Thursday, April 29
Pure: The Works of David Hilliard
and Ryan McGinley
See page 6 for details.
Gay Marriage:
PBI/CLE Accredited Courses
1:30 to 5 p.m., Pennsylvania Bar Institute Center, Wanamaker Building, Juniper and Market Streets, 10th Floor. Admission: $159 member PA or any county bar association; $179 nonmember; $50 non-lawyer (no credit).
Stacey Sobel
Hon. Svend Robinson
In collaboration with the Pennsylvania Bar Institute/Continuing Legal Education (PBVCLE), the Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights and the Lambda Legal
Defense & Education Fund, Equality Forum offers this 3-credit course on gay marriage. Credits are accepted for CLE requirements by
most states.
Keynote Speaker: Evan Wolfson, Executive Director, Freedom to Marry Project.
Panel I Civil Unions & Gay Marriage: A Spectrum of Institutions Moderator: Stacey Sobel, Executive Director, Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights.
Panelists: John Culhane, Law Professor, Widener University School of Law, the Hon. Svend Robinson, member,
Canadian Parliament; and Carlos Ball, Law Professor, Penn State Dickinson School of Law.
Panel II Crossing Lines/Crossing Borders: Civil Unions, Gay Marriage and Recognition of Rights
Douglas Elliott
Moderator: Douglas
Elliott, President,
International Lesbian
& Gay Law
Association.
Panelists: Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell, the first gay couple to marry in North America; Paula Ettelbrick, Executive Director, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Adam Aronson, Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund.
Happy Hour
5 to 8 p.m., Mixto, 1141-43 Pine Street. Admission: $5.
See page 20 for details.
Vox Populi, Vox Dei: The Voice of the People is the Voice of God 7 p.m., Beth Ahavah, 8 Letitia Street. *.
Larry Frankel, Legislative Director, ACLU of Pennsylvania, addresses issues on the separation of church and state and their impact on the GLBT community.
Thursday continued →
For more information, tickets and a chance to win travel prizes, visit www.equalityforum.com
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