Rea Carey
Rea Carey | |
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LGBT rights movement | |
| Spouse | Margaret Conway |
| Children | 1 |
Rea Carey (born December 22, 1966) is an American
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force) from 2008 to 2021. She previously served as the organization's deputy executive director and was the founding executive director of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition.[1][2]
Personal
Carey grew up in
HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, which prompted her early activism.[3]
Carey graduated from
She lives in
Washington, DC, with her wife, Margaret Conway, and daughter.[5]
Career
Carey began her career working extensively in HIV/AIDS prevention and in the
Georgetown University Journal of Gender and the Law.[1]
In 1999,
The Advocate named Carey one of its "Best and Brightest" for individual contributions to the LGBT rights movement.[4]
Carey joined the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in 2004 as deputy executive director, has served as executive director from 2008[1][2][4] to 2021.
She was one of 105 women arrested in 2013 during an act of civil disobedience designed to pressure the United States House of Representatives to act on comprehensive immigration reform.[7]
Carey serves on the advisory board of the LGBTQ Policy Journal of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.[1]
See also
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
References
- ^ a b c d "Rea Carey bio". National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ a b "Rea Carey bio". The Huffington Post. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ a b Post, Libby (September 15, 2006). "Lesbian Notions: Social change calling". Seattle Gay News. p. 34. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Rea Carey named executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force". Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ a b "Board & Staff". Flamboyan Foundation. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ "Prime Movers - Rea Carey". Prime Movers. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ Brydum, Sunnivie (September 12, 2013). "Task Force's Rea Carey Arrested With 105 Women Demanding Immigration Reform". The Advocate. Washington, D.C. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
