Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 09:31:47 +0100
From: glaad@glaad.org (GLAAD)
Subject: Letter to the Community

November 27, 1995


Dear Community Member,

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is gearing up for the
latest effort in the battle against homophobia and discrimination based on
sexual orientation or identity.  On Friday, December 8th, GLAAD will begin
a weekly fax to media outlets giving the heads-up on issues and events of
importance to our community across the country, and we need your help to
make it timely and effective.

"GLAADlines will be an invaluable tool for all media professionals.  It
will give them a sense of what's going on in the gay community.  Likewise,
it will serve gay & lesbian organizations across the nation who want to
pitch story ideas or events to the national media," said Chiqui Cartagena,
interim News Media Director.

GLAADlines will be faxed out every Friday.  If you know of an event that
merits media coverage, or if there is a news story breaking in your area,
please fax us by Thursday morning of that week.  We need a concise synopsis
of the event or story, plus the relevant details such as time, place, and a
person to contact.  We'll edit together as many of the stories as we can
and then fax them out the next day.  Our premiere fax will go out Friday,
December 8th, so current stories should be faxed, e-mailed, or mailed to us
by the morning of December 7th.

GLAAD is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate, and
inclusive representation of individuals and events in all media as a means
of combating homophobia and all forms of discrimination based on sexual
orientation or identity.   For more information, please contact me by phone
at (212) 807-1700, by e-mail at manley@glaad.org, or by fax at (212)
807-1806.

Sincerely,



Claudia Manley
Program Coordinator

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Loren R. Javier
Information Systems Manager
javier@glaad.org
http://www.glaad.org

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, GLAAD, is a national
organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation of
individuals and events in the media as a means of combatting homophobia and
all forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity.
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