Challenging the Status Quo
Creating Change Turns 20
by Tomas Guerra
http://365gay.com/newscon08/02/021108change.htm (http://365gay.com/newscon08/02/021108change.htm)
Posted: February 11, 2008 - 12:00 pm ET
(Detroit) With attendees that included homeless youth, LGBT and straight elders, civil rights leader Julian Bond and New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change celebrated its 20th anniversary last weekend.
On Thursday at the opening plenary, civil rights leader Julian Bond said, "Sometimes it is the simplest of acts: sitting at a lunch counter, going to a new school, applying for a marriage license, casting a vote, that can challenge the way we act, the way we think."