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- Victoria Cruz died of liver cancer on June 25 in Manhattan, confirmed by partner Charles Wright.
- Former deputy executive director Catherine Shugrue-Dos Santos said Cruz was celebrated as a matriarch linking the 1969 Stonewall uprising to trans advocacy, with clients seeking her out by name.
- Cruz spent 17 years at the New York City Anti-Violence Project counseling LGBTQ and HIV survivors and addressing domestic abuse, housing discrimination, and workplace harassment.
