Esprit enjoys its freedom in Port Angeles
By Arwyn Rice
For Peninsula Daily News
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20110517/NEWS/305179989/esprit-enjoys-its-freedom-in-port-angeles PORT ANGELES — Billed as the "Pacific Northwest's premiere transgender convention," Esprit is in full swing this week, and the participants are happy to be back in Port Angeles.
Since 1990, members of transgender communities from Seattle, Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, B.C., have met each year at the Red Lion Hotel, and organizers don't see that changing anytime soon.
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Members of the Seattle-based transgender group Emerald City chose Port Angeles 21 years ago with some trepidation, Williams said.
"It's a logging town," she said.