Faces For Equality: Tanner Efinger
Name: Tanner Efinger Age: 26 Hometown: West Hollywood, CA Occupation: Supervisor of Communications and Social Media, MZA Events Why I Found Him at Creating Change: Tanner explains that he “accidentally” fell into activism after the passage of Proposition 8, though that might be a humble interpretation of his efforts since. Before then, being gay had [...]
Congratulations to a Face For Equality Getting Equality!
Many readers will remember the poignant story of Carol Benevy, who I met at the National Equality March and featured in the Faces For Equality collection. She and her wife have been together since 1998, have been domestic partners (NJ) since 2004, have been in a civil union (NJ) since 2007, and then last year [...]
Faces For Equality: Jan Griesinger (OLOC)
Name: Jan Griesinger Age: 67 Hometown: Athens, OH Occupation: Co-Director of Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC) Why I Found Her at Creating Change: Jan is proud to be old. She might fit AARP’s definition of an “elder” or “senior citizen,” but she is old and don’t try to call her anything else! More on [...]
Faces For Equality: Warren Scherer (The Consortium)
Name: Warren Scherer Age: 28 Hometown: Milwaukee, WI Occupation: Program Coordinator, LGBT Resource Center, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Why I Found Him at Creating Change: Warren is one of my many fabulous colleagues in the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals. Like the work Terry, Lisa, and Vanessa do with community LGBT centers, professionals [...]
Faces For Equality: Urvashi Nagrani (UCSB)
Name: Urvashi “Urvi” Nagrani Age: 22 Hometown: Los Altos, CA Occupation: Film & Media Student , University of California, Santa Barbara Why I Found Her at Creating Change: Urvi is the quintessential student activist. At UCSB, she serves as the External Coordinator for the university’s Associated Student Queer Commission. As a funded officer, it’s her [...]
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