National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Spring/Summer 2008

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Spring/Summer 2008 Boards of Directors Staff Officers Executive Policy Institute Finance & Administration Co-Chairs Matt Foreman Jaime Grant Brian Johnson Alan T. Acosta (Stanford, CA) Executive Director Director Deputy Executive Director for Finance & Administration Mark M. Sexton*(New York, NY) Ellen Kitzerow Nicholas Ray Assistant to the Executive & New York Office Senior Policy Analyst Sandi Greene Vice Chairs Director of Administration Julie R. Davis (San Francisco, CA) Angelina Autar Eli Vitulli Executive Office Intern Vaid Fellow Michael Lloyd Paula Redd Zeman*(Mamaroneck, NY) Accounting Manager Public Policy & Treasurer Program Departments Charles E. Matiella Government Affairs Maureen Burnley (New York, NY) Rea Carey Senior Technology Manager Deputy Executive Director Dave Noble Secretary Barney A. Thomas Jr. Director Finance Associate Jody Laine (Seattle, WA) Julie Childs Executive Assistant to the Becky Dansky Deputy Executive Director Henry Woodside Federal Legislative Director Database Administrator Jeff Adler (New York, NY) Organizing & Training Amber Hollibaugh John M. Allen* (Detroit, MI) Senior Strategist Development Michael Aller (Miami Beach, FL) Dan Hawes Director Lisa Mottet Robert J. Shaw Margaret A. Burd* (Thornton, CO) Transgender Civil Rights Project Director Director Rebecca Ahuja Jerry N. Clark (Washington, DC) Senior Field Organizer Kara Suffredini Amanda Decetise State Legislative Director Director of Institutional Giving David da Silva Cornell (Miami Beach, FL) Kian Boloori Field Organizer Rebecca Voelkel Jose Lugaro Joycelyn Elders, M.D.,D.Sc. (Little Rock, AR) Institute for Welcoming Resources Director of Major Gifts Sarah N. Fletcher (Seattle, WA) Kathleen Campisano and Faith Work Program Director Senior Field Organizer Janice Thom William Forrest (Chicago, IL) David Lohman Director of Special Events Moof Mayeda Institute for Welcoming Resources Suzanne Goldstein (Washington, DC) Senior Field Organizer and Faith Work Coordinator Michael Bath Special Events Manager Craig Hoffman (Washington, DC) Sarah Reece Laurie Young Project Director Aging Policy Analyst Alex Breitman Hans Johnson (Washington, DC) Special Events Manager Eric von Kuersteiner* (New York, NY) Trystan Reese Communications Field Organizer Dave Cook Mary Morten (Chicago, IL) Roberta Sklar Development Associate Jovan Sage Director Nicole Murray-Ramirez (San Diego, CA) Field Organizer Ezra Towne Membership Manager Andrew Ogilvie (Los Angeles, CA) Inga Sarda-Sorensen Movement Building Deputy Director Christopher Clark Loren S. Ostrow** (Los Angeles, CA) Pedro Julio Serrano Development Intern (New York, NY) Russell Roybal Ken Ranftle Director Communications Coordinator Charles Renslow (Chicago, IL) Sue Hyde Jorge Taveras Lee Rubin (Chevy Chase, MD) Director, Creating Change Communications Associate Michelle Stecker (Toledo, OH) Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz Dorrit Walsh Director of Capacity Building Web Manager Moonhawk River Stone (Albany, NY) As of April 1, 2008 R. Peter Wharton (Miami, FL) Marta Alvarado Administrative Assistant Dr. Hope Wine, Psy.D. (Miami Beach, FL) Robin Wood *Also a member of the Task Force Action Fund Program Associate ** Solely a member of the Task Force Action Fund Contents From the Executive Director 4 action Fund Invests Heavily in California Marriage Battle 6 Task Force Deploys Organizers to South Florida 7 Powering Up at the New York Power Summit 8 Domestic Partnership Measure Fails in New Mexico 8 task Force and NCTE Co-Produce Transgender-Inclusive Guide 9 the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change 10 Action Fund Secures Critical Funding for Homeless Youth Programs 14 National LGBT Aging Roundtable Convenes in San Francisco 14 Focus on Faith 15 irreverence Abounds at New York Leadership Awards 16 Winter Party Festival Breaks Attendance Records 18 Look for us at Pride! Celebrating in Seattle 22 The Task Force will be out and proud at several Pride events A Record-Breaking Miami Recognition Dinner 24 throughout the summer. If you’re in any of these cities during Event Potpourri 26 their festivities, be sure to drop by our distinctive pink and purple Leadership Council event in New York tents and say hello! Check www.theTaskForce.org for the most Kicking off the New York Leadership Awards up-to-date list. D.C. Leadership Awards kickoff at National Press Club May 3 Board & Staff News 27 Youth Pride Day, Washington, DC Leadership Council 29 At the 20th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change, Mara Keisling May 25 (far right), executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality and DC Black Pride, Washington, DC On spokesperson for a broad coalition of transgender organizations and activists, recognized the leadership role of the Task Force during the battle for a transgender- the cover inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). Keisling expressed apprecia- June 1 tion for the Task Force’s “total commitment in working towards complete equality Motor City Pride, Ferndale, MI and justice for all people.” Public Policy & Government Affairs Director Dave Noble (second from left) accepted the honor on behalf of the Task Force. June 7–8 Photo: andrewpotterphoto.com Christopher Street West/LA Pride, Los Angeles, CA Contact us [email protected] www.theTaskForce.org Washington, DC 1325 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005 June 15 Tel 202.393.5177 Fax 202.393.2241 Capital Pride Festival, Washington, DC New York, NY 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 1504, New York, NY 10038 June 21–22 Tel 212.604.9830 Fax 212.604.9831 Los Angeles, CA 2801 Hyperion Avenue, Suite 102, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Denver PrideFest, Denver, CO Tel 323.671.2400 Fax 323.912.9247 Cambridge, MA 1151 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 June 28–29 Tel 617.492.6393 Fax 617.492.0175 San Francisco PrideFest, San Francisco, CA Miami, FL 3510 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 202, Miami, FL 33137 July 19–20 Tel 305.571.1924 Fax 305.571.7298 Minneapolis, MN 810 West 31st Street, Minneapolis, MN 55408 San Diego LGBT Pride Celebration, San Diego, CA Tel/Fax 612.821.4397 Newsletter printing made possible by an in-kind donation from gay-owned Westprint Inc. © 2008 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation and NGLTF, Inc. From the Executive Director

Take Pride in Us (and then get back to work)

As I move on and the Task Force’s very capable Rea Carey steps in to When drag queens and transgender people led the fight at Stonewall lead us until we find a new executive director, I have an admission to against harassment and police abuse, we didn’t know about — much make: I like LGBT Pride. Well, actually, I love it. less get — gender identity and expression. Today, nearly 40 percent of the population lives somewhere that prohibits discrimination on Over the last five years at the Task Force, I’ve had the privilege of those accounts. going to Pride celebrations across the country — big ones and tiny ones, towns where it still takes enormous courage to march down Marriage equality and family recognition back then? Few dared to Main Street and cities where floats crowded with scantily clad go- even imagine it. Today, even with all the setbacks we’ve encoun- go boys don’t even raise an eyebrow. Some are unbelievably kitschy tered, one in five of us lives in a state that offers most of the rights and some overwhelmingly serious. But one thing I’ve felt and seen in and responsibilities that come with marriage to same-sex couples. every one of them: a pervasive sense of personal pride in us. Far from being stalled out, progress is accelerating: 2007 was the People have different understandings about exactly who and what best legislative year ever, with three states enacting inclusive non- the us is. For many, we’re a political and social justice movement. discrimination laws, four states passing anti-bullying laws, two states For others, it’s friends, family and social activities. For others, it’s adding gender identity protections and three states extending com- mainly about sex. During our annual Pride celebrations, however, all prehensive protections to same-sex couples. these understandings and many more appear on the same stage with remarkable comfort and synergy. In many respects, we’ve made even greater strides at the cultural level. While anti-LGBT rhetoric remains a staple of right-wing reli- On the political front, our progress toward LGBT equality since the gious leaders, talk radio and schoolyard bullying, more and more 1969 Stonewall Riots is nothing short of breathtaking. people are less and less likely to spout their bigotry in public. Last month, a bigwig at the Family Research Council actually apologized Forty years ago, no law sought to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual or for saying he wanted to export gays from the U.S. and (gasp!) a transgender people from discrimination. Today, over half the nation’s same-sex couple finally kissed on As the World Turns. population lives in a jurisdiction that outlaws discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

4 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 “People have different understandings about exactly who and what the us is. For many, we’re a political and social justice movement. For others, it’s friends, family and social activities. For others, it’s mainly about sex. During our annual Pride celebrations, however, all these understandings and many more appear on the same stage with remarkable

comfort and synergy.” Matt Foreman

So far, we haven’t been scapegoated in this current election cycle We can’t say all of this has been accomplished in such a relatively in any way remotely resembling 2004. We can only hope that using short period of time because our organizations have been well- us and our families to divide the nation and inflame the electorate is resourced or our opponents weak or because the path has been finally on a permanent wane. (That said, it’s an outrage they’re latch- smooth. Indeed, we’ve pressed ahead in the face of violence and a ing on to a new group on which to blame all our nation’s problems plague that killed a generation of our men. We most assuredly can’t — immigrants.) say it has resulted from some grand master plan (the fabled “gay agenda”) and community-wide message discipline. Far from it. All of this represents a profound undermining of what most assumed was an unshakable and foundational bias in society: homophobia. For But what I do know is that it is the us — the wonderfully diverse and centuries LGBT people have been literally and figuratively demon- fractious us — who have and continue to be responsible for all this ized, flayed, burned and tortured. For those few who didn’t see us momentum. That’s what people feel, see and celebrate at Pride. as intrinsically disordered, society-destroying sinners, we were simply And that’s what I love. t mentally ill. Even the Anti-Gay Industry knows it is playing against time.

