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SEPTEMBER ¿1.2097 juStpUtjll anyone interested in organizing some kind of retaliation meet during the Gender Odyssey barbecue," Peake said. At the meeting, the group organized a plan to “get as many trans people as we could gath er to use the bathrooms at Pacific Place until security was called.” More detailed plans for the protest began to take shape. “A small group of us...came up with the idea for a pee-in and printed up handbills which we distributed the next day. When the time came to head over to Pacific Place, we had around 35 to 40 people. We walked over to Pacific Place and headed for their top floor bathroom, then lined up and pro ceeded to use the facilities,” recalled Peake. A mall security guard interrupt ed the group’s protest. “He began by saying something to the effect of: Film student Ali Cotterill was the first to win Pride of the ‘The men’s room is for men. The Rose's Marne Memorial Scholarship named for David Hamilton. women’s room is for women.’ Other top winners were CM Hall, who is attend A member of our organizing party produced a copy of RGW 49.60 and asked if he was aware that ing graduate school at Oregon State University, studying college student services administration; Washington state law protected our right to use a former Just Out contributor Aaron Scott, who is bathroom congruent with our gender identities,” attending Columbia University Graduate School of Peake said. Journalism in New York; and Alec Esquivel, a law RCW 49.60 prohibits discrimination based on student at Willamette University. gender identity and gender expression in all public “1 advocate for LGBTQ equal rights because of accommodations. my unique life experience as a female-to-male trans Later, a meeting took place with the security gender person. Successfully working through my manager and involved parties. “When they came gender identity challenge has made me a stronger out, they told us it had been very successful. The person and allows me to view the world with a more manager was cooperative,” said Peake. expanded perspective,” said Esquivel. What will happen now? “The groundwork was The other 2007 Pride of the Rose scholars are laid during the meeting to kxlge a formal complaint Dean Backus, Marie Price, Doyle Easter, Jasmine of discrimination with the state,” Peake said. Forsberg, Emily Morgan, Bryan Goodin, Brady Humphrey, Dakota Duncan and Spenser Theberge. Nonprofit Galvanizes Volunteers Scholarships are available to members of rhe Hands on Greater Portland, which works to sexual minorities community and their children connect volunteers to community projects, is host who reside in the Portland quad-county area or ing Hands on Greater Portland Cares Day on Clark County, Wash. Applicants must be pursuing Oct. 6. The nonprofit organization invites enthusi astic volunteers from all walks of life to converge thgir education beyond the secondary level and must be in demonstrated need of financial assis on nine schools and five nonprofit agencies around tance to attain their educational goals. town to do painting, landscaping, cleaning, repair ing and other “home improvement” projects. Pee-ln Supports Trans People “We try to present a diverse group of projects for in Seattle people to connect with, and we’re a great organiza tion for people who don’t know where they want to Labor Day weekend brought the Gender volunteer,” said Hands on Greater Portland assis Odyssey conference back to the Northwest. The annual conference, held Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 in tant director Dwight Adkins, who is gay. Seattle, was an opportunity for the female-to-male, Volunteers can choose from several different genderqueer and otherwise transmasculine commu projects from helping to clean and recycle bike nity to gather and share information. parts at the Community Cycling Center to unpack During the conference, Simon Adriane and Sean ing and re-covering library books or sorting food Brochin went to the Pacific Place mall and were donations for the Oregon Food Bank. There are forced to leave after using the bathrcxjm. “Basically, also a number of school cleanup projects. Truly Sean and Simon were using the facilities at Pacific adventurous volunteers can sign up to be a “Roadie Place when security got a report of a woman in the for a Day,” doing hands-on work behind the scenes men’s room. According to onlookers, a security to help keep this event on track. officer knocked them out of the stall doors, made Adkins says the organization hopes to have a scene and escorted them outside. The officer 1,500 volunteers for the daylong event. With allegedly refused to identify himself to Brochin almost 600 people signed up and live registration despite his repeated requests,” said Cole Peake, who on the Web until Oct. 4, he says he’s confident Hands on Greater Portland will meet its goal. © attended the conference. News of the harassment by mall security spread at the conference. “I received a handbill...giving a rough overview of the incident and asking the By J aymee R. C uti , S assafras L owrey and J ulie S abatier QUt vaflù'T Realtor Since AND PROUD SINCE * *0$, Mercy Corps when you buy or «11 a home with Lesbian Community Project mt, you'll htow your JolLirs air North x NE Medical Clinic helping support a ¿prater cause. OSPIRG I contribute at least 10% of my Portland Lesbian Choir Q Center earnings to community and environmental organizations. Nat’I Gay & Lesbian Taskforce Revise ACLU equity group, Inc. 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