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adobe/5,2001 L 1 tu a l a v i c i m e w s 9 W ithout a travel agent, you ’re on your own. ' G roups P lan R ally A gainst H ate coalition of Washington County human rights supporters are plan ning a Rally Against Hate to focus pub lic attention on the Aug. 26 murder of Loni Okaruru, a trans woman from Aloha. Set during National Hate Crime Awareness Week, the vigil will run from 5 to 6 p.m. Oct. 7 on the steps of the W ashington C ounty Courthouse at 145 N.E. Second St. between Lincoln and Main, two blocks west of the Hills boro Central MAX stop. “While any murder is a tragic act of hate, hate crimes are even more disturb ing,” says Patricia Keeney, a spokesperson for the West County Coalition for Human Dignity. “Hate crimes send a mes sage to a whole category of people saying: ‘You are not safe. You have no rights to be respected.’ Hate crime murders are often accompanied by far more brutal violence than in other forms of homicide.” Molly Franks, an organizer for the Washington County Pride Project, one of the rally coalition members, adds, “The young people that 1 work with have a strong sense of right and wrong and a great desire for justice.” Her group supports gay, lesbian and trans kids and their allies. “We are working to get the word out about the rally,” says Elizabeth Turner, a member of Students Opposed to All Prejudice at Forest Grove High. “There is a lot of interest in our school.” O ther organizations working on the rally include the Pacific University Rainbow Submarine; TransParentcy, an advocacy group for trans parents; and Michael Kennedy lights a candle during the vigil for Loni Parents, Families and Friends of Les Okaruru on Sept. 14 at Pioneer Courthouse Square bians and Gays. In addition, Okaruru’s “Prior to 1996, 1 know that we pretty much uncle has agreed to speak at the rally. agreed about homosexuality," the Oregon C iti Sponsors also are raising money for a memo zens Alliance chairman said in the Oct. 9 issue rial fund to supplement the reward being offered of The Advocate. “He told me that he recognized for information leading to the arrest of those that homosexuality was a sin and that to raise it responsible for the murder. Donations can be to the level of a civil rights classification was made at any Bank of America branch. wrong. Apparently he has now changed his “There is a connection between the violence mind. I believe he sold out to political power to that was committed against Loni Okaruru and the violence we are experiencing around the win office. He has had to justify this change, and world at this moment,” says Marcy Westerling of he may have now come to the point where he actually believes it.” Rural Organizing Project, a network of human dignity groups throughout Oregon. “Now more T he article also revealed th at Sm ith has than ever it is important for people to stand approached the H um an Rights Cam paign proposing it drop its opposition to the religious against hate and violence.” exem ption in President Bushs faith-based ini For more information call 503-720-0014 tiative. In exchange, he said, the religious or e-mailordinen@aol.com. right wing will come around and support anti- discrim ination legislation. Political director W innie Stachelberg promised the quid pro quo never will happen. 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