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[[File:Lisa-power-spreadeagle.jpg|thumb|right|Lisa Power following her talk to [[The Brief Encounter (Croydon)]] on 7 February 2012]]'''Lisa Power''' is Policy Director of [[THT]]. Brought up in [[Croydon]] she has been an active human rights campaigner for 25 years. She was a founder member of [[Stonewall (UK)]], and General Secretary of [[ILGA]], being the first person to speak at the United Nations on behalf of gay rights. She is the author of <cite>[[No Bath but Plenty of Bubbles]]</cite>, a history of [[GLF]]. | [[File:Lisa-power-spreadeagle.jpg|thumb|right|Lisa Power following her talk to [[The Brief Encounter (Croydon)]] on 7 February 2012]]'''Lisa Power''' is Policy Director of [[THT]]. Brought up in [[Croydon]] she has been an active human rights campaigner for 25 years. She was a founder member of [[Stonewall (UK)]], and General Secretary of [[ILGA]], being the first person to speak at the United Nations on behalf of gay rights. She is the author of <cite>[[No Bath but Plenty of Bubbles]]</cite>, a history of [[GLF]]. | ||
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| + | She was included under "Unsung heroes" in the ''Independent on Sunday'''s [[Pink List 2008]]. The citation said: | ||
| + | :"Lisa Power has been a lesbian activist since 1970, she is a one-time secretary-general of the International Lesbian and Gay Association and a former member of the gay-rights pressure group Stonewall. Now head of policy at the Terrence Higgins Trust."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-iiosi-pink-list-2008-852032.html</ref> | ||
Lisa Power was ranked 100 in the [[Pride Power List 2011]]. | Lisa Power was ranked 100 in the [[Pride Power List 2011]]. | ||
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[[Category:Campaigners]] | [[Category:Campaigners]] | ||
[[Category:Writers]] | [[Category:Writers]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Pink List 2008 Unsung heroes]] | ||
[[Category:Pride Power List 2011]] | [[Category:Pride Power List 2011]] | ||
[[Category:People with missing dates]] | [[Category:People with missing dates]] | ||
[[Category:Living people]] | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
Revision as of 09:52, 7 March 2014
Lisa Power following her talk to The Brief Encounter (Croydon) on 7 February 2012
She was included under "Unsung heroes" in the Independent on Sunday's Pink List 2008. The citation said:
- "Lisa Power has been a lesbian activist since 1970, she is a one-time secretary-general of the International Lesbian and Gay Association and a former member of the gay-rights pressure group Stonewall. Now head of policy at the Terrence Higgins Trust."[1]
