Wendy Curry is an American bisexual rights activist and animal rescue

Rescue group

An animal rescue group or animal rescue organization is dedicated to pet adoption. These groups take unwanted, abandoned, abused, or stray pets and attempt to find suitable new homes for them...

 advocate.

Career and civil rights work

She is currently the President of BiNet USA

BiNet USA

BiNet USA is a national bisexual/pansexual civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States. It was founded to formalize communication between U.S...

, the American national bisexual civil rights

Civil rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...

 organization, a position she assumed in 2006. Previously she had previously served as the organization's Secretary

Company secretary

A company secretary is a senior position in a private company or public organisation, normally in the form of a managerial position or above. In the United States it is known as a corporate secretary....

 and Vice-President. In 2009, Curry was the recipient of the Brenda Howard Memorial Award presented by the Queens Chapter of PFLAG.

Ms. Curry is also on the planning committees for the Transcending Boundaries Conference

Transcending Boundaries Conference

The Transcending Boundaries Conference , is a Northeast American conference for bisexual/fluid/pansexual, transgender/genderqueer, intersex and polyamorous people and their friends, families and allies.-History:...

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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

Celebrate Bisexuality Day

Celebrate Bisexuality Day is observed on September 23 by members of the bisexual community and their supporters.This day is a call for the Bisexual community, their friends and supporters to recognize and celebrate bisexuality, bisexual history, bisexual community and culture, and the bi- and...

. 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.

She is employed as a software engineer

Software engineer

A software engineer is an engineer who applies the principles of software engineering to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers or anything containing software, such as computer chips, work.- Overview :...

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Personal life

Curry previously from Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

, now resides in New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

 with her husband Brian and their daughter.

See also

• Bisexual community
• International Conference on Bisexuality
  International Conference on Bisexuality
  The International Conference on Bisexuality , also known as the International BiCon is a periodic gathering of bisexual activists and academics from around the world....
  
  

External links

• BiNet USA Main Website
• North East All Retriever Rescue (NEARR) Main Website
• Wendy Curry: BiNet USA article in feministing published 4 August 2007