Stacy Marie Lentz (born April 17, 1970) is an American lesbian LGBT rights activist, and a co-owner of the Stonewall Inn, and co-founder of the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative.[1] Stonewall Inn is the birthplace of the modern gay rights movements after the 1969 Stonewall riots and forms part of the Stonewall National Monument.
In 1994, Lentz moved from her home state of Kansas to New York, became a recruiter, and later joined a team of investors that saved and reopened the Stonewall Inn, a U.S National Historic Landmark.
In 2017, Stacy Lentz, Kurt Kelly, Bill Morgan, Tony DeCicco and Bob Kelly launched The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, which provides financial, educational, and strategic help to grassroots organizations that support members of the LGBTQ community. [2]
In 2019 Lentz spearheaded the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots with the Launch of The Stonewall Gives Back Safe Spaces certification program.[3] The program was kicked off by a Pride performance by Taylor Swift at the Stonewall Inn.[4]
- ^ "Directors". The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Welcome". The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "SIGBI Safe Spaces certification" https://stonewallinitiative.org/safe-spaces-designation
- ^ [1], by Jem Aswad, in Variety Magazine; published June 14, 2019; retrieved September 20, 2023
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