Carrie Barnett
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Carrie Barnett is a LGBT rights advocate, President of 10.10 Solutions, Inc. in Columbia, Missouri since January 2008, Manager HealthCORE Technology since May 2020 and owner of Owner of Phunkey Incorporated since January 2008.
Biography[edit]
Barnett earned a MA in Business/Arts Administration from the Wisconsin School of Business, Certificates from Northwestern University and from Stephens College, a BA in Business and BFA in Theatre Arts.[citation needed].
Barnett grew up in Dayton, Ohio and as a teenager, reading books helped her when she was coming out of the closet.[1]
Career[edit]
With Brett Shingledecker, she was the founder of owner of Chicago's People Like Us Bookstore, the first exclusively gay and lesbian bookstore in the city.[1][2] Additionally, she held leadership positions on the Gerber/Hart Library board and organized fundraisers for local organizations.[3]
Outside of her work with the bookstore, Barnett acted as a Horizons youth group adviser and served on review panels for the Chicago Department of Public Health.[4] Her previous roles include President of the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives board of directors and co-chair of fundraising events for organizations such as Equality Illinois and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.[4]
Barnett also judged Lambda Literary Awards, participated in fundraising initiatives, and contributed to the founding of the Chicago Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.[4]
Legacy[edit]
The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame inducted Barnett in 1998.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Williams, Albert (November 10, 1988). "Shop Talk: finally, a bookstore for gays and lesbians". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ↑ Latz Griffin, Jean (1990-06-24). "Gay books break into mainstream". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. p. 28. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ↑ Daley, Bill (June 15, 2016). "Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "CARRIE BARNETT – Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame".
- ↑ "Carrie Barnett". Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
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- Inductees of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame
- American LGBT rights activists
- Wisconsin School of Business alumni
- Northwestern University alumni
- Stephens College alumni
- American company founders
- American booksellers
- American LGBT businesspeople
- LGBT people from Missouri
- LGBT people from Illinois
- LGBT people from Ohio
