Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:57:35 -0800 From: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Subject: GLAADAlert - March 25, 1999 GLAADALERT - March 25, 1999 The GLAADAlert is the weekly activation tool of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation GLAADAlert Index: 1. IMMIGRATION LAWS EXCLUDE LESBIANS AND GAYS 2. NEW YORK COVERS "WALL STREET'S SECRET SOCIETY" 3. ROUNDUP ON EL DIARIO'S COVERAGE OF THE COMMUNITY 4. SEVENTEEN COMES OUT 5. MIMI SNAGS THE CROSS-DRESSING CAREY 6. CUPID HITS BULLSEYE IN LOVE MATTERS 7. GAY IN THE HEARTLAND 8. MTV BLAMES EVERYONE IMMIGRATION LAWS EXCLUDE LESBIANS AND GAYS In 1996 Congress revised U.S. immigration laws making it more difficult to obtain U.S. citizenship. Recent articles in the New York Times and the L.A. Times effectively illustrate the prejudice and bigotry that subjects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender immigrants to hostility and skepticism by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Andrew Jacobs writes in the March 23 New York Times a poignant and thorough piece on the devastating impact of the discriminatory and anti-gay laws that often force long-term, committed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender relationships between U.S. citizens and immigrants to end as a result of deportation. Reporters Joseph Trevino and Patrick J. McDonnell write in the March 13 L.A. Times how lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Mexican immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S., based on the violence and oppression they face, are often denied citizen their claims by prejudicial and bigoted U.S. judges. Please thank the L.A. Times and the New York Times for shedding light on the obstacles facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender immigrants. Contact: oMichael Parks, Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053, fax: 213.237-7679, e-mail: letters@latimes.com oBill Keller, Managing Editor, New York Times, 229 West 43 rd Street, New York, NY, 10036-3959, fax: 212.556.3690, e-mail: letters@nytimes.com NEW YORK COVERS "WALL STREET'S SECRET SOCIETY" No. This is not Fox Files redux. In this week's New York magazine (March 26, 1999), journalist Alan Deutschman explores the entrenched homophobia of the financial industry, and the tentative steps it has taken towards inclusion. While the piece points out that firms are beginning to acknowledge the presence of their lesbian and gay employees, and a few have even extended health benefits to domestic partners, the process of educating Wall Street has just begun. Walter Schubert, the only openly gay member of the New York Stock Exchange, founder of the Gay Financial Network, and the New York Banker's Group (a networking organization for the industry's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees ) have both been leading the charge for this educational effort. Please thank New York Magazine for training an eye on workplace conditions in the financial sector. Contact: Sarah Jewler, Managing Editor, New York, 444 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022-6903, email: nyletters@aol.com ROUNDUP ON EL DIARIO'S COVERAGE OF THE COMMUNITY Latino press coverage of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community has been bolstered by El Diario/La Prensa. Recent coverage has included opinion pieces on exclusion of gays and lesbians from the St. Patrick's Day Parade; a piece on Pa' Fuera Pa' Lante's 1999 Northeast Conference; an op-ed by Rev. Luis Barrio on the Church's mission to embrace gays; as well as "The History of the Latino LGBT Movement in NYC." Please acknowledge the sound editorial judgment of El Diario/La Prensa for its ongoing coverage of the Latino/a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Contact: Rossana Rosado, Editor in Chief, El Diario/La Prensa, 345 Hudson Street, 13th floor, New York, NY 10014, 212.807.4656 SEVENTEEN COMES OUT The April, 1999 issue of Seventeen magazine features a piece by Robert Rorke entitled,"Coming Out in America." Senior Features Editor Rorke has written a sensitive treatment of gay teens and the difficulties they often face in coming out to their families, and at their schools, ending with a helpful list of resources available to teens questioning their sexuality. Please thank Seventeen magazine for this fine story. Contact: Carole Braden, Senior Features Editor, Seventeen, 850 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022 MIMI SNAGS THE CROSS-DRESSING CAREY The storyline of theWednesday, March 24 episode of Drew Carey, focused on Drew's brother Steve, (John Carroll Lynch), a cross-dresser, and his romantic interlude with Mimi, Drew's archenemy. At the outset of his date with Mimi, Steve shocks her by wearing a dress. However, they have such great chemistry that Mimi eventually accepts his attire, and the two share a hot night on Drew's kitchen floor. Drew Carey is a 1999 GLAAD Media Awards' nominee because of daring storylines such as this week's. (GLAADAlerts 10.22.98, 11.21.97) In fact, Steve Carey remains the only transgender character on primetime TV today, portrayed as possibly the most stable character on a show with a cast of eccentrics. Please thank the producers of Drew Carey again for the daring, original, funny and trans-inclusive work. Contact: Ms. Deborah Oppenheimer, Executive Producer, The Drew Carey Show, c/o Warner Bros. Television, Burbank, CA 91522-0191. CUPID HITS BULLSEYE IN LOVE MATTERS In the February/March issue of A. Magazine: Inside Asian America, a roundtable discussion on dating features a diverse group of Generation X Asians. Among them are Monty, a Chinese/Hawaiian Wall Street trader; Nina, an Indian-American journalist; Kara, a Filipino photo editor; and Jesse, a Japanese political activist who is gay. "My mom used to set me up with Japanese girls. And now she tries to set me up with Japanese boys!" exults Jesse in a section titled, What's your Flavor? This refreshing article addresses issues of race, class, gender and sexuality head-on, while recognizing that Jesse's sexual orientation enriches the discussion. Please thank A. Magazine for offering its readers this funny and inclusive forum. Contact: Angelo Ragaza, Editor-In-Chief, A. Magazine: Inside Asian America, 677 5th Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, e-mail:aragaza@amagazine.com GAY IN THE HEARTLAND In the March 14 L.A. Times, Julie Cart and Edith Stanley survey rural gay life and how it has evolved over the last few years, noting that while there are more social outlets online and in small towns, being out is still risqu=E9. The article references a web site, ruralgay.com, which allows online users to end isolation and build community despite distance. Please thank the L.A. Times for providing its readers with a unique perspective on rural life. Contact: oMichael Parks, Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053, fax: 213.237-7679, e-mail: letters@latimes.com MTV BLAMES EVERYONE MTV's irreverent couples game show The Blame Game pits two ex-lovers against one another. Two recent episodes featured lesbian and gay couples, an encouraging step towards inclusion, especially