Matt Foreman served as the Task Force’s executive director from May 2003–April 2008. This is his last posting in the Creating Change newsletter and we wish him well as he moves on to the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund in San Francisco.

Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Creating Change 5 Task Force Action Fund Continues Heavy Investment in California Marriage Battle

In February, the Task Force Action Fund joined forces with Equality for All to launch a campaign to stop a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in California. Right-wing forces hired hundreds of paid signature-gatherers asking California voters to sign petitions supporting the anti-LGBT initiative. They submitted the signatures on April 24, but as of press time it was unknown whether the mea- Task Force organizers train volunteers in Palmdale, Calif., sure had in fact qualified for the November 2008 ballot (just under before heading into the field to ask shoppers to decline to 700,000 valid signatures were needed to qualify it). sign the “Limits on Marriage” initiative petitions.

While the right wing has made multiple attempts in the past to qualify > Dedicating an additional four Task Force organizers to similar constitutional amendments, this effort has been the most provide on-the-ground support in California well-funded and well-organized. A coalition of national and state anti-LGBT groups is endorsing the fight, including the Family Re- The voter education effort significantly slowed down the opposition’s search Council, Focus on the Family and the Eagle Forum of Califor- signature-gathering activity. In the final two weeks of the campaign, nia. In addition to its paid signature-gathering activity, the opposition measure proponents repeatedly e-mailed their base to complain has raised more than $1 million; paid for countless robo-calls to solicit about Equality for All’s impact on their efforts. The Task Force Action anti-LGBT signatures; sent out thousands of pieces of direct mail Fund and Equality for All are continuing to prepare to defeat the pos- containing the anti-LGBT initiative petitions; and enlisted the help of sible November initiative. more than 200 churches statewide, all as part of their efforts to col- lect the necessary signatures. The California amendment fight has become one of the most high- stakes battles over the freedom to marry. On March 4, the California Equality for All spearheaded an intensive campaign asking fair-minded Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could legalize voters not to sign the initiative petitions. The campaign is supported marriage for same-sex couples. If a favorable ruling is issued, Califor- by a broad coalition of national, state and local organizations, includ- nia would become the second state in the country granting the free- ing the Task Force Action Fund. The Action Fund has played a leading dom to marry for same-sex couples. If the amendment then advances role in launching the campaign, including: to the ballot and passes, it would undo the court’s ruling and deny marriage equality for same-sex couples for the foreseeable future. > Loaning its four full-time organizers based in the Task Force’s California office to lead field efforts in regions around the state The Task Force has contributed more to the effort to defeat a Califor- nia amendment than any other national organization. > Contributing $70,000 in cash to support the campaign’s operations To find out how you can help, visit www.equalityforall.com. t

6 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Deploys Organizers to South Florida to Combat Anti-Marriage Measure

Right-wing forces — clearly hoping to affect the outcome of the presidential contest — succeeded in putting an anti-family recognition constitutional amendment on Florida’s November ballot. The measure, Amendment 2, is one of the most sweeping ever brought forward. It seeks to preclude the recognition of any family relation- ships outside of marriage, including civil unions and domestic part- nerships. The only upside is that Florida law requires that proposed Task Force Senior Field Organizer Becca Ahuja and Miami resident Bill Jurberg outside a local polling place during the Jan. 29 Florida primary. amendments gain more than 60 percent of the vote. Photo: Steve Rothaus/www.MiamiHerald.com/gay

For many months, the Task Force Action Fund has been working with the two campaigns organized to defeat the amendment: Florida Red & Blue and Fairness for All Families. And in the weeks leading up to Florida’s Jan. 29 primary, the Task Force dispatched four organizers to work with SAVE Dade to organize an Election Day action. Nearly 100 volunteers were stationed at polling places throughout Miami-Dade. They spoke with several thousand voters about the amendment and recruited 295 new volunteers for the fight against it.

In late February, two organizers returned to Miami to identify additional anti-amendment voters and recruit more volunteers at the Win- ter Party Festival. They identified more than 1,300 anti-amendment voters and recruited another 315 new volunteers. These supporter and volunteer lists will be shared with both campaigns working against the We’re pleased to announce the launch of Task Force En Español, amendment. our Spanish-language Web pages featuring information about our work and mission, videos, photos, media coverage, press releases We are also working with the corporate partners that support the Task and links to LGBT Latinas/os nationwide. You’ll also find our Force’s Miami Recognition Dinner and the Winter Party Festival to groundbreaking Policy Institute reports on Latina/o issues and come out in opposition to the amendment. learn what the Task Force is doing to raise the visibility of LGBT Latinas/os. If you are interested in working to defeat Amendment 2, please visit www.fairnessforallfamilies.org and Check back regularly to www.theTaskForce.org for updates to www.floridaredandblue.com. t Task Force En Español. t

Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Creating Change 7 Powering Up at the New York Power Summit

Participants at the New York Power Summit. Photo: Jorge Taveras More than 115 activists from New York and around the country turned The Democratic-controlled state Assembly has historically supported out Nov. 29–Dec. 2 for the New York Power Summit co-organized by all three measures, but the Republican-controlled Senate has never the Task Force and Empire State Pride Agenda. The training was one allowed these bills to come up for a vote. of the most diverse ever, with 40 percent of participants self-identifying as people of color and 21 percent self-identifying as transgender Through the Power Summit, the Task Force Foundation and the Pride or genderqueer. There was also a large presence of out-of-state Agenda trained activists in the core skills needed for building a large participants, with teams coming from Connecticut, Iowa, Rhode Is- base of identified pro-LGBT supporters in key legislative districts land, California, Florida, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, D.C., that could be turned out to lobby or vote in the future. As with other Virginia and Maryland. Power Summits, the training’s high point was the canvass. Seventy participants went door to door and gathered close to 200 postcards The key issues at stake were the Pride Agenda’s three top legislative from voters in support of the Pride Agenda’s three priority pieces of priorities — adding gender identity and expression to the protections legislation. of the state’s nondiscrimination law, passing a comprehensive student anti-bullying bill and enacting marriage equality. The summit concluded with an intensive two-hour session where participants developed plans for putting the training skills to use. t staff; recruiting and training hundreds of volunteers to talk one on Collaborative Effort to one with thousands of people across the state about the need for the Pass Domestic Partnership law; generating constituent lobby visits, hundreds of phone calls and Measure Fails in New Mexico thousands of postcards to swing-state legislators. The state Republican Party and right-wing church leaders, however, As part of a broad coalition of state and national organizations, the mounted an intensive campaign to kill the bill. The December death Task Force Action Fund teamed up with Equality New Mexico to of Senate President Pro-Tem Ben Altamirano, a measure proponent, implement a statewide field effort designed to sway legislators to was another blow. The state House passed the bill in January, but the support a domestic partner bill. Last year, the measure failed in the measure died after being tabled in the Senate Judiciary Committee in state Senate by one vote and hopes for passage were high this year. February.

Action Fund organizers were responsible for broadening the overall “While this defeat is a disappointing setback for our community, our field strategy and developing a six-month statewide plan; dedicat- collaboration with the Task Force has significantly grown our grassroots ing two full-time senior field organizers to direct and implement the capacity and left us even stronger to push for passage of the bill next field plan and work on the ground with Equality New Mexico field year,” said Alexis Blizman, executive director of Equality New Mexico. t

8 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force and NCTE Team Up to Produce Transgender-Inclusive Guide

The Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality have released a joint publication titled Opening the Door to the Inclusion of Transgender People: Photo: Courtesy Garden State Equality The Nine Keys to Making Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Garden State Equality Organizations Fully Transgender- Inclusive, geared toward LGBT Recognizes United ENDA, organizations. Matt Foreman Opening the Door, which is based on years of personal and profes- sional experience within LGBT organizations, makes the case for Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman, Pride At Work’s full inclusion at every level of an organization. It covers the need for Donna Cartwright and Barbra Casbar Siperstein of New genuine, consistent advocacy for inclusion of gender identity and Jersey Stonewall Democrats and the Gender Rights Advocacy expression in policies and programs; how to address staffing issues; Association of New Jersey, accepted the Visionary Award on dealing with prejudice; and ways to further outreach. The voices of behalf of United ENDA at Garden State Equality’s 2008 Leg- LGBT leaders sharing real-life experiences with transgender inclusion are found throughout the guide. ends Dinner on March 8. Nearly 500 guests turned out for the sold-out event, including dozens of public officials and The guide is co-authored by Justin Tanis, program manager of the Na- other dignitaries from across New Jersey and the nation. tional Center for Transgender Equality, and Lisa Mottet, an attorney with the Task Force’s Transgender Civil Rights Project. Mottet works United ENDA, a nationwide campaign established in fall on transgender-related legislation and policy and is the co-author 2007, is committed to securing a transgender-inclusive Em- of Transitioning Our Shelters: A Guide to Making Homeless Shelters ployment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). U.S. Rep. Rush Safe for Transgender People. Tanis, Ph.D., has a 20-plus-year career in LGBT nonprofits and is the author ofTransgendered Theology, Minis- Holt (D-N.J.), one of the House members who courageously try and Communities of Faith. voted against ENDA because it excluded gender identity, presented the award. Foreman was also inducted into Garden The guide can be downloaded at www.theTaskForce.org and State Equality’s Equality Hall of Fame for his longtime leader- www.nctequality.org. t ship on LGBT issues.

Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Creating Change 9 Task Force board co-chair Alan Acosta, LuAnn Boylan, Anita May Rosenstein and board co-chair Mark Sexton. Ms. Rosenstein is the founding sponsor of the revamped conference.

More than 2,100 LGBT rights advocates converged on Detroit, Mich., on Feb. 6–10 to plan political strategy, activate and energize on the heels of Super Tuesday. The National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change, which drew activists from every corner of the country, featured the debut of the Task Force Academy for Lead- ership and Action and more than 100 workshops, caucuses, institutes and receptions. New & Notable This year’s event was revamped to include many notable changes, including a new name (from Creating Change to The National Con- The Task Force joined with AARP to work for affordable quality health care by joining the Divided We Fail coalition. Deputy Executive Director ference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change); a date change (from Rea Carey signed the platform, which was received by AARP’s Eddie Rivas. the traditional November date to early in the calendar year); a clearer focus and more politically relevant training and skills-building ses- The daylong institutes brought attendees together to gain knowledge sions (a much more rigorous request for proposals process set higher about a range of topics, including racial justice, economic justice and standards for workshop sessions and presentations); and the launch class issues, youth participation in the LGBT movement, how to win of the Task Force Academy for Leadership and Action, high-level, the freedom to marry, transgender health care, the role of LGBT fami- professionalized trainings offered for all skill levels. The new academy lies, sexual freedom and advocacy skills. Attendees packed workshop programs received overwhelmingly positive reviews from the 620 sessions and caucuses to study a vast array of issues about our lives individuals who participated in them. The academy’s courses covered and to plan for action to make durable change in our communities critical topics for LGBT organizational and community leaders, includ- and our organizations. Health, immigration, legislation, sexuality, ing a nine-hour series for executive directors, a 15-hour series on volunteer recruitment, organizing within LGBT communities of color, media and press relations, a six-hour series on advanced fundraising, accessibility, student organizing and grant-writing were just a few of and a nine-hour session on campaign and election skills. the topics of focus. 10 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, gave a riveting Barbara Satin, founder of GLBT speech on the intersection of the struggle for racial Generations, received the Allan Mandy Carter received the inaugural Susan J. Hyde justice and the movement to win full LGBT equality. Morrow Community Service Award. Activism Award for longevity in the movement.

Guy Baldwin received the Leather Leadership Mia Mingus was honored for her work on Bishop V. Gene Robinson predicted that society Award for his longtime work on behalf of the disability, race, reproductive justice, gender, would eventually see the “full inclusion of all of leather community and sexual freedom issues. sexuality and transracial adoption issues. God’s people.” Powerhouse Plenaries for a better and more just society.” By working on other progressive NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson, issues, he said, the LGBT movement has “the obligation to think and Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman and musical legends act beyond the narrow confines of our own LGBT-specific interests and Bernice Johnson Reagon and Toshi Reagon were the featured be part and parcel of a transformed America.” Creating Change Awards keynotes. In his annual “State of the Movement” address, Foreman went to Jon Stryker, founder and president of the Arcus Foundation, highlighted our movement’s many accomplishments of the past year, and reproductive rights activist Mia Mingus. Longtime activist Mandy including the fact that the 2007 state legislative session was the most Carter received the Susan J. Hyde Activism Award, aging advocate productive ever for LGBT rights. He then talked about the challenges Barbara Satin received the Allan Morrow Community Service Award, that lay ahead and said while the LGBT movement continues to work and psychotherapist/author/activist Guy Baldwin was the recipient of on “our community’s priorities,” it needs to “simultaneously work the Leather Leadership Award. The awards were generously funded by the Anderson Prize Foundation, administered by Allen Schuh. Photos: andrewpotterphoto.com Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Creating Change 11 The conference closed out to the powerful Presenters Tim Sweeney and Johnny Jenkins. rhythms of members of the First Nations Equality Federation Executive Director Two Spirit Indigenous People’s Collective. Toni Broaddus and Michael Fleming.

Conference directors Sue Hyde and Russell Roybal Foreground: Paulina Hernandez, co-director of take a moment to relax and share a (big) laugh at Jessa Baker and Dan Drolet kid around Southerners on New Ground, and feminist scholar one of the many receptions. before the Youth Poetry Slam. Mab Segrest, present at the opening session on Feb. 6. Something for Everyone ebrants from Detroit and across the country. The Awareness Ball drew Along with politics, faith and spirituality held an important place hundreds to a house ball, presented by the House of Infiniti. Friday in the conference, beginning and ending with Jenny Ghost Bear, a evening was “A Night of a Thousands Stars,” with contestants model- Lakota Sioux from South Dakota, who drummed and chanted an ing, walking and dancing the runway to compete for prizes and to hear opening welcome and closing offering in the form of prayer and song. lifesaving messages about AIDS prevention and safer sex. Young and Attendees participated in the annual “call of names” to remember old hit the dance floor on Saturday at Creating Change, after a youth and honor movement heroes and colleagues who have died. LGBT poetry slam hosted by DJ Jace. Muslims gathered for Friday noon prayers; later that evening, Jews celebrated the Shabbat. The local host committee organized an Three birthdays were celebrated with cake and good wishes: the Na- interfaith service to celebrate the light within, bringing together cel- tional Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Educa-

12 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 Detroit Host Committee co-chairs Gabe Javier, Jon Stryker, founder and president of the Carrie Copeland, Curtis Lipscomb and Kate Arcus Foundation, received a Creating Change The Rev. Dr. Renee McCoy, director of HIV/AIDS Pro- Runyon welcome the crowd to the Motor City. Award for his work to advance LGBT equality. grams, City of Detroit, leads the “Call of Names.”

Emcee Kate Clinton was a Sandra Telep, co-chair of Unid@s, the National Latino/a Presenter Sivagami Subbaraman and Task Force LGBT Human Rights Organization, confers with Task Force Senior Field Organizer Becca Ahuja. smash hit with the crowd. Communications Coordinator Pedro Julio Serrano. tion turned 10; Southerners on New Ground (SONG) turned 15; and For additional conference coverage, including video footage, Creating Change, no longer a teenager, turned 20. Plenary emcee a photo gallery and the text of plenary speeches, visit Kate Clinton put the funny bone spin on the political news of the www.theTaskForce.org. t moment, cracking up the house with her brief nanosecond of silence for the failed presidential campaign of Mitt Romney, among countless Don’t Miss Out on the Action! Mark Your Calendar Now! other hilarious observations. We thank the Detroit Host Committee The National Conference on LGBT Equality: for helping to make this such a successful conference. Creating Change Special thanks to the Anita May Rosenstein Foundation, the founding January 28–February 1, 2009 sponsor of The National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change. Denver, Colorado

Photos: andrewpotterphoto.com unless otherwise specified. Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Creating Change 13 Task Force Action Fund Secures Critical Federal Funding for Homeless Youth Programs

As a direct result of the work of Task Force Action Fund staff, the om- increase since 2001 — Task Force and Ruth Ellis Center board nibus budget bill signed into law in late December contained three again directly attributable member John Allen, Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Ruth Ellis Center Executive appropriations to local LGBT health and human service providers and to the work of the Task Director Grace McClelland and Task Force a $10.5 million increase for runaway and homeless youth programs. Force Action Fund, Executive Director Matt Foreman. as well as our Policy Photo: Between the Lines newspaper/Andrew Potter The targeted appropriations, totaling approximately $710,000, went Institute. Task Force to Bienestar in Los Angeles (for expansion of its mobile HIV testing Executive Director Matt services), the Howard Brown Health Center in Chicago (for a new Foreman was in Detroit, Mich., on Jan. 8 for U.S. Sen. Carl Levin’s LGBT aging program), and the Ruth Ellis Center in Detroit (for LGBT announcement of a $366,300 grant for the Ruth Ellis Center, which homeless youth). Action Fund staff worked with these local partner runs a shelter for homeless LGBT youth. The Ruth Ellis Center was organizations in the complicated budget process, including grant among those featured in the Task Force Policy Institute report, Les- writing and technical assistance, meetings with members of Congress bian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth: An Epidemic of Home- and in-district contacts. The omnibus measure also included a $10.5 lessness, which received extraordinary media attention and proved million increase in funding for runaway and homeless youth — the first enormously helpful in lobbying for the increase. t

aging organizations; removing barriers faced by many vulnerable aging National LGBT Aging Round- populations, including LGBT elders; and the need for a federal re- quirement for cultural competency training for all senior organizations table Convenes in San Francisco that receive federal funding. Roundtable attendees then developed Advocates for LGBT elders gathered in San Francisco Jan. 15–16 for work plans for all the identified priorities. the third annual Task Force-convened National LGBT Aging Round- table, where they discussed priorities and action steps related to The convening was underwritten by leading California foundations, federal LGBT aging work and received training on disability rights and including the California Endowment, The California Wellness Foun- elder issues. dation and the Horizons Foundation, and organizations such as the national AARP’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Senior Service The roundtable identified key federal LGBT aging priorities, includ- America, Inc. Because of this critical support, the Task Force was able ing amending the Older American Act to cover vulnerable popula- to include many more participants in the roundtable, a total of 50 tions such as LGBT elders and working to ensure questions related people, and add a second day of work on an issue of vital importance to sexual orientation and gender identity are included in all federally to the LGBT aging agenda: the intersection of disability rights and funded research. Participants also discussed creating a strategy for elder issues. This training was done by disability rights activists working increasing LGBT aging activism by working with national and regional with the National Sexuality Resource Center. t

