LEZZIE THINK TANK - LTT LTT is a traveling think tank on issues of community, activism, based on local needs infused with pan-national experience - forming coalitions between organizations and individuals. The exhibition tour becomes the path for the LTT/Lezzie Think Tank. In addition to touring the photography and video based installation LLT was launched as a forum for exchange of ideas and thoughts towards an empowering network among activists within the LGBTQ scene using State of Mind as a step stone for not only the think tank but for seminars as well. It started with an art residency in St Petersburg 2006, as the artists Annica Karlsson Rixon and Anna Viola Hallberg got a grant via NIFCA . Two years later the exhibition State of Mind starts touring with the Lezzie Think Tank (LTT). In a relay format a battery of issues are raised in one city and responded to by the next. The exhibition tour becomes the path for the think tank. In addition to touring the photography and video based installation they launched LLT as a forum for exchange of ideas and thoughts towards an empowering network among activists within the LGBTQ scene using State of Mind as a step stone for not only the think tank but for seminars as well. In 2009 we will also add a video workshop called "Leaving Your Traces". The LLT - State of Mind webpage will continue to grow as the tour moves on. This think tank is in many ways experimental but it is also a living indication on how to participate in making change in society. Where art, activism and academia in one place can come together and spark something new. With support from the previous think tank and as support for the coming one. LTT targets lesbian/bi/queer communities on local and pan national level and works with organizations, networks as well as individuals striving for the same set of goals. LTT aims at assisting towards: ::: Increased awareness of human rights ::: Development of female leadership ::: Development of a politically and socially active community ::: Development of an understanding of queer activism, theory and lifestyle