Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 13:18:24 +0100
From: glaad@glaad.org (GLAAD)
Subject: LOS ANGELES PREVIEW PERFORMANCE OF "BENT" TO BENEFIT GLAAD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:        Tamra King
                (213) 658-6775
                tamrak@glaad.org



LOS ANGELES PREVIEW PERFORMANCE
OF "BENT" TO BENEFIT GLAAD

LOS ANGELES -- March 5, 1996 -- On March 16th, the Knightsbridge Theater
will host a preview performance of Martin Sherman's highly acclaimed play
"Bent."  This preview will benefit the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation (GLAAD),  a national organization that promotes fair, accurate
and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based
on sexual orientation or identity.

Set in World War II's Germany, "Bent" painfully depicts the Nazi' s
ruthless and barbarous treatment of gays and lesbians and the courage and
love displayed by the men and women who suffered so cruelly at their
tormentors' hands.

The history of the atrocities committed by Hitler's troops on gays and
lesbians is a long and brutal one.  Those wearing pink triangles were often
considered the vilest offenders of the human race, mistreated by prisoners
and guards alike.  Those who managed to survive the prison camps often
found themselves abused a second time by a criminal justice system which
saw them not as victims but as those guilty of the "crime" of
homosexuality.

The benefit will be held on Saturday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. and the
reception will be held thereafter.  Tickets may be purchased for $25.00 and
includes the preview performance and a champagne reception following the
show.  All proceeds from the event will be donated to GLAAD.

Reservations may be made by calling the theater at (818) 440-0821 or Danny
Leclair at (213) 851-3244.

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Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
glaad@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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