14 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 Focus on Faith The role of faith in the movement for equality took a prominent place at The National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change. The Task Force’s National Religious Leadership Roundtable (NRLR) held its semiannual meeting in conjunction with the conference and strategized on ways to continue amplifying the voices of pro-LGBT faith leaders in public discourse. The Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, director of the Task Force’s Institute for Welcoming Resources and a National Religious Leadership Roundtable member, gave a poignant welcome to Bishop V. Gene Robinson at The Representing the NRLR, the Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, director of the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change. Task Force’s Institute for Welcoming Resources (IWR), gave a poi- Photo: andrewpotterphoto.com gnant introduction to keynote speaker V. Gene Robinson, Episco- palian bishop of New Hampshire. Voelkel said Robinson stood “in a long line of prophets and witnesses” who have been “a voice for justice.”

During his powerful keynote, Robinson called for an end to patriarchy, racism and the many other “isms,” and predicted that society would Save the Date! eventually see the “full inclusion of all of God’s people.” And in very Mark your calendar for the Task strong terms, he said that “for a very, very long time, white, straight, Force-convened gathering, Many educated, Western men have been making most of the decisions for Stories, One Voice: The North the world, and you know what, the jig is up.” At the end, Robinson American Convocation of Pro-LGBT left the audience with an optimistic message that our community will Christians, which will be held Sept. indeed overcome. 4–7 in New Orleans, La. For details, visit www.manystoriesonevoice.org. Also, as part of the pre-conference institutes, an overflowing crowd The conference, which is the of religious and secular organizers came together for the “Empower- successor to the Witness Our ing and Working with People of Faith Institute.” In the afternoon, the Welcome conferences of 2000 participants broke up into different groups to learn concrete organizing skills for media training, public advocacy and action. and 2003, is expected to draw up to 600 pro-LGBT faith activists. Throughout the entire conference, the IWR’s Shower of Stoles Project, an extraordinary collection of more than a thousand liturgical stoles and other sacred items representing the lives of LGBT people of faith, was on display. t

Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Creating Change 15 Irreverence Abounds at Sean Patrick Maloney and board vice chair Paula Redd Zeman. New York Leadership Awards Photo: WilsonModel The 2008 New York Leadership Awards, the Task Force’s premier event in New York, took place on April 7. From the venue to the honorees to the performances, our guests enjoyed a spectacular evening, which raised $170,000 to support the work of the Task Force.

The new New York Times Center was filled to capacity with our guests. Our VIP ticketholders spent time with honorees John Waters, National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce co-founders Justin Nelson and Chance Mitchell, as well as the iconic Debbie Harry and Miss Guy. While New York Gov. David Paterson was unable to join us due to last-minute wrangling over the state budget, Sean Patrick Maloney represented the governor at the reception and onstage.

Paterson also sent an extraordinary message via video to the standing-room-only crowd, in which he vowed “to push on until we bring The legendary Debbie Harry and Miss Guy perform. full marriage equality to New York state” and urged “New York’s civil rights leaders to recognize that the lesbian, gay, bisexual and and Mitchell, meanwhile, talked about their work with Fortune 500 transgender communities deserve equal rights.” The governor also corporations and “ma and ma” businesses, enabling our community promised to fight for an end to bullying in schools, for transgender to break through the lavender ceiling. The very funny Sabrina Mat- rights and for affordable health care for everyone. Paterson’s remarks thews ably took us through the program as emcee. garnered extensive media coverage. The New York Leadership Awards was Matt Foreman’s last appear- Ensuring the evening was unlike most charity galas, Debbie Harry ance as the Task Force’s executive director before he left to lead the and Miss Guy kicked off the program with a bit of rock and roll. Our Gay & Lesbian Program at the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund in San honorees sparkled — John Waters is a very funny, extremely and Francisco. Foreman gave a moving and heartfelt speech about his time wonderfully irreverent man and, if Paterson ever opts for a new career at the organization and in New York, and received a standing ovation path, stand-up comedy just might be the ticket. NGLCC’s Nelson from the filled theater. The Task Force is grateful to the members of

16 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 Deborah Kass, director and honoree John Waters, Gavin White and Evan Jacobs. Aditi Dussault and Victori Fulkerson. and NYLA committee member Patricia Cronin. Photo: WilsonModel Photo: WilsonModel

David Alpert, Alan Haveson and Steve Hammer. Task Force Policy Institute Kenny Kenny and Patrick McDonald. Photo: WilsonModel Director Jaime Grant.

the event’s steering committee, which was led by board members Kane, Michael Longacre, Friedrike Merck and board member Ken Jeff Adler, Mark Sexton and Paula Redd Zeman and included Adam Ranftle & Craig Leiby. The Law Offices of Kevin J. Farrelly was the Becker, Patricia Cronin, Ryan Greenberg, Ken Kidd, Clay Williams and event’s Silver sponsor. Bronze sponsors were board member Maureen board members Maureen Burnley, Eric von Kuersteiner, Moonhawk Burnley & Tatiana Caryannis, Vincent Carrafiello, Yvette Christofilis & River Stone and Ken Ranftle. Karen Carr, David A. Clark, Christopher Coad, M.D., & Kevin Kowalski/ Chelsea Eye & Cosmetic Surgery Associates, Dr. Marjorie J. Hill & Special thanks also go to all our sponsors, including our generous Stacey Bridgeman, Franklin Levine, Robert J. Smolin, Will Trinkle & Platinum sponsors Mark M. Sexton & Kirk Wallace; Showtime Juan Grandos, Clay Williams & David Groff, Martin A. Witt & the Rev. Networks, Inc.; the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom, Canon Kris Lee, board member Paula Redd Zeman & the Rev. LLP; and Jim Stepp & Peter Zimmer. Gold sponsors included the law Deborah Tammearu, and William Zwart & David Berchenbriter. t firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf, Tim Hosking and Audrey Sokoloff, David

Photos: Inga Sarda-Sorensen unless indicated otherwise. Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Creating Change 17 Beautiful Dreamer, our second annual event for the Karina Iglesias performed at the transgender community, was held at Café Pisa in Fort Women’s Jazz Brunch. Photo: Tony Cabreja Lauderdale. Photo: JR Davis

Nicole Henry delighted spectators at Winter Board member Ken Ranftle and his partner Craig Party Runway and the Winter Party Cocktail Leiby’s cabana at the Beach Party provides a shady Party at Van Dyke Café. Photo: Yuri Andrei spot to relax. Photo: Francisco De León

Winter Party The Task Force’s 2008 Winter Party Festival was an extraordinary success, with record attendance at its signature event, the 15th Annual Beach Party. Held from Feb. 23 to March 3, this Festival Breaks year’s festival drew more than 10,000 total attendees to more than two dozen events. More than 500 volunteers — led by festival co-chairs JC Curry and Lisa Mercado and a dedicated Attendance volunteer committee — helped make it all possible. The festival featured an expanded lineup of cultural events and programming for specific Records segments of the LGBT community, as well as world-class dance events at some of the most popular nightclubs in South Beach, Miami and Fort Lauderdale. The festival culminated in the famous Winter Party Beach Party, which attracted approximately 6,000 guests. The increase

18 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 The South Beach Chamber Ensemble performed Billy Bean speaks at a special reception at the The 2008 Winter Party Runway was presented at World of Wonders, our Patrons’ Event, at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden previewing the by aussieBum and also featured women’s beach Wolfsonian-FIU. Photo: : Brett Hufziger/bhuf.com exhibit, Gay American Heroes. Photo: Robert Figueroa wear by Red Carter. Photo:Francisco De León

Roxy Santiago, Sue-Bee Laginess, Becky Overton, Lisha aussieBum-wearing go go boys and gals Jon Schwenzer, president of the South Florida chapter Slaughter, Melissa Griffin and JessicaB eers enjoyed our danced for the crowd at the Beach Party. of the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association popular women’s dance event, Industry. Photo: Dennis Dean Photo: Francisco De León and Deputy Executive Director Rea Carey. Photo: Chris Clark in attendance was fueled by significantly more attendees from Western 60 journalists from countries as far afield as Turkey, France, Ireland, Europe and the United Kingdom. Germany, Brazil and the U.K.

