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Judging by its name, the Institute for Organizational and Personal Transformation (I-OPT) could be a Maoist cell, an inside-the-Beltway front group for Peru's Shining Path terroristas, hell-bent on fomenting cultural revolution at Western imperialism's ground zero. The truth, however, is more mundane. On June 10-12 in Washington, and then again on June 24-26 in Hagerstown, Maryland, I-OPT is throwing workshops for homosexualistas entitled "Becoming A More Effective Neutral." (Wait, isn't that a slogan from the Little Red Book?)

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Organizer Prudence Bowman Kestner explains helpfully that the "workshop provides 25 hours of training for improving conflict management, communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills. Participants will learn ways and means of assuming leadership in resolving HIV/AIDS, gay, lesbian, and transgender disputes or complaints."

Readers are probably wondering what topics will be covered in these here workshops. The answer: "Communication and Conflict Management, Diversity and Stereotyping, Managing Change and Stress, Problem Solving, Target Words, Team Building, Thinking Styles, and Time Management." For more info, contact Larry Ray at 202-483-0241.