Lisa Power

Lisa Power
Born1954 Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationLGBT rights activist Edit this on Wikidata
Awards

Lisa Power MBE is a British sexual health and LGBT rights campaigner. She was a volunteer for Lesbian & Gay Switchboard[1] and Secretary General of the International Lesbian and Gay Association.[2] She co-founded the Pink Paper and Stonewall,[3] later becoming Policy Director at the Terrence Higgins Trust.[2] She was the first openly LGBT person to speak at the United Nations[4] and continues to work and volunteer as an LGBT+ and sexual health activist in Wales with groups such as Fast Track Cymru[5] and Pride Cymru.

  1. ^ "Switchboard: Homophobia, HIV and hoax calls". BBC News. 4 March 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Lisa Power MBE". Cumberland Lodge. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Terrence Higgins Trust's Lisa Power awarded MBE". Pink News. 9 February 2011. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Pink List 2008". Independent. 21 June 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. ^ "The Team". Fast Track Cardiff. 11 October 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.