This year’s lineup included new events for women, a dinner dance For the first time, the Task Force engaged in political organizing during for the transgender community, an art exhibit, a Hollywood-themed Winter Party Festival. Our field organizers identified nearly 3,000 party for youth, an interfaith service and a family picnic. Record- people among our guests interested in helping defeat the anti-mar- breaking highlights included more than 450 guests at the Showtime riage constitutional amendment that will be on Florida’s ballot in Departure Lounge soiree; 2,700 attendees at the Pool Party at our November. Staff from our Movement Building department pushed an host hotel, the Doubletree Surfcomber; 2,000 spectators at Winter aggressive safer-sex campaign. Party Runway, a fashion show sponsored by aussieBum; and more than

Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Creating Change 19 Pony rides were a hit with guests of Judge David Young hosted the official More than 6,000 guests enjoyed beautiful weather the 3rd Annual LGBT Family Picnic. welcome reception, Departure Lounge. and a spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean at the Photo: Felix Becerra Photo: Robert Figueroa 15th Annual Beach Party. Photo: Francisco De León

More than 2,700 guests attended the Under One DJ Tony Moran thrilled the crowd attending Michelle Simons and Miami Recognition Dinner co-chair Sun Pool Party at our host hotel, the Doubletree Orbit, our Sunday night dance event. Cindy Brown at World of Wonders, our reception for the Surfcomber. Photo: Dennis Dean Photo: Mark Thompson/Robert Doyle Task Force’s most generous supporters. Photo: Brett Hufziger/bhuf.com The Task Force will donate two-thirds of the festival’s proceeds to support LGBT organizations in Miami-Dade, a tangible demonstration S ave plan Next Year’s of our commitment to building the grassroots strength of our movement. t the Winter Break Now, D ate mark Your Calendar! Thanks to all who made this Winter Party Festival year’s festival the best ever! Feb. 25–March 2, 2009 • Miami Beach, Florida

20 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 Many Thanks to Our Sponsors! The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Winter Party Festival Committee extend a special thanks to all of our 2008 sponsors, media sponsors and promotional partners for their generous support of this year’s Winter Party Festival:

Official Host Hotel Diamond Sponsors Diamond Media Sponsors Pearl Media Sponsors DoubleTree Surfcomber Hotel Macy’s Boston InNewsweekly BigMuscle.com Manhunt.net (The Uniform Party Sponsor) Gay Internet Radio Live Mack Planet Welcome Reception Sponsor Masterbeat.com HX MRNY.com Showtime Miller HX Philadelphia Partylist.com Instinct sobegayinfo.com Diamond Excelsior & Emerald Sponsors Mark’s South Florida List Pool Party Co-Sponsor Ascension (T-Dance Sponsor) noiZe Magazine Promotional Partners Undergear.com aussieBum (Winter Party Runway Sponsor) Orbitz Alegria Jakeinteractive.com Passport Magazine Aqua Girl Pool Party Co-Sponsor Metromix.com Terra Networks Black & Blue DavidBartonGym Miami-Dade County Blue Ball Department of Cultural Affairs Emerald Media Sponsors Cherry Premier Marketing Sponsor 411 Magazine Gay Chicago Magazine Miami Beach VCA Ruby Sponsors Express News Gay Whistler Ski Week – Gun Oil JustCircuit WinterPRIDE Official Food Sponsor southbeachgroup.com GO Magazine Bar Be Que Beach Ruby Media Sponsors GreatPartyPics.com Pearl Sponsors Buzz Magazine Hilton Wolman Presents Spirits Sponsors AccuCare Pharmacy Chicago Free Press Independence 2008 42 Below Barefoot Wine Edge Publications Latin Fever 10 / NYE 2009 Bacardi Superior Club Nautico fab MaleCiti.com Bombay Sapphire Gourmet Station Gloss Magazine Mark Nelson Events Cazadores Halo GMAPS360 One Mighty Weekend Corzo Kiehl’s Since 1851 HotSPOTS! Magazine Purple 8 Dewar’s Miami Beach 25/7 Next Magazine Saint at Large Martini & Rossi MTV Latin America Outlook Weekly Magazine SAVE Dade Rockstar Energy Drinks Wire Magazine SobeSocialClub Sapient The Naked Concierge Sephora White Party – Miami Tom Bercu Presents White Party – Palm Springs

Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Creating Change 21 Back: Board co-chair Mark Sexton, former board co-chair Marsha Botzer, board member Sarah Fletcher, Executive Director Matt Foreman. Front: Board member Jody Laine, emcee Kate Clinton, honoree Louise Chernin, board co-chair Alan Acosta. Pride Foundation Executive Director Audrey Haberman.

Celebrating at the Seattle Leadership Awards

Don Miller, board member Hans Johnson, Perry Whitner and Marcy Johnsen.

More than 200 people attended the second annual Seattle Leader- Jody Laine and partner Shad Reinstein produced an amazing video ship Awards on Jan. 12. The event, held at the Grand Hyatt Seattle, tribute to Chernin that had the crowd on its feet. Pride Foundation grossed nearly $60,000, doubling the event’s revenue from last year. Executive Director Audrey Haberman closed the event with a fundraising pitch that resulted in almost everyone making an additional gift The evening honored Louise Chernin, executive director of the to the Task Force. Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA), for her work in the women’s movement, anti-war movement and for the LGBT com- The Task Force owes a huge debt of gratitude to the dynamic steering munity. Under Chernin’s leadership, the GSBA has grown to become committee that made this a record-breaking event. The committee the country’s largest LGBT chamber of commerce. Our emcee, the included George Bakan, former Task Force board co-chair and last hilarious Kate Clinton, had the audience in stitches. Board member year’s Leadership Award recipient Marsha Botzer, Jonathan Bowman,

22 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 Leadership Council members Margaret Rothschild Mary Ann Bailey, Debbie Bird and Gay Northrup. and George Heidorn. Ms. Rothschild is also on the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce board of Equal Rights Washington. co-founder Justin Nelson and George Pieper.

Laura Velkers and Commissioner Kenneth C. La Talcott Broadhead and Kyle Cable. Wendy Sloneker and Barbara Sehr. of the Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities.

Louise Chernin, Bill Dubay, board member Sarah Fletcher, Audrey Thanks also go to those companies that generously donated products Haberman, board member Jody Laine, Aleksa Manila, Thomas Pitch- and services to the event. They include Amy’s Limousine Service, ford, Shad Reinstein, Eric Thom and Doug Titus. Countryside Floral and Team Photogenic.

Special thanks are also extended to our sponsors: Gold sponsor Next year’s event will be held Saturday, Jan. 24. If you would like Andrew Tobias & Charles Nolan, Silver sponsors Safeco Insurance and to be involved in 2009 as a sponsor, table captain or event steering board co-chair Mark M. Sexton & W. Kirk Wallace and Bronze spon- committee member, please contact Alex Breitman, special events sors Sue Anderson, the Greater Seattle Business Association, Matt manager, at 646.358.1484 or [email protected]. t Foreman & Francisco De León, Don Powell, the Pride Foundation and UNITE HERE! Local 8.

Photos: Team Photogenic Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Creating Change 23 Guests of Gold sponsor Investor Solutions (from left): Cathy Pareto, Jack Coden, Augusto Crespo, William Hopper, Xavier Wilson, Lettie Bien and Tom Bendt.

A Record-Breaking Miami Recognition Dinner

James Justice, Sheila Hill, event co-chair Richard Peter Wharton, Danny Babineaux, Alan Carsrud, Larry Salvo and Alex Aguelo.

More than 675 people attended the 11th Annual Miami Recognition the Miami-Dade community. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Leonard Dinner on Nov. 3. The event, held at the InterContinental Miami on Pitts, whose columns have long delivered the message of acceptance Biscayne Bay, grossed over $320,000, making it the most successful and equality, received a standing ovation for his inspiring speech as he Recognition Dinner in the event’s history. accepted the 2007 Humanitarian Award.

The awards ceremony included the presentation of the first Eddy Mc- The dinner and awards presentation was preceded by a cocktail recep- Intrye Community Service Award, named for the late Miami-Dade action and silent auction, which also set a record by generating close to tivist who founded the Recognition Dinner. The award was presented $50,000. Passport Magazine, a Diamond media sponsor, assembled a to attorney and local hero Jerry Chasen, a man who has contributed travel package for the auction that netted almost $10,000. time, money and talent to almost every LGBT organization serving

24 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 Derek Newton, campaign manager for Ira Smith, Eric Lauren and David Verity. Olive Watson, Wiley Watson, Terry Florida Red and Blue, and Nadine Smith, Dewis and Joanna Grover/Watson. executive director of Equality Florida.

