Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 09:29:03 -0700 From: GLAAD Subject: CHASTITY BONO HOSTS VIRTUAL TOWN MEETINGS ON GAYS IN HOLLYWOOD: LIVE FORUMS ON AMERICA ONLINE AND COMPUSERVE MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 9, 1996 Media Contact: Alan Klein (212) 807-1700 klein @glaad.org WHO: CHASTITY BONO HOSTS VIRTUAL TOWN MEETINGS ON GAYS IN HOLLYWOOD: LIVE FORUMS ON AMERICA ONLINE AND COMPUSERVE WHAT: Chastity Bono, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's=20 (GLAAD) new Entertainment Media Director, will be the featured guest in two global Virtual Town Meetings on America Online's Gay & Lesbian Community Forum and on Pride! on CompuServe. Ms. Bono will lead a discussion about lesbian and gay images in Hollywood and throughout the media and will interact live with audience members from around the world. These global Virtual Town Meetings are the first in a series of online forums that GLAAD will present this year. =09 WHEN: onQ Los Angeles on America Online Thursday, January 16, 1997 at 6 pm pacific/ 9 pm eastern Pride! on CompuServe Wednesday, January 22, 1997 at 7 pm pacific/ 10 pm eastern =09 WHERE: onQ Los Angeles on America Online (KEYWORD: ONQLA) and Pride! on CompuServe (GO: PRIDE) WHY: The onQ Cities on America Online are a project of AOL's Gay and Lesbian Community Forum (GLCF) in conjunction with Digital City/AOL. onQ San Francisco and onQ Los Angeles are dedicated to providing queer local programming, news, services, and chat rooms. Pride! is one of the top 50, of over 2,000, content providers on CompuServe. Its mission is to facilitate the sharing of ideas and information among and about gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people throughout the world. GLAAD is the nation's lesbian and gay news bureau and the only national lesbian and gay multimedia watchdog organization. GLAAD promotes fair, accurate, and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~ Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) glaad@glaad.org TO REPORT DEFAMATION IN THE MEDIA - Call GLAAD's Alertline at 1.800.GAY.MEDIA or go to the GLAAD Web Site at www.glaad.org and report through our Alertline Online. TO JOIN GLAAD AND RECEIVE GLAAD's DISPATCH AND QUARTERLY IMAGES MAGAZINE, call 1.800.GAY.MEDIA or join on the Web today at www.glaad.org/glaad/join/join-about.html TO SUBSCRIBE TO GLAAD-Net, GLAAD's electronic mailing list, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Subscribe GLAAD-Net" TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Unsubscribe GLAAD-Net" GLAAD is the nation's lesbian and gay news bureau and the only national lesbian and gay multimedia watchdog organization. GLAAD promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~ "GLAAD" and "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" are registered trademarks of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc.