Anne Stanback M.Div. ’85

Anne Stanback has spent more than 35 years working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights, including her work as the founding Executive Director of Love Makes A Family, the lead organization that successfully fought for the freedom to marry in Connecticut. In addition, Anne served as the Co-Director of the Connecticut Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights during the passage of the 1991 law that prohibited discrimination in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation. She later worked as part of the Connecticut Equality coalition to add gender identity and expression to the nondiscrimination law.

Prior to her work with Love Makes a Family, Anne was the Executive Director of both the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF) and the Connecticut affiliate of the National Abortion Rights Action League (CT NARAL). Most recently, Anne was the Director of Strategic Partnerships with Equality Federation, the national association of statewide LGBTQ advocacy organizations.

Anne has received numerous awards for her work on behalf of women and the LGBTQ community and in 2006 was inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame.

Anne has served on the national boards of GLAD, Freedom to Marry, and Freedom for All Americans, and most recently was the chair of the board of Connecticut-based Community Partners in Action. She is currently a member of the board of trustees at Davidson College and is the Moderator at Immanuel Congregational Church (UCC) in Hartford (UCC), where she is also involved with the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance.

Anne is a graduate of Davidson College in North Carolina and Yale Divinity School.  She lives in Avon, Connecticut with her wife, Charlotte Kinlock.