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50 <br /> <br />Micro-aggressions <br />• Micro-aggressions from ignorance and curiosity are emotionally exhausting. Happens dozens of times per day. I <br />witnessed it happening and didn’t have the skills to call it out – “What did you mean by that?” In institutional <br />situations, can there be someone at city council meetings, etc., to note or call it out? <br /> <br />Isolation and Need for Safe Space <br />• I didn’t reach out to groups. Moved into town and grew friends through networks. <br />• Providing a space for queer people of color to celebrate and belong is very important. It’s hard to belong when you <br />can’t find people to relate to. <br />• Still don’t see a safe place here in Eugene for LGBTQ people of color; they opened the Lamb, great place to go <br />dance. But not open to dance to other music and experiences. <br /> <br /> <br />Differences Within LGBTQ Community <br />• See examples of “Intersectionality” in second section. <br /> <br /> <br />Needs of LGBTQ Community <br />• There is a need for centralized information. In other big cities you have a queer community center where you know <br />to go for information. <br />• We have neighborhood associations. Maybe we could have queer neighborhood associations. City was instrumental <br />in starting the arts and business alliance, a good model. <br />• We are building a new city hall. I want to see artwork from the different communities and photos with <br />representation from many communities. Signage in English and Spanish. Bathrooms that are gender neutral. <br />• I reported [hate/bias incident] to the police and was not told about HRNI. Need stickers in bars, on city property, bus <br />stations, bus ads, inside bathroom stalls; owners are pretty good and would put up signs; radio public service <br />announcements; booth at PRIDE; kids camps (one day focus on issues like this), start in Rec Guide; use different <br />languages to get the word out. <br />• Work away from response to proactive prevention; have a visible campaign to raise awareness of diversity and <br />positivity of inclusion. <br />• Still don’t see a safe place in Eugene for LGBTQ people of color; they opened The Lamb, great place to go dance, <br />but not open to dance to other music and experiences. For example, Latinx night. <br />• Need for ongoing, effective training for all City staff, including EPD. <br /> <br /> <br />September 12, 2018, Work Session - Item 1