jANUARY 21, 2009
Contact: Erin Echols or Jessica Cresci
805-756-7733
pride@calpoly.edu
Pride Center
http://pride.calpoly.edu
Cal Poly's Pride Center to Host Same Gender Hand-Holding Day on Feb. 10
SAN LUIS OBISPO - The Cal Poly Pride Center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and ally students will sponsor a March for Equality at 11 a.m. Feb 10 on Dexter Lawn. The march supports and celebrates same-gender relationships. The event is free and open to the public.
Participants will follow a short path through campus that ends at the University Union Plaza. Faculty, staff, students and community members are encouraged to participate by holding hands with someone of the same gender. Allies - those who support the LGBT community - are strongly encouraged to attend.
Other event highlights include speakers, resources to help overturn Proposition 8 (the amendment to the state's constitution that passed in the November election, limiting marriage to opposite-gender couples), and informational tables from campus and area groups such as Spectrum (Cal Poly's LGBT-Straight Alliance club), the Pride Center, and PRISM (the center's peer counseling program).
For more information, contact Erin Echols or Jessica Cresci, at 805-756-7733 or pride@calpoly.edu.
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