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Richard LaFortune
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<P class=MsoPlainText style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
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Two Spirit and GLBT organizer</SPAN><SPAN
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<P class=MsoPlainText style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Eras Demi ITC','sans-serif'">Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7:00
PM in the WSU CUB Auditorium<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Eras Demi ITC','sans-serif'">(read a
profile of Richard at <A
href="http://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=169">http://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=169</A>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Eras Demi ITC','sans-serif'">Artist, activist, and
organizer Richard LaFortune speaks about his work with two spirit, Native, and
LGBT communities. Two-spirit is a term for Native American people who have
both a female and a male spirit in their bodies; the term is modern and
includes a number of different gender roles from a variety of
tribes.<BR><BR>Richard was born in Bethel, Alaska and is a citizen of the
Yupik (Eskimo) tribe. He was born in the province of the Kuskokvagmiut -
"People of the Great River"- to the Qaug'qumiut- "People from the Inner
Reaches of the Great River". He lives in Minneapolis,
Minnesota.<BR></SPAN><SPAN
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