Davina Kotulski
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| Born | January 22, 1970 |
Davina Kotulski, Ph.D., born on January 22, 1970, is a notable, long-time same-sex marriage activist and leader in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equal Rights movement. Kotulski began publicly advocating for same-sex marriage in 1999. Kotulski is a clinical psychologist, public speaker, life coach and author of Why You Should give a Damn About Gay Marriage and "Love Warriors: The Rise of the Marriage Equality Movement and Why it Will Prevail".
Kotulski was born in Gresham, Oregon. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Portland State University. In 1991 Kotulski re-located to the San Francisco Bay Area in California to attend graduate school. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant University in 1996. Also in 1996, during an evening of country-western dancing, Kotulski met her former wife Molly McKay. Kotulski worked as a clinical psychologist with the Federal Bureau of Prisons from 1996 until 2008.
In 1999 Kotulski became involved in working for civil marriage for LGBTIQ couples. Kotulski served as the Executive Director of Marriage Equality USA 2005-2007. In 2008 Kotulski realized her dream of being legally married to McKay after the California Supreme Court struck down the state ban on gay marriage in their ruling on "In re Marriage Cases". She and McKay were active in the fight against California Proposition 8.
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