding Aids| access-date = 2020-05-26| url = https://findingaids.smith.edu/repositories/2/resources/870}}</ref> Vázquez co-founded [[The Women's Building (San Francisco)|The Women's Building]], became the Executive Director of the [[National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights]] and then the Coordinator of Lesbian and Gay Health Services for the [[San Francisco Department of Public Health]]. She was also the co-founder and co-chair of [[Somos Hermanas]]. Vázquez died on January 27, 2021 of [[COVID-19]] in [[New York City]], aged 71.<ref>[https://www.thetaskforce.org/statement-on-passing-of-longtime-activist-carmen-vazquez/ Statement on the passing of longtime activist Carmer Vazquez]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vazquez, Carmen}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City]] [[Category:Puerto Rican writers]] [[Category:American LGBT rights activists]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] [[Category:Puerto Rican activists]] {{US-bio-stub}}