KEITH O. BOYKIN,
GRAND MARSHAL
Keith Boykin is Executive Director of the National Black
Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum, a nationwide nonprofit
organization that advocates for and empowers black lesbians
and gays.
Keith is author of the nonfiction book, One More River to
Cross: Black & Gay in America (Doubleday, 1996), which was
recently selected as a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award.
He has written for numerous other books, magazines, and
other publications.
As Special Assistant to the President of the United States in
the Clinton administration, Keith was the highest ranking
openly gay or lesbian person in the White House. He helped
to organize, and participated in, the first meeting between gay
and lesbian leaders and a U. S. President. He also drafted
President Clintons statement to the 1993 Gay & Lesbian
March on Washington and the President’s letter opposing
anti-gay ballot initiatives.
P ride N orthwest p rou d ly w elcom es K eith Boykin to P ortland
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Photo by Bob Roehr