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As a longtime Buffalo LGBT leader, Carol organized Buffalo's first outdoor gay pride celebration, founded the local Stonewall Democrats and was on the founding board of Empire State Pride Agenda. She has been an LGBT community organizer in the Buffalo gay community since the 80's.
She was a children's librarian for years, before becoming an ordained chaplain as a second career.
In her role as both an LGBT activist and as clergy, she worked tirelessly for marriage equality, effectively organizing local clergy to come together and speak out publicly in favor of same-sex marriage.
For her innovative strategies that influenced the key vote of Republican NY State Senator Grisanti to change his position and vote YES in favor of marriage equality, she was honored in 2012 at New York City's Gay Pride as one of ten women in New York State, instrumental in the passage of marriage equality.
Carol married the first same-sex couple to marry in New York State - Kitty and Cheryle Lambert-Rudd in Niagara Falls - at 12:01am July 23, 2011 - the moment marriage equality became law in New York State. Since then, she has married over 200 same-sex couples, both local and from out of town.
She was a children's librarian for years, before becoming an ordained chaplain as a second career.
In her role as both an LGBT activist and as clergy, she worked tirelessly for marriage equality, effectively organizing local clergy to come together and speak out publicly in favor of same-sex marriage.
For her innovative strategies that influenced the key vote of Republican NY State Senator Grisanti to change his position and vote YES in favor of marriage equality, she was honored in 2012 at New York City's Gay Pride as one of ten women in New York State, instrumental in the passage of marriage equality.
Carol married the first same-sex couple to marry in New York State - Kitty and Cheryle Lambert-Rudd in Niagara Falls - at 12:01am July 23, 2011 - the moment marriage equality became law in New York State. Since then, she has married over 200 same-sex couples, both local and from out of town.
Carol, advocating for LGBT equality with Gov. MARIO Cuomo, 1992
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Carol, still advocating for LGBT equality. Here twenty years later - with Mario Cuomo's son - Gov. ANDREW Cuomo, 2012
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