Anne Stanback

Anne Stanback is an out lesbian LGBT rights activist and the founder and Executive Director of Love Makes a Family of Connecticut (LMFCT), which was a statewide non-profit advocacy organization working for equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Connecticut. She was extremely influential in passing a statewide civil unions law in 2005 and continues to advocate for full marriage rights. On October 18, 2006, Stanback was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame for her work as a social justice activist on behalf of the gay and lesbian community. Stanback is a graduate of Davidson College (1981) and Yale Divinity School (1985).