The annual conference will be held at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) from February 20 to 22, 1998. We are pleased to have booked Urvashi Vaid, Leslie Feinberg, and Michelangelo Signorile as our three keynote speakers. In addition, we are delighted that a Homocore queer punk show (featuring Glen Meadmore as well as the 12" Tor-Tea-Ahhhs), A Real Read (Chicago's premiere African-American lesbigay/trans performance ensemble), and Melissa Ferrick will appear as our featured entertainers. In addition, we are glad to announce that the Artists Formerly Known as the WAC Drum Core and the Radical Faeries will help to open two of our keynote sessions. The photo-text exhibit, "Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families" will also be open for conference registrants. We are also showing a variety of films on Friday and Saturday evening.
The conference will also feature dozens of workshops, panels, and programs, two dances, a vendor fair/exhibits area, and more. Complete program listings are now available from our schedule page. Our vendor fair will have nearly a dozen exhibitors selling a variety of items or distributing free information about their organization. Women and Children First Bookstore will be selling copies of books by our three keynote speakers at the vendor fair. Please spend some time with our exhibitors!
We have already registered over 815 people -- more registrations stream in daily! Due to space limitations, our capacity is 1100. Don't get turned away at the door! Please register in advance. The fee is $45 and we take credit cards, checks, or cash!
You can view/print a Adobe Acrobat PDF of our conference brochure. Download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader here.
If you have a disability and need an accommodation in order to participate in this conference, please call the OGLBC at 312-413-8619 as soon as possible. Every effort will be made to provide an accommodation. The facilities for the conference are wheelchair accessible.We are providing sign language interpreters for all three keynotes. Without advance notice (by the morning of Feb. 13), we regret we will be unable to secure services of interpreters for the workshops or entertainment events.
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Registration check-in will take place in the Chicago Circle Center, 750 S. Halsted, on the second floor (just south of the escalators). Follow the signs inside the Circle Center. Parking is available for $5 for the weekend (with in/out privileges) across the street in Lot 4's parking lot/ramp. Purchase a coupon at the registration table if you park in Lot 4 to get this discounted rate. UIC Parking was very helpful in making this arrangement for our registrants.
Limited shuttle service to conference hotels will be available. Want more information?
The conference has been a regular event in the Midwest for the past half decade. The 1997 conference was held at Indiana State University in Terre Haute with attendance near 600 -- the highest to date. Previous conferences have been held at Beloit College in Wisconsin, Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Earlham College in Indiana, and Iowa State University in Ames. 1998 marks the first time the conference will take place in a major metropolitan area. We look forward to seeing you at the conference.
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