Libby Post

I'm a LGBT activist in the next chapter of my activist life!

So you actually want to know a little about me, huh? Well, here's the deal.

For my day job--I'm the president/ceo of Communication Services, a marketing, PR and development firm that specializes in not for profits, health care, advocacy groups and libraries.

Then there's politics. This blog and the writing I've done in the last few years represents the latest chapter in my LGBT activist work. I am the founding chair of the Empire State Pride Agenda, New York's statewide political LGBT organization, and a past president of the Capital District Gay and Lesbian Community Council, the LGBT community center here in Albany, NY.

I've run a number of electoral campaigns--the majority of them successful. One of those successes is Jim Gaughan, an out mayor in the Village of Altamont, NY, one of the hilltowns outside of Albany. Jim won by a landslide with 260+ votes--when only 400 or so vote in a four way race, that's a land slide.

Anyway, now I'm a nationally syndicated writer on LGBT issues. I write Proudly Out which starts as a broadcast commentary on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio (I've been the station reaches nearly 3 million people) and is carred by PageOneQ. I also write Lesbian Notions, an opinion piece syndicated by Q Syndicate to LGBT publications across the country and abroad.

I'm almost fifty. My partner, Lynn Dunning-Vaughn, and I have been together for a dozen years. We have a son, Alex, who is 21 and a great extended family that includes Alex's dad, his step-mom, her daughter and son-in-law and their baby. We have a wonderfully loving golden retriever named Bailey and five cats.

If you want to know anything else, drop me a line at libby@proudlyout.com