Katherine Acey
Katherine Acey was born in Utica in New York, USA. An activist in the women's, racial justice and LGBTQI movements, Acey served as executive director of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice from 1987 to 2010. Acey is the director of strategic collaborations for GRIOT (Gay Reunion in our Time) Circle, which addresses the needs of older LGBTQI people of colour. She is a senior activist fellow emerita at the Barnard Center for Research on Women, and a board member for both the Center for Constitutional Rights and for Political Research Associates.