Miami Police Chief John Timoney Elaine Lancaster discovers the treasures Honorees Jerry Chasen and Leonard Pitts. with his wife, Noreen. in her VIP gift bag, donated by Macy’s. Photo: Steve Rothaus/www.MiamiHerald.com/gay

The Task Force thanks the dynamic steering committee that made this Platinum sponsors included Thomas Blount, the Dade Community a record-breaking event. Led by co-chairs Richard Peter Wharton and Foundation, Darden Restaurants, Stephen Herbits, Merrill Lynch and Cindy Brown, the committee included board member David Cornell, James G. Pepper. Gold sponsors included AT&T, Akerman Senterfitt, Liebe Gadinsky, Sharon Kersten, David Price, Robert Watson and Burger King, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Investor Solutions, Mario Mag- board member Dr. Hope Wine. Also active as “ambassadors” were calas, M.D., P.A., Merrill-Stevens, Andrew Tobias & Charles Nolan, Michael Aller, Alan Behmoiras, Debbie Gonzalez, Pete Halpern, WaMu and Olive Watson & Joanna Grover/Watson. Media sponsors Steve Leidner, Mary Prados, Christopher Russell and Elizabeth F. included Express Gay News, The Miami Herald, Passport Magazine Schwartz. and Wire Magazine. 42 Below vodka donated the liquor for the event, and wine was provided by Other Wine & Spirits. Northern Trust supported the event by underwriting the communications expenses. t

Photos: Brett Hufziger/bhuf.com unless otherwise specified. Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Creating Change 25 Senior Policy Analyst Nick Ray talks with at- Leadership Council member Henry van tendees about how their support makes possible Ameringen and Eric Galloway attended critical work, including the publication of the the Jan. 18 event in New York City. much-heralded Policy Institute report on LGBT Photo: Inga Sarda-Sorensen homeless youth. Photo: Inga Sarda-Sorensen Leadership Council Kicking Off D.C. Leadership Event in New York the New York Awards Launch Board co-chair Mark Sexton and his partner, Leadership Awards Event at National Kirk Wallace, hosted a Leadership Council event at their home in New York City on Jan. Friends of the Task Force joined the New Press Club 18. Members of the Task Force’s national York Leadership Awards steering committee board of directors as well as senior staff on Jan. 28 for the Leadership Awards kickoff Members of D.C.’s LGBT community gath- joined more than 70 people for an update at Design Within Reach on West 14th Street. ered March 11 at the National Press Club for on the Task Force’s work. The hosts also Guests signed on as table captains and spon- the D.C. Leadership Awards launch event. announced a $25,000 challenge grant to sors of the April 7 gala. encourage new or increased support for the Honorees of the D.C. Leadership Awards, Leadership Council, the Task Force’s major Many thanks to the entire steering commit- slated for May 3, were Us Helping Us, U.S. donor recognition program. Approximately tee, including New York Task Force board Rep. Rush Holt, Daniela Sea of The L Word, $15,000 was raised that evening, a portion members Jeff Adler, Mark Sexton, Paula along with AARP and its Office of Diversity of which will be credited toward the chal- Redd Zeman, Maureen Burnley, Eric von and Inclusion. The head of that office, Percil lenge. For more information, or to make a Kuersteiner, Ken Rantfle and Moonhawk Stanford, spoke at the launch event. Many gift, please contact Jose Lugaro, director of River Stone, joined by Patricia Cronin, Ryan thanks to board members and event co-chairs major gifts, at [email protected] or Greenberg, Ken Kidd and Clay Williams. Jerry Clark and Suzanne Goldstein and all the by calling 646.358.1477. t Special thanks to Design Within Reach for members of the steering committee for their hosting this reception in its fabulous store. t hard work. t Mark your calendar now for these fantastic events benefiting the work of the Task Force. Save these Dates! For details, go to www.theTaskForce.org. August 15–17 September 21 October 18 Ascension, Fire Island Pines Los Angeles Leadership Awards Miami Recognition Dinner

26 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 Board and Staff News

Kathleen Campisano Jaime Grant, director New Board Members joins the staff as a Task of the Policy Institute, The Task Force is pleased to announce the Force senior field orga- holds a Ph.D. in wom- election of a new board member: nizer. She is a Kentucky- en’s studies from the bred multi-issue com- Union Institute where Craig Hoffman is a munity organizer and has she studied with Minnie linguist and lawyer worked for 17 years on Bruce Pratt, Barbara who has specialized in LGBT issues. Campisano Smith and historian John transactional writing and Kathleen Campisano learned to value multi- Jaime Grant D’Emilio. For six years, negotiating during his issue organizing during her seven-plus years she directed the Union Institute’s Center for nine years of practice of working with the Fairness Campaign in Women, the nation’s only academic women’s in Austin, Texas, and Louisville, and she has worked as a volunteer center dedicated to collaborations between Washington, D.C. He organizer for organizations from California scholars and activists. Her articles on trans- Craig Hoffman has also taught writing, to Maine. A mom and wannabe chef who formational organizations, coalition work first to undergraduates at the University of wants to someday write the book The Joy of and anti-racist practice have been published Connecticut, and then to law students at Organizing, her motto is “have clipboard, in major academic journals and anthologies. both the University of Texas Law School and will travel.” Grant has offered a course in social move- the Washington College of Law of the Ameri- ments at Georgetown University and work- can University. Hoffman has received several Amanda Decetise joins shops on gender expression and sexuality at fellowships in linguistics, cognitive science, the Task Force as direc- Whitman Walker’s Lesbian Services Program business and writing. He served on the board tor of institutional gifts and the Creating Change conference. She of the Task Force in 2002–2004. with more than 10 years recently served as a program designer and experience in the public facilitator for the Ford Foundation’s signa- New Staff arena. She has support- ture leadership program, Leadership for a ed organizations with a Changing World, at the Advocacy Institute. Kian Boloori joins the wide array of missions She lives in Petworth, D.C., with partner Task Force as an Orga- Amanda Decetise and focus: higher educa- M’Bwende Anderson and their two children, nizing & Training field tion, HIV prevention and harm reduction, in- Reilly and Ella. organizer. Boloori was dividuals with disabilities, mental health and born and raised in Or- health care services, workforce development, David Lohman serves ange County, Calif. He and youth programming. Decetise has dual as faith work coordina- attended UCLA, where bachelor’s degrees in English/writing and tor for the Task Force’s he became a student women’s studies from the State University Institute for Welcoming Kian Boloori organizer with La Familia of New York at Albany. In 2004, she earned Resources, and oversees de UCLA and Queer Alliance. After college her Master of Fine Arts degree in writing from the Shower of Stoles he was a fellow with the Task Force, working New School University. Project. Also a musical in Cincinnati to stop an attempt by the reli- theatre conductor and gious right to repeal the city’s LGBT-inclusive David Lohman pianist, Lohman spent nondiscrimination law. He is currently work- three-plus years as associate conductor for ing on making the freedom to marry a reality the first national company ofThe Phantom of for LGBT Californians. the Opera. Lohman, who serves as director of

Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Creating Change 27 Board and Staff News

music at Spirit of the Lakes United Church of several academic honors. In addition to his Christ, holds a bachelor’s degree in acting, Fond Farewells work at various law firms, he interned with and did his graduate work in conducting at We wish the following former staffers the Sen. Bill Nelson in 2003, giving him an inside Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. best in their future endeavors: Lindsay perspective on how to advance pro-LGBT Bubar, Monique Hoeflinger, Nicole legislation. Jose Lugaro, the Task Muller, Zaheer Mustafa and Thalia Force’s director of major Zepatos. Meredith Palmer attends Hofstra University gifts, brings a decade of School of Law, where she has been named nonprofit development Transitions an advocacy fellow. She has a long history of experience from institu- advocating for LGBT and HIV issues, found- Alex Breitman has been promoted to tions of higher education ing the University of South Carolina’s Sexual special events manager. as well as civil rights and Minority Health Initiative to meet the unmet social service organiza- Dan Hawes has been promoted to director health service needs of LBT women. She also Jose Lugaro tions. Most recently, he of the Organizing & Training department. facilitated the local LGBT youth group in served as deputy director of development for Ellen Kitzerow has been promoted to Columbia, S.C., OutSmart in the Midlands. Center on Halsted, Chicago’s LGBT com- executive assistant/office manager. munity center. Prior to the center, he worked Patrick Paschall attends Hofstra University as a major gifts officer at GLAAD. Lugaro Trystan Reese and Jovan Sage, formerly School of Law where he plans to acquire the began his career in development working for Organizing & Training fellows, are now skills to be a lifelong LGBT advocate. Before the annual fund at Penn State University, his on-staff field organizers. entering law school, he was a legislative in- alma mater. tern for the National Center for Transgender Holley Law Fellows Equality. At Texas A & M, he received many Jorge Taveras joins the awards, including the ALLIES Rainbow Award staff as a communica- Program Established; for his LGBT work. tions associate. An avid First Fellows Selected film fan, he served as Fabienne Santacroce attends Gonzaga a production assistant Thanks to an extraordinarily generous gift by Law School in Washington state where she in independent films Leadership Council member Steven Holley, is currently working to set up a Big Brother/ before moving to the the Task Force legal internship program has Big Sister program for local LGBT youth nonprofit world. He has been transformed into the Holley Law Fel- to be connected to LGBT mentors. At the Jorge Taveras worked as a develop- lows Program. Mr. Holley’s 10-year commit- University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, she ment assistant at New York’s Film Forum, and ment will pay for stipends and other expenses studied political science and was active in the at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He for up to four summer legal interns who will LGBTSA group on campus to increase aware- earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Hamp- provide invaluable assistance in bill drafting ness and support for LGBT issues. shire College, where he studied film and new and state and federal policy analysis. Four media. He is currently a graduate student in aspiring attorneys have been selected for the They will spend the summer helping to draft the New School’s media studies program. inaugural class: legislation, respond to legal inquiries and participate in coalition activities, all while Jeffrey Gelber attends Georgetown learning what it takes to be a legislative law- University Law Center. He graduated from yer in the LGBT movement. t the University of Florida where he achieved

