Out Spotlight CVXIII

Today's Out Spotlight is Wendy Curry, an American bisexual rights activist and animal rescue advocate.

The 43 year old Maine native, currently serves as the President of BiNet USA, the American national bisexual civil rights organization. Curry assume the position she in 2006 after previously serving as the organization's Secretary and Vice-President.

BiNet USA is the oldest national bisexual entity in the United States. "It is a network of groups, projects and individuals, encouraging dialogue and participation as a way of creating and maintaining a cohesive bisexual community and empowering individuals to feel proud of their bisexuality."

In 1999, Curry along with fellow U.S. bisexual rights activists Michael Page of Florida and Gigi Raven Wilbur from Texas started the observation of Celebrate Bisexuality Day. This event has grown in popularity and now a wide variety of annual celebrations take place on September 23 throughout Canada the United States, Europe and Australia.

Curry as serves on the the planning committees for the Transcending Boundaries Conference. The Transcending Boundaries Conference (TBC), is a Northeast regional American conference for bisexual/fluid/pansexual, transgender/genderqueer, intersex and polyamorous people and their friends, families and allies.conference grew out of a project of BiNet USA and the Bisexual Resource Center.

In 2009 Curry the was the reciepent of the Brenda Howard Memorial Award presented byt the Queens Chapter of PFLAG.

The Brenda Howard Memorial Award was created in 2005 by the Queens Chapter to recognizes an individual or organization whose work on behalf of the LGBT Community best exemplifies the vision, principals and community service exemplified by the late bisexual rights activist Brenda Howard and who serves as a positive and visible role model for the Bisexual Community. The award is the first time a major American LGBT organization has named award after an out bisexual member of the LGBT community.

She is active and has served as President of the North East All Retriever Rescue (NEARR). We During her presidency she added Tucker (shown in the picture) to her pack after fostering his mother during her pregnancy. NEARR rescues retrievers and retriever mixes from situations which endanger the well-being or welfare of these dogs. They accept retrievers and retriever mixes surrendered by owners who can no longer keep or care for the dogs appropriately, and from animal shelters as strays or owner surrenders (all upon temperament testing) and place them into loving homes. They also educate the public regarding NEARR and regarding the problem of pet overpopulation and ways to prevent it.

Previously from Maine, Curry now resides in New Hampshire with her husband Brian.

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