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bout 2,300 queer activists de single complaint or piece of negative feedback
scended upon Portland from
about elder or youth hospitality, which is very
Nov. 6 to 10 for the National
unusual.”
Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s
The weekend was not without its share of
15th annual Creating Change
strife: fire code violations, demands that NGLTF
conference at the DoubleTree Jantzen
Beach.
take
a position against the war on Iraq, mild dis
It was a record-setting weekend in many
appointm ent about the theme. “You know, this
ways. T he conference tackled a theme for the
is a gathering of 2,000-plus people, and so it’s a
first time (“Building an Anti-Racist Movement:
reality that whatever we do...is not going to
Working for Social and Economic Justice”),
meet everyone’s needs,” Hyde said.
received its highest number of session proposals
She already is brainstorming for next year’s
(310) and had more volunteers (about 400) and
conference, which will be held from Nov. 5 to 9
children (thanks to Love Makes a Family) in
at the Radisson Deauville Resort in Miami
attendance than ever.
Beach, Fla. “T he most obvious them atic
Conference director Sue Hyde praised Port focus...would be to repeat this year’s theme,
land host committee members for all of their
because clearly ‘Building an Anti-Racist Move
hard work, especially co-chairs Alissa Haslam,
m ent’ will not be accomplished in five days or
Gary Colem an and Anisah Miley. “I had not a
one year.” j n
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Conferencegoers demonstrate how to make an orange orgasm during “Playing Doctor: Renaming
D esire,” a penetrating session about sex between trans and nontrans people
“There is life after 60,” says Vera Martin,
one of the original Old Lesbians
Organizing for Change
Faisal Alam (left, with H R C ’s Kylar Broadus and G LA A D ’s Loren Javier) discusses the
alarming increase in hate crimes targeting Muslims since Sept. 11, 2001
Kathleen Saadat
(left) and Ramón
Ramirez reflect
on Oregon’s 14
years of fighting
right-wing ballot
measures
Valerie Fein-Zachary outlines the fight for the right to
marry; seated is attorney Jon Davidson, who also delivered
a presentation on sodomy and lewd conduct laws
Sharra Greer of Servicemembers Legal
Defense Network asks and tells during
a forum about gays in the military
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