28 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 We extend a heartfelt thanks to our Leadership Council members for their continued support Robert P. Denny A dvocate’s Circle of the Task Force Foundation and the Task Force Action Fund. Leadership Council members Dewey & LeBoeuf ($2,500 to $4,999) make an annual gift of $1,500 or more and give the Task Force the flexibility to build grass- Equality California Alan Acosta & Thomas Gratz roots lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender political power across the nation. The donors Gill Action Mario Acosta listed below reflect gifts or pledges from Dec. 1, 2006, through March 15, 2008. If we have Darrin L. Glymph, Esq. Alexander & Associates Monica Graham American Federation of Government inadvertently omitted or incorrectly listed your name, please contact Jose Lugaro, director of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. major gifts, at 646.358.1477. Employees District 12 Sandi Greene American Federation of State, County, and Dana S. Greenwald, D.D.S. & Municipal Employees President’s Circle Amy S. Mandel Suzanne Goldstein American Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO ($100,000 and up) Manhunt.net Halo Steven K. Aurand & Mathias Dadou Anonymous Friedrike Merck George Heidorn & Margaret Rothschild Alvin Baum, Jr. Anita May Rosenstein Foundation Merrill Lynch Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation, Inc. C. David Bedford Jon Stryker Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock Co. David Hollander & Robert Shaw Bruce Berger Henry van Ameringen Miami-Dade County Department of Tim Hosking & Audrey Sokoloff Leslie Belzberg Cultural Affairs David W. Husch Frank Benedetti & Thomas G. Trowbridge Vice President’s Circle David Mizener & Arturo Carrillo Investor Solutions Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP ($50,000 to $99,999) Michael H. Morris & Richard Blinkal Jewish Communal Fund Donald Blanchon Anonymous National Education Association Brian A. Johnson Samuel Blum & Milenko Samardzich Jeffrey B. Soref Andrew Ogilvie & Cary Davidson David Kane Louis Bradbury Wells Fargo Loren S. Ostrow & Brian Newkirk Jeremiah F. Kelly, M.D. & Gregory N. Brown & Linton Stables PAPI, Inc. Paul G. Oostenbrug Christopher H. Browne & Andrew Gordon Executive Circle James G. Pepper Robert Kroupa David C. Bryan Ken Ranftle & Craig Leiby Kenneth Kuchin Bunnell, Woulfe, Kirschbaum, Keller, ($25,000 to $49,999) Daniel Renberg & Eugene Kapaloski Tom Bombardier & John Fowler Eric von Kuersteiner & Anthony M. Roncalli McIntyre & Gregoire, P.A. William J. Resnick & Douglas Cordell Robert W. Kuhn & Steven Geyer Jorge Cao & Donald C. Thomas Darden Restaurants Emily Rosenberg & Darlene Demanicor Fund in the Sun Foundation Daniel Ling & Lee J. Obrzut Rea Carey Frank R. Selvaggi & Bill Shea Michael Longacre Jerry F. Chasen & Mark F. Kirby Steven Holley Service Employees International Union James C. Hormel Claire N. Lucas City of Miami Beach Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Mario Magcalas & Thomas F. Ruzicka David A. Clark Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority Ted Snowden Stanley Newman & Brian Rosenthal Carol Master & Sherry Mayrent Jerry N. Clark James O. Stepp & Peter K. Zimmer Metromix.com Bruce L. Cohen Mark M. Sexton & W. Kirk Wallace Andrew Tobias & Charles Nolan Showtime Networks, Inc. Miller Brewing Herbert I. Cohen, M.D. & Daniel C. Cook Urvashi Vaid & Kate Clinton Nicole Murray-Ramirez David da Silva Cornell Olive F. Watson & Joanna Grover/Watson Paramount Pictures Group Candy S. Cox & Debra L. Peevey Ambassador’s Circle Kevin Wayne Williams, M.D., J.D., M.P.H. Lawrence S. Pidgeon ($10,000 to $24,999) Julie R. Davis Williamson Cadillac-HUMMER Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Democratic National Committee Anonymous Michael Ravitch & Daniel Hurewicz Eleanor D. Acheson Eddie’s Pharmacy, Inc. Director’s Circle Paul Reitz & David Rosen Ruth E. Eisenberg/Harmon, Curran, Ralph Alpert ($5,000 to $9,999) Lee Rubin & Jim Walker Susan E. Anderson Spielberg & Eisenberg Anonymous SEIU United Health Care Workers Empowered Products Thomas A. Blount 2(x)ist Elliott R. Sernel Martin Burley & Robert Meza Joseph Evall & Rich Lynn Akerman Senterfitt Curtis F. Shepard & Alan Hergott Florida Department of Health Donald Capoccia Mika Albright Andrew I. Shore Dade Community Foundation Kevin F. Foley & Stephen Littell John M. Allen & Stephen P. Orlando Andrew W. Solomon & John Habich Food & Friends, Inc. DavidBartonGym AltaMed Health Services Robert J. Smolin Matt Foreman & Francisco De León Lewis N Gautieri & Dallas Christopher ARRIBA! Ski and Snowboard Club Anne Stanback & Charlotte Kinlock GMRI, Inc. William Forrest & Mark Smithe AT&T Marla & Phyllis Stevens Allan D. Gilmour & Eric Jirgens Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau Atlantis Events, Inc. Time Warner Cable Earl Greenburg & David Peet Stephen E. Herbits aussieBum United Federation of Teachers H. Scott Huizenga Jason Heffner & John Davis Bruce W. Bastian United Teachers of Los Angeles Marjorie J. Hill, Ph.D. & Stacey Bridgeman J. Russell Jackson Michael A. Becker & Tee Scatuorchio James D. Wagner Sheila C. Johnson Ernest C. Hopkins Alan J. Bernstein & Family Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy Douglas Houghton Kaiser Permanente A. Hugh Broadus Washington Mutual Bank Linda Ketner & Beth Huntley International Brotherhood of Teamsters Margaret A. Burd & Rebecca A. Brinkman David M. Waterbury & Ruth Waterbury Jerri Jankins K-Y® Intrigue Burger King Robert Weingarten Jody Laine & Shad Reinstein Lance R. Kash Maureen Burnley & Tatiana Carayannis Michael Katovitz & J. Goodwin Bland Macy’s California Community Foundation Continued on next page >

Spring/Summer 2008 Task Force Creating Change 29 Michael E. Koetting & Stephen Saletan United Way of Miami Dade Marty Davis & Barry Young Donald W. Johnson Heymi J. Kuriel & William Georgiadls Mary Ann Von Glinow Amanda Decetise Kent Johnson & Cody Blomberg Jeffrey C. Lamkin John Venekamp & Clifford Schireson Steven Deggendorf & Dennis McClellan Jolie Justus & Lana Knedlik Janine Laudisio David E. Vogel & Larry Fulton Donna Deitch Mitchell Karp Law Offices of Kevin J. Farrelly W Fort Lauderdale Hotel & Residences Robert Dockendorff Mara Keisling Jane J. Lea & Jennifer L. Shanon Leonie A. Walker & Katherine A. O’Hanlan Clay Doherty Kelly Brock Enterprises Rev. Clement W. Lee & Martin A. Witt Elyse Wander John R. Dreyer & Jonathan D. Cutler J. Christopher Kennedy Michael A. Leppen Richard Peter Wharton Dennis Edwards Mark T. King & Jonathan D. Lubin Jeffrey Levi & Lawrence R. Deyton, M.D. Gail P. Williams & Dawn McCall J. D. Elliott Kintera Kerry Lobel & Marta Drury Dr. Hope Wine & Mary Prados Jeffrey Erdman Noel E. Kirnon Jose H. Lugaro & Jensey Hernandez Dr. Myron Wojtowycz William N. Eskridge, Jr. Joel Kokiel & Peter Regalado Stephen Macias William J. Zwart & David Berchenbriter Brian K. Esser & Kevin O’Leary Alan M. Koral Mickey MacIntyre Andy Fair Kenneth Kramm David L. Martin Delegate’s Circle Michael J. Field & Jeffrey J. Arnstein Jose E. Labiosa Master Entertainment ($1,500 to $2,499) Nancy B. Firestone Richard A. La Cava & Tomas van der Haäse John S. McDonald & Robert Wright AB Data Timothy M. Fisher & Scott Davenport Rose LaFemina Mary Beth McInerney & Susan Barclay AB Data Robert J. Flavell & Ronald Baker Michael Lammons Carlos Medina & Denis Cagna Accucare Pharmacy Neil Flax Daniel W. Lass & Peter Kruzan Marla and Anita Meislin-Dietrich Roberta Achtenberg Floe Financial Partners Jonathan Lehman Barbara Meislin/Purple Lady Fund Kevin Allan Dwight Foley Franklin Levine Bill Melamed American University, Liebe & Seth Gadinsky Arthur S. Leonard MELLON Washington College of Law Frank E. Gainer, III & Ramon Santos Jay Lesiger & Tom Kleppa John M. Messer & Stephen G. Peck Jane Anderson & Tess Ayers Garden State Equality Educational Fund Kathy Levinson/Lesbian Equity Foundation Mike Shaw Subaru Jeffrey C. Anderson & Jeff T. Soukup Daniel B. Gelfand Burt A. Levitch Weston F. Milliken W. Chip Arndt Danny R. Gibson & William E. Weinberger Stuart L. Leviton & Herb K. Schultz Scott Mitchell & Ed Neppl Robert Bacigalupi & David Schwing Ian Gibson-Smith Barry Lipscomb William Neubauer/Comprehensive Money Eric Bacolas & Michael Bonomo Commissioner Carlos Gimenez Benjamin Lipton & Steven Ball Management Services Marc L. Baum Ron Ginsburg/Meadowbrook Partners Michael K. Longacre Dave Noble Dr. Mark H. Beers & Stephen K. Urice Tobler Glandorf Arthur E. Macbeth Northern Trust Stephen L. Bennett & Crag Ferrier Emily Gochis Donna Marburger Avi Pemper & Mark Rabiner Nicholas Benton Michael D. Graubert Louis Martarano People for the American Way Foundation Andrew Berman & J.T. Todd Paul Graves N. Grant Martin & Paul Fromberg Woody N. Peterson Diane Bernard Greater Seattle Business Association Ilane L. Mathews & Neena Giallombardo Katharine Pillsbury & Cindy Marshall David A. Bjork Grec Luis Development, Ltd. Steven Melov & James A. Goddard Michael J. Piore & Rodney Yoder Fred Bonaccorsi & David McCann Jan Griesinger Robert F. Miailovich Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. Gary Boston Samuel Grubman & Paul Morris Charles R. Middleton, Ph.D. & John S. Geary Nancy D. Polikoff & Cheryl Swannack Marsha C. Botzer & Kim Harms Kenneth P. Hahn & Louis Mangual Richard C. Milstein, Esq. & Eric Hankin Clifford Richner Nicholas Boyias Robert J. Haman Judy R. Moats Charles W. Robbins & Damon Romine Buchanan Ingersoll Gene E. Hannold & Christy F. Elkins Katharine Moore Russell David Roybal Amity P. Buxton Dean Hansell & Jason Murakawa Mary Morten Safeco Insurance Glenn Carlson & Michael Childers Thomas W. Harshman & Stan Gwyn Babek Movahedi Alan Sands & Pablo Montez Vincent Carrafiello Donald J. Hayden & Michael Mertens Michael Muska & Evan Sweet Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz Larry Chanen & Jack Burkhalter George Heidorn & Margaret Rothschild NARAL Pro-Choice America John A. Silberman & Elliot Carlen Julie A. Childs & Sara Speargas Vincent Healy National UAW Community Action Program Jeffrey Z. Slavin & Douglas Miller Christopher Coad, MD & Kevin Kowalski Jane A. Hoffman Colette J. Nellett & Lori Bestervelt Loren Dunlap Smith William H. Cochran Jim Hooker Maury Newburger & Sheldon Winicor SoBe Sports Club Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO Matthew Hopkins Joyce Newstat & Susan Lowenberg Peter Staley Communion Foundation Daniel R. Hovenstine Scott Newton Ronna Stamm & Paul Lehman Ryan Conley Bob Howard Dennis Nix Richard J. Stanley Steven D. Connor & Joel B. Connor Frank J. Howell Tom Norton Gene Sulzberger/BNY Mellon Wealth Portia Cornell Human Rights Campaign Robert L. Noven, M.D. & Steven R. Pearson Managment Ross Crowe & Scott Hartle Sue Hyde & Jade McGleughlin Robert Nunes & Marc Ware Linda Swartz & Jessica Seaton Susan Culligan & Julie Weaver Lawrence R. Hyer Charles J. O’Byrne Tannebaum Weiss Darrel Cummings & Tim Dang Yosbel Ibarra & Drew Stoudt Audrey Palomarez TCR, Inc. Michael Curtis & Eric Thom Michael Isbell Ralph L. Pellecchio & James Wernz Janice E. Thom & Mary Ann Moran Erin Daniels Harold L. Ivey David Pena UNITE HERE! United Food and Colgate W. Darden IV Lorri L. Jean & Gina M. Calvelli Ihor Pidhorecky & Phillip Aman Commercial Workers Donald E. Davis Patrick Joggerst & Jeff Gurciullo Tim Pierce & Eric Schor

30 Task Force Creating Change Spring/Summer 2008 Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw and Pittman Beth Zemsky & Jennifer F. Martin Estate Planning Legacy Circle Milo Pinkerton & Virgil Taus David Ziff & Alan Bell The following individuals have named Estate Giving Program Don Powell Harvey Zuckman & Phillip Oxman the Task Force in their estate planning: In fond memory of Legacy Circle donors Marjorie Press David Abramson Paula Prettyman & Kelly Schlageter Foundations Dixie Binning $1 million and up David Price & Juan C. Rodriguez We extend our thanks to the following Ross W. Draegert & Robert J. Starshak, M.D. Estate of Ric Weiland (2007) Pride Foundation foundations that have provided general Luke Farrell Estate of Clarence E. Anderson (2002) Rick Rankin & Jared Fortunato operating and program related funding to Richard Fremont-Smith Sarah E. Reece & Kathleen Campisano the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Stephen Glassman, AIA $150,000 to $999,999 Wendy Reiner & Amy Mallor Foundation: Sharon Gomes Estate of Lawrence J. and Salina Messenger (1997) Charles Renslow John A. Hubschmitt Estate of Harry R. Rowe, M.D. (1989) Benoit Rosar $3,000,000 Arcus Foundation Jerrold J. Hagerty Estate of Thomas F. Talley (1994) Sarah Lynn Rosenthal & Jennifer Hinchey Steven Dale Kaeser Mirian Saez & Julian Potter $1,000,000 to $2,999,999 Marilyn Lamkay $25,000 to $149,999 Michael D. Schuenemeyer & Rowen Garcia Anonymous Lester H. London Estate of Bertram H. Behrens (2005) Elizabeth F. Schwartz John H. Moe Estate of Stephen D. Clover (2001) Thomas R. Scott, M.D. $300,000 to $999,999 Charles W. Robbins, CFRE The Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities Estate of James A. Davidson (1997) Ford Foundation Fred B. Schaefer, Jr. Estate of Richard D. Evans (1993 Marianne G. C. Seggerman Gill Foundation Claudia Scott SEIU Local 721 Lavender Committee Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Ric Weiland Estate of Robert L. Kehoe (2004) Seminole Hard Rock Roy Glenn Wood Estate of John R. O’Leary (1993) Bill Shaw & Dennis Lynch $100,000 to $299,999 Estate of Lee S. Ross (2005) Neal E. Sheldon Scott Opler Foundation Corporations Estate of Glenn Strutz (1995) Bruce T. Sloane $50,000 to $99,999 We extend our thanks to the following Estate of John Shelby Topp (1994) Constanza Sol & Pilar Martin companies for their generous support: Estate of Morgan Thomas (1996) Frank Stark E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Mark Steinberg & Dennis Edwards Foundation $5,000 to $24,999 Frank Stiriti Gill Action Fund Estate of Jack E. Aaronson (1990) Adam W. Strayer Open Society Institute The Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program Estate of William T. Bebermeyer (1992) Stephen B. Thayer & Howard Terry Estate of Warren W. Berger (1993) Frank Tierney at Shelter Rock James Toledano Wells Fargo Foundation Estate of Paul Blackwood (1997) Michael Toomey & Patrick Ward Estate of Paul R. Cahir (1992) Trevor Project $25,000 to $49,999 Estate of Robert F. Diem (1997) Will Trinkle & Juan Granados AARP Estate of Jeffrey A. Ferst (1993) Richard R. Upton & Josef Gonzalez David Bohnett Foundation Estate of Scott Fisher (1993) Anthony Varona & John Gill Johnson Family Foundation Fannie Mae Foundation Estate of Ronald D. Good (1998) Scott Vaughan & Rene Amaral Estate of Charles O. Hall III (1995) Gordon VeneKlasen St. Luke’s Presbyterian Anderson Prize Foundation Estate of John R. Hoffman (1995) D. Jean Veta & Mary Ann Dutton Estate of Miles R. Jacobs (1987) Dominick Viola $10,000 to $24,999 Estate of Kenneth E. Kesselring (1997) Carl Volpe The California Wellness Foundation Cuc Vu Estate of Craig H. Lindhurst (2001) Institute of Gay and Lesbian Strategic Estate of Donald K. Morgan (1989) Lauren Wainwright Studies Reverend James Webb, Jr. Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation Estate of James R. Perry (1991) John D. Weeden & David Davies Estate of George Nemeth (2006) William White Estate of Thomas A. Roeder (1991) Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc. Estate of William Sabella (1992) Leslie S. Wilkes Estate of William Samuel (1994) Roderic J. Williams Estate of Dale N. Shaw (1996) Richard Winger Doug Wingo & Tim Legg Estate of Allan B. Truax (1995) Ronald Wolberg With your support... Estate of Catherine and Josef Van der Kar (2006) Henry Woodside Estate of Tripp Van Woodward (1993) Steven Wozencraft Estate of Craig J. Witt (1997) Sy Young & John Wong Winning is more than possible! Estate of Morgan Young (2006) Paula Redd Zeman & Estate of Jaroslav Zivney (2001) Rev. Deborah G. Tammearu Many thanks to all our donors.

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