From the moderator: Even looking for panelists was hard, because some people I reached out to, who I thought would be masculine or butch identified, and then they weren’t.
This panel was made up of reflections from 6 butch identified women. Notes from their remarks are below the jump. I really appreciated that there were two Latina butch-identified woman on this panel. I think race plays a big role in the formation of these identities and I appreciated seeing that reflected.
Lisbeth Melendez-Rivera–
Being Puerto Rican is a big part of my journey into butchness. The first time that I was called masculine, I was four years old and my mother told me I had “blue balls.” In Latin ...

Rea Carey, head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, gives the annual “State of the Movement” address.
Kate Clinton, lesbian comedian and emcee for the conference, informs us that the Republicans can’t find anyone to chair the RNC. (Lots of laughter and clapping)
Award for Uncommon Leadership–Patty Burns, activist in San Francisco, National Director of Sins Invalid
Rea Carey, NGLTF:

We now have a “community organizer in chief.”
It’s not biology that makes a family, but love.
A lot of progress in the middle part of the country. This weekend we will be asking you to share your achievements, large and small.