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Elizabeth Birch is an American gay and lesbian (GLBT) rights activist. Birch was executive director of the Human Rights Campaign until January 2004 when she left and joined the Howard Dean presidential campaign as a senior advisor. She is currently on the speaker circuit with Campuspride.net. Prior to joining HRC in 1995, Elizabeth was worldwide director of litigation for Apple Computer and general counsel for their Claris subsidiary.
In 2000, Birch became the first leader of a GLBT organization to address a national political convention with her prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Birch is a 1980 graduate of the University of Hawaii and received her JD from the University of Santa Clara School of Law. She is partnered with Hilary Rosen, former chief executive of the RIAA.
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