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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
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