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Stacy Lentz is an LGBT activist and co-owner/investor at the Stonewall Inn, which was the birthplace of the modern gay rights movements after the Stonewall Riots in 1969.
Stacy Marie Lentz (born April 17th, 1970) is an American lesbian LGBT social activist as well as a Stonewall Inn investor and promoter. She is best known for her pioneering activism in LGBT rights.
Born to Warren and Betsy Lentz of rural Kansas young Stacy and her brother Kevin attended Midway High School, located in the middle of a cornfield, where she graduated with 16 people in her class. Lentz grow up in Christian Conservative republican farming community. She was was heavily involved in extra curricular activities, so much so that she had to do with every one her high school offered (choir, marching band, sports, etc.) while balancing her role as student council president as well as being heavily involved in her church. She later attended Kansas State University where she majored in mass communications and minored in political science and formed part of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Due to her conservative upbringing Lentz struggled heavily with her sexuality and did not come out until she was in her mid-twenties and had moved to New York.
Once in New York Lentz became a recruiting and staffing professional. With over 20 years of recruiting experience Stacy Lentz's resume includes running some of New York's top recruiting firms, single-handedly placing thousands of New Yorkers in the workforce, and investing to help save and reopen a U.S National Historic Landmark.
After moving to New York in 1994 Lentz started a career in staffing and recruiting. Lentz has held various leadership positions in staffing and recruiting and is currently the CEO of r2 sourcing her own consulting and recruiting firm . Lentz also served as Vice President for Ajilon Finance, Managing partner of the Lucas Group and a Managing Director at Taylor Grey (a company well known for its large amount of LGBT employment) which she helped take to the INC. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in America .
Stonewall and activism Stonewall Inn is "is widely considered to be the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for gay and lesbian rights in the United States" , having been the site of the riots that set off the modern gay rights movement. Lentz stepped in and became a co-partner/investor in 2006 after the Inn had fallen into disrepair, a no-man’s-land of crime and drugs that risked closing for good . Lentz and her business partners helped save the most significant gay rights landmark. She also became its first (and only) female investor, and began using her position for activism by organizing or hosting hundreds of events for GLAAD, Marriage Equality USA, the Hetrick-Martin Institute, HRC, the New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP), Sylvia's Place, Lambda Legal, and others. In addition Lentz also helped organize the March for Marriage rally, uniting over 80 LGBT organizations thousands of people to call for the repeal DOMA in 2013 .
A few of the highlights in Lentz’s activism career include
- Planning Stonewall Inn’s 40th anniversary celebration marking 40 years since the riots with celebrity guests raising thousands of dollars to benefit the Hetrick Martin Institute home of the Harvey Milk School in New York City.
- Receiving honor by Anti-violence project and HBO and was giving the community hero services award after helping organize a vigil and rally after a gay bashing that received national media attention occurred at the Stonewall inn.
- Being awarded the Stonewall community foundations hero award in 2010 for her activism and work in the LGBT community
- Being listed as one of Go magazines "100 Women We Love"
Lentz also worked closely with GLAAD to ensure that Guinness, one of the major Sponsors of New York City's St. Patrick Day parade, would be boycotted if they didn’t pull their sponsorship from the parade which at that point would not allow LGBT people to march. With the help of the LGBT community Lentz managed to get Guinness to drop their sponsorship and the following year LGBT groups were allowed in the parade.
Through her activism and her involvement at Stonewall Lentz has had a front row seat to history of the rapid advancement of the LGBT movement in the last ten years and is often a media Spokesperson commenting on major LGBT events such as the overturning of DADT, Obama coming out in support of Gay rights , Obama making history by mentioning stonewall in his inaugural speech , and the over turning of DOMA .
Lentz currently lives in the Meat Packing District in New York City.
References
- r2source.com
- Taylor Grey Recognized on 'Inc. 5000' List by, The Free Library, in Newswire; published in 2008 PR Newswire Association LLC 06 May. 2015
- "The Stonewall Inn, National Historic Landmark National Register Number: 99000562.." National Park Service U.S Department of the Interior. Andrew Dolkart interview with Department of the Interior GLOBE 06 May. 2015 http://www.nps.gov/diversity/stonewall.htm
- Workin’ It, by Laurel A. Fantauzzo, Melissa Levin, Kat Long, and Dulci Pitagora, in GO Magazine; published September 5, 2008; retrieved May 8, 2015
- 100 Women We Love, by Kat Long, Jacqueline Frances and Andrew Collins, in GO Magazine; published June 14, 2013; retrieved May 8, 2015
- Brunch with Stacy Lentz, by Karman Kregloe, in AfterEllen.com; published June 14, 2009; retrieved May 8, 2015
- Gay rights activists rally outside Stonewall Inn two days after Benjamin Carver attack, by Kerry Willis, in Daily News; published October 6, 2010; retrieved May 8, 2015
- Liberation in Truth Social Justice Center Director Receives Honor, by CenterLink; published November 2010; retrieved May 8, 2015
- 100 Women We Love, by Kat Long, Jacqueline Frances and Andrew Collins, in GO Magazine; published June 14, 2013; retrieved May 8, 2015
- This Was the Gayest St. Patrick's Day Ever, Relatively Speaking, by Anna Merlan, in the Village Voice; published March 18, 2014; retrieved April 29, 2015
- VIDEO: Stonewall Inn restocks Guinness after it pulls out of the NYC St.Pat’s Parade, by Ross Murray, in GLAAD.org; published March 17, 2014; retrieved May 8, 2015
- Beer companies drop St. Patrick’s Day parade sponsorships in favor of gay rights, by Laura Nichols, in PRWeek; published March 17, 2014; retrieved May 8, 2015
- Gay rights backers see history in Obama’s stand, by David B. Caruso, in cnsnews.com; published May 11, 2012; retrieved May 8, 2015
- Ushering In His Second Term, Obama Stands Up For Gay Civil Rights, by @LaurieInQueens, in The National Memo; published January 23, 2013; retrieved May 8, 2015
- The pub mentioned in Obama’s inauguration speech, by Sarah McVeigh, in ABC Online; published January, 2013; retrieved May 8, 2015
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