S e s s i o n H ighlights
Legislation" will dis
cuss the difficulties,
possibilities
and
ironies inherent in
relying on hate
crime laws to effect
social change. Are
they the “master
tools” or a method
for restorative jus
tice? Presenters in
clude Stacey Sobel
o f the Center for
G ay and Lesbian
C ivil Rights and
Shannon M inter of
the National Center
for Lesbian Rights
(2:15 to 3:45 p.m.
Nov. 8, Clackamas-
Lower Level).
n addition to racism, Creating Change will
address a number of other provocative topics:
• Campus: “Is It Safe to Be Queer (in C am
pus? Results of the National LG BT Campus
Climate Assessment” will discuss some of the
key findings of this report, the impact of sexual
minority resource programs and the major chal
lenges for queers in academics. Presenters
include Susan Rankin of Pennsylvania State
University and Gwendolyn Alden Dean of Cor
nell University (2:15 to 3:45 p.m. Nov. 8, Clark-
Lower Level).
• Economics: “You Better Work” will help
participants clearly understand the intersections
of queer oppression and economic exploitation.
Through a combination of formal and interactive
presentations, the workshop will demonstrate not
only the effects of social and economic justice hut
also explore the links between gender expression
and globalization. Presented by Akiba Timoya
and Kara Keeling of Southerners on New Ground
(6 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9, Clark-Lower Level).
• Gender: “Playing Doctor: Renaming
Desire” will focus on the fears and desires about
sex between trans and nontrans people. This will
be an opportunity to talk honestly about identi
ties, gender roles, assumptions and limitations in
an atmosphere of openness and clarity. Presenters
include Sunsong Firedancer of Portland State
University Queers and Allies (7:45 to 9 p.m.
Nov. 9, Yakima-Lower Level).
• H IV /A ID S: “Audits, Abstinence and Sex
Panic: The Bush Administration and
HIV/AIDS” will address the White House’s pro
motion of abstinence-only education and its
audit of allegedly “pornographic" safe-sex
efforts. Presenters include Ernest C. Hopkins of
the San Francisco A ID S Foundation and Ana
Oliveira of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (7:45 to
9 p.m. Nov. 9, Glisan-Mt. Bachelor Wing).
• Marriage: “Marriage: Why and How!” will
discuss the current status of fighting for mar
riage; how marriage differs from civil unions and
domestic partnership; the harms faced by same-
sex couples who are denied the legal, economic
and societal protections of marriage; and how
you can help educate locally. Presenters include
Bob Pileggi and Jon Davidson of Lambda Legal
Education and [3efen.se Fund (2:15 to 3:45 p.m.
Nov. 8, Deschutes-Lower Level).
• Organizing: “How to Obey Without G et
ting Whipped: Lobbying Rules for Nonprofits”
will discuss the tax status and advocacy poten
tial of 501(c)3s, 501(c)4s and political action
committees and will define the difference
between direct and grassroots lobbying. Pre
sented by Liz Towne of the Alliance for Justice
(4 to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 8, Jantzen-Lower Level).
• Violence: “Rethinking Hate Violence
he Big Queer Party Bus, a fund-raiser for the
Lesbian Community Project, will take con
ferencegoers and Portlanders from Jantzen
Beach to Lx:al nightspots Nov. 9.
Stops include everything from the
Boxxes/Brig/Fish Grotto/Panorama complex to
Haven, a new lesbian-owned coffeehouse in
Southeast Portland. Many locations will have
drink or other discounts for bus riders.
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singer/songwriters Magdalen Hsu-Li and
Doria Roberts, Portland poet/chanteuse Diana
Cohen and actor/perfonuers Wilson Cruz and
Alec Mapa at 10 p.m. Nov. 8. A fun-filled
evening of humor, song, poetry and drag.
• PowerDance!: Dance to Portland’s DJ
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at 10 p.m. Nov. 9. Grooves, moves and a place
to chill.
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end pass. Purchase tickets on site or at Broad
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