2nd Annual Sacramento Dyke March to kick off Pride Week 2008
Sunday, 08 June 2008 19:02

Rally and march, Friday, June 13, State Capitol West Steps

The 2nd Annual Sacramento Dyke March will be held Friday, June 13. The event will begin at 6 p.m. at the State Capitol West Steps with a brief kick-off rally, followed by a march around Capitol Park and returning to the West Steps.

Speakers at the event will include:
  • Gretchen Bender, Sacramento County Board of Education member and the first out lesbian elected official in Sacramento County
  • Marghe Covino, president emeritus, Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center (formerly Lambda Community Center)
  • Cathy Schwamberger of Equality California and Capital Political Action Committee
  • Kathleen Montgomery of Sacramento Parents & Friends of Lesbians And Gays (PFLAG)
  • Pam Whiteley, president of Sacramento PFLAG
  • Hilary Hodge, president, Sacramento NOW
  • Shelly Bailes and Ellen Pontac, marriage equality activists
  • Wendy Hill, GSA Network and Stonewall Democrats Women’s Caucus
  • Melba Duncan, facilitator of the Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center’s Women On Wednesdays group

    • With Mistress of Ceremonies Ali Bay, Equality California
    Featuring performances by vocalist Cooper Ray and True Colors Women’s Chorus.

    Everyone who is supportive of lesbian equality and visibility, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, is welcome to participate in this free event. Some 300 women participated in the 1st Annual Sacramento Dyke March in June 2007.

    The purpose of Sacramento Dyke March is to create unity within the diverse women’s community of the Greater Sacramento region, express lesbian pride and support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality.

    The name “Dyke March” was purposely chosen as a way of reclaiming a word that has historically been used to demean or oppress women and transforming it into an expression of empowerment and pride.

    Sacramento Dyke March is an event of the Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center.