Wendy Curry

Wendy Curry

Notable American bisexual rights and animal rights campaigner Wendy Curry with one of her rescued dogs, Tuck
Born September 1966
Maine USA
Organization BiNet USA, North East All Retriever Rescue (NEARR)
Movement Animal rescue, LGBT rights/bisexual rights
Religion Lapsed Catholic
Spouse(s) Brian Curry
Awards Brenda Howard Memorial Award

Wendy Curry is an American bisexual rights activist[1] and animal rescue advocate.

Career and civil rights work

She was the President[2] of BiNet USA, an American national bisexual civil rights organization, a position she assumed in 2006. Previously she had served as the organization's Secretary and Vice-President.[3] In 2009, Curry was the recipient of the Brenda Howard Memorial Award presented by the Queens Chapter of PFLAG.[4]

Ms. Curry is also on the planning committees for the Transcending Boundaries Conference.

In 1999, Curry along with fellow U.S. bisexual rights activists Michael Page of Florida and Gigi Raven Wilbur from Texas started the observation of Celebrate Bisexuality Day. To quote Curry, "We were sitting around at one of the annual bi conventions, venting and someone, I think it was Gigi said we should have a party. We all loved the great bisexual, Freddie Mercury. His birthday was in September, so why not Sept? We wanted a weekend day to ensure the most people would do something. Gigi's birthday was Sept 23rd. It fell on a weekend day, so poof! We had a day." [5][6] This event has grown in popularity and now a wide variety of annual celebrations take place on September 23 throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, and Australia.

She is employed as a software engineer.

Personal life

Curry previously from Maine, now resides in New Hampshire with her husband Brian[7] and their daughter.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bisexual Politics: Clear and Simple
  2. ↑ About BiNet USA
  3. ↑ Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: A New Strategic Vision For All Our Families and Relationships Archived September 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Gustafson, Anna Queens PFLAG to honor three in February January 1, 2009 Astoria Times
  5. ↑ http://www.binetusa.org/regional/chicago/Chicago_Bi_Newsletter_CBD2013.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.binetusa.org/bihistory2.html
  7. ↑ Jama's Travelin' Medicine Show


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