100 Women We Love: Class of 2009
Once again, we celebrate our favorite out and proud women. As difficult as it is to narrow it down to just 100, this year’s eclectic list includes artists, athletes, club promoters, community organizers, entertainers, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, politicians and plaintiffs, who are making a difference in our world and the world at large.
Michelle Kristel
Leaving behind a successful career on Wall Street, Michelle Kristel began working at In The Life Media
in 2002, first as a volunteer, and then as production manager, eventually becoming Executive Director in 2006. In the Life Media produces the public television documentary series, In the Life, which recently won
a GLAAD Media Award in the category of “Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine” for their segment Funding the Marriage War. “My career change from finance to social justice was motivated by the realization that the insidious nature and oppressive effects of homophobia I experienced as a teen in upstate New York remained, nearly twenty years later, persistent and pervasive,” Kristel says. “I joined In The Life Media because I believe that media is a powerful weapon in the fight for LGBT equality.” -CB
Remember, these are in no particular order because we love them all!
