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Speak ers on the panel tonight will discuss personal experiences and view points from different generations on coming out transgender. Activist and artist Lori Buckwal ter, one of tonight’s speakers, will later perform “Vignettes and Music” on Friday. The performance will in corporate songs she wrote dealing with her personal experiences with coming out transgender. Kristina Armenakis, the Women’s Center LGBT coordina tor, said the goal of the event is to educate, support and celebrate the transgender community. “Ido think they get relatively ig nored by the general public,” she r GARDEN year-round • HID lighting • Hydroponic supply • Organic soil • Territorial seeds • Quality merchandise • Great prices • Unbeatable service Aqua Serene Hydroponics Tropical house plant seeds o 2836 W. 11th St. 302-9073 § 11:00-6:00, 7 days/week said. “I think this event is really im portant.” Jamison Green, a San Francisco activist speaking tonight, said there are a lot of misconceptions about people in the transgender communi ty. For example, people wrongly as sume that all transgender people are homosexual, he said. “Anyone can be transgender, but not all are homosexual,” he said. Green, an international advocate on LGBT safety and civil rights, said very little is known about what transgender people go through. “People feel trans issues aren’t important since it doesn’t touch their lives,” he said. “I have been astounded by what they found out about themselves when they learn more about it.” Green graduated from the Univer sity in 1970, which is one reason why he chose to speak, he said. He said he never came out at the Uni versity because there wasn’t any language to describe his situation. Green said he was bom with a fe male body, but had very masculine qualities. “A lot of time people couldn’t tell what sex I was,” Green said. “I am now legally male and am definitely much more comfortable with my self and the world.” West Coast's alt fish pet shop Saltwater Red Bellied PiNftlw NW Largest Reef Tank 20 Gal combo $65 50 Gal combo $99 75 Gal combo $245 135 Gat combo $345 < combo toctodes tank, ltd & tight > AQUA SERENF, 2836 W. 11th St. 485-2171 AQUA SERENE your fish's dream because walking sucks! 0 MADWAGON Why walk when you can own a brand new Madwagon bike for only $99? Choose from the Retro, City or Cruiser. All our frames guaranteed for life. To your door in less than 5 days. Get one at madwagon.com or call 1-866-MADWAGON. Three years after he had the opera tion, he noticed that a lot of transgen der people live in fear and shame, he said. He started doing activist work to help make the world a safer place for transgender people, although he hasn’t personally experienced big otry. “I’ve been very fortunate,” Green said, “and that’s why I feel capable as an effective spokesperson with the ego strengths and communica tion skills to make a difference.” Buckwalter, executive director of a Portland LGBT activist group, “It’s Time Oregon,” has not been so for tunate. She said she has experi enced different types of prejudice as a result of her being transgender. “I lost my job and had to fight for medical care,” she said. “I lost friends, and people say nasty things and do threatening things.” Despite negative reactions to coming out, Buckwalter said the al ternative of people hiding and lying about themselves is ultimately more destructive and painful. “The whole coming out is thera peutic,” she said “We look for love and dignity in this world just like everyone else.” Anna Seeley is a student activities reporter tor the Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be reached at annaseeley@dailyemerald.com. News brief “Cans Film Festival” takes place Thursday FOOD for Lane County continues its “Cans Film Festival” this Thurs day by teaming up with Hollywood Video stores throughout Lane Coun ty. This will be the second phase of the food drive. A person can recieve a video and microwavable bag of popcorn in ex change for donating three cans of food. The organization holds the event each October. The first phase of the festival brought in about 5,200 pounds of food last Thursday. Movie-goers gained free entrance to Regal Cine mas for donating food. Holding a food drive is one way for FOOD for Lane County to gather sup plies to give to more than 50 social service agencies and provide for low income families, as well as others. — Sue Ryan Towers continued from page 1A unincorporated areas of Lane County. Taylor suggested the ordinance’s ju risdiction be extended to include in corporated cities. “I would prefer to have the county deal with it,” Taylor said. Activists are currently pressing for a moratorium on the issue, which would stop the construction of pro posed towers until an ordinance could be passed. County commis sioners were split 2-2 on a vote earlier this year on whether to declare a moratorium, according to Sorenson. Brook Reinhard is a community reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald. 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