Noted author and activist Tim Miller will be the keynote speaker and performer for Wayne State University's 8th Annual Conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Friday, Oct. 26. The topic of this year's conference, which is being sponsored by the Office of Community Affairs, is Activism in Art.

Miller's appearance highlights the daylong conference of workshops, presentations and performances, which will focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender perspectives on the arts.

"Wayne State University is proud to be a sponsor of this year's conference," said Faye Nelson, vice president, Governmental and Community Affairs. "Through speaker presentations and workshops, this event provides significant information to the campus community and the surrounding community at large about key issues of interest and concern to the LGBT community. This is the 8th year that Wayne State University has sponsored this conference. We are pleased to be part of this annual event."

An internationally acclaimed performance artist, author and activist, Miller will speak and perform on the topic, "Our Culture, Our Identity, Our performance!" Miller's keynote performance begins at 1:30 p.m. and will be in the McGregor Memorial Conference Center on WSU's campus.

The daylong conference begins at 8:30 a.m. and runs throughout the day. Scheduled events include:

8:30 a.m. - Registration

9:15 a.m. - Opening Session

9:45 a.m. - Concurrent Workshops

Voices: Speaking Truth to Power

Coming Out of the Dark Room

Voices, Bodies and Minds: Performance Art and Poetry

NEA: The Controversial Platform for Government Funded Sexual Expression

11 a.m. - Concurrent Workshops Cont.

Storytelling/Performance Workshop: Our Lives and the World Around Us

The Politics of Queer Filmmaking

Grand Fury Art - ACT UP

Shameless Rainbow Youth Theatre -

Personal Stories, Political Actings -

Our Process

12:15 p.m. - Lunch

1:30 p.m. - Keynote Speaker Tim Miller

Our Culture, Our Identity, Our Performance!

2:45 p.m. - Concert

Sonata for Flute and Piano, Copland

Jeffrey Zook, flutist

Michele Cooker, pianist

Out for Revolution

BLAIR/Afeni Ngozi Hill, Urban Folk Music

All Day:

Queer Covers Exhibit (Lesbian Pulp Fiction Art) - Curated by

Lesbian Herstory Archives, NY

Local Artists Exhibition - Jean Wilson, Sailor J. Schmick, Kit McKidd, Cyndy Weeks, Wade

Over the years, the Annual Conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues has developed into one of Michigan's largest events for the LGBT community. Registration for the conference is $45 ($20 for students). For more information, contact Wayne State's Office of Community Affairs at (313) 577-2246.

Wayne State University is a premier institution of higher education offering more than 350 academic programs through 14 schools and colleges to more than 31,000 students in metropolitan Detroit.