Kathleen Russell, coordinator of the LGBT Resource Center, said the purpose of the week s activities is to promote awareness of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender communities through positive outreach and nonviolence. The culmination of the week s activities will be a rally at noon Feb. 16 on the University of Michigan Diag in Ann Arbor. In is slated for noon the same day. In drew about 60 gay men and lesbians, fewer people than the previous year.
Organizers believe that the decrease in attendance was due in large part to poor weather.
There has been some concern over anti-gay protests, which have surfaced in regards to this year s Visibility Week, but organizers say events will proceed as scheduled. We stand behind the week s mission, despite whatever oral, printed, or nonverbal opposition.