Lisa Power

Lisa Power

Country

United Kingdom

Birth - Death

1954 -

Occupation

Activist

Notable Achievements

MBE

Description

Corporate head of policy at the Terrence Higgins Trust. Co-founders of Stonewall, the highly successful LGBT lobby group and an early Secretary-General of the International Lesbian & Gay Association (ILGA), she was the first openly LGBT person to speak on gay rights at the United Nations in New York. Trustee of Pride Cymru and a Director of the Save The Coal Exchange campaign. Co-founded The Pink Paper and wrote an oral history of the London Gay Liberation Front, 'No Bath But Plenty Of Bubbles'. Appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (2011).

See Also

• LGBTQ Individuals at the United Nations
• Pride Event Management
• LGBTQ Founders and Executives with Charitable Foundations

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.pinknews.co.uk/topic/lisa-power/
• http://www.tht.org.uk/our-charity/Our-work/Our-history/2010s
• http://ilga.org/ilga-proud-of-former-co-secretary-general-lisa-power-s-inclusion-in-british-mbe-honours-list/