Lesbian park rangers
Lesbian park rangers By Alison Crawford, CBCUnlocked Updated: Sep 19, 2005, 12:13
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They wear sturdy boots, large fanny packs, baseball hats and brown uniforms. Performance artists Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, the Lesbian Park Rangers (Photo: CBCUnlocked) And if you're not close enough to read the badges on their shirts, you'd swear these two women work for one of Canada's provincial or national parks. But Shawna Dempsey and Lori Millan don't work for Parks Canada, they're performing an act called Lesbian Park Rangers. This month they're patrolling the halls and pathways around the University of Winnipeg during the school's orientation period -- as they describe it, "reorienting" -- first-year students. CBCUnlocked reporter Alison Crawford interviewed them as the rangers wandered at the university.
* AUDIO LINK: Interview (MP3 runs 3:06, 3MB)