User:Renerd/Liz Bradbury

Liz Bradbury (born 1958? ) is an LGBTQ+ activist, author

With her partner, Patricia Sullivan, became one of the first Pennsylvania couples to join in a same-sex union, doing so in Vermont in August, 2000. Vermont had started offering certificates for civil unions of same-sex couples on July 1 of that year.

founded Pennsylvania Diversity Network in 2004 and served as its Executive Director for 10 years

In 2013, won a Mystery/Thriller Goldie from the Golden Crown Literary Society for her novel Being the Steel Drummer.

The Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center is named in honor of Bradbury and Dr. Patricia Sullivan.

In 2018, she was announced as a member of the Pennsylvania Department of Aging's Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force.

Early life and education
Bradbury

holds a Master of Fine Arts from Indiana State, as well as a teaching degree, and was a tenured professor at the State University of New York, where she was an instructor in woodworking and furniture making

Works

 * Angel Food and Devil Dogs (2008, Lesbian Mystery Books; ISBN 9780980054910)
 * Being the Steel Drummer (2012, Lesbian Mystery Books; ISBN 9780980054941)