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Yesterday I headed into town early to go the Chamber of Commerce's St. Patrick's Day Breakfast. 500 people in the room. The head of every business, non-profit, bank. As many women as men. And all but two jokes told were sexist. And the only woman to speak that day? The director of the barbershop quartet. Who had to yell, since she wasn't given a microphone. And the two jokes not about women were about priests.

It also dawned on me that the award they give out, to a community leader who embodies community spirit, volunteerism, blah blah blah, would never ever be given to someone who works at my organization, even though we do just as much for the community (family planning! STI services! Sex ed!), more even than some of the other 'mainstream' groups that get recognized. Lame.