Rea Carey
Country
United States
Birth - Death
Occupation
Activist
Description
Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Came to the Task Force in 2004 as deputy executive director, has served as executive director since 2008. Under her guidance, the Task Force has also launched an Online Academy bolstering grassroots power by providing electronic access to its signature training programs; expanded its faith work through the Institute for Welcoming Resources, increasing the number of welcoming and affirming congregations to well over 4,000; and played a vital role in getting the U.S. Census Bureau to report married same-sex couples in the 2010 census. The Task Force also hosts the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change. It is the largest convening of LGBT activists and supporters in the country, and serves as a driving force for strategy and organizing on LGBT issues. Co-founder of Gay Men and Lesbians Opposing Violence and the founding executive director of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition. She has also served as an advisor to major donors and foundations, and has served on the advisory boards for such wide-ranging publications as 'Teen People' magazine and the 'Georgetown University Journal of Gender and the Law'. Carey serves on the advisory board of the 'LGBTQ Policy Journal' of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
