Portland’s Kendall Clawson, Executive Director of the Q-Center recently traveled to the White House to represent Oregon (along with Terry Bean) as President Obama signed the Shepard/Byrd Hate Crimes Law!

As many of you have heard, I had the opportunity to travel to Washington DC last week to attend the Matthew Shepherd James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Commemoration event at the White House. This event marked a historic moment for the LGBT community: it was the first federal LGBT civil rights act that was signed into law and I was fortunate enough to be present for its enactment.

Click [HERE] to go to the Q-Center website to read the rest of Kendall’s thoughts. It is worth it…

Tags: hate crimes, politics, Q-Center