WW: In your speech, you alluded to the parallels between the struggle for gay rights and the civil rights movement. Can you expand on that a little?
WW: Are Black History Month and Women's History Month a form of tokenism that implies that all the other months of the year are white, men's history months?
WW: What kind of chances do you see for presidential hopeful Barack Obama?
JULIE SABATIER
Check out Hot Action, WWire's weekly post about activists, demonstrations and other hot political action in and around Portland every week.

UPCOMING HOT ACTION EVENTS:

Thursday, February 8
Meet at Llyod Center Cinema parking lot 9:00am. March ends at Federal building downtown on 3rd St. Free and open to the public.
Friday, February 9
7pm at Clinton St. Theater 2522 SE Clinton St. Runs through February 14. Admission $6.
Saturday, February 10
First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Ave. at 6 pm. Tickets $8-$20, sliding scale donation to benefit Northwest Resistance Against Genetic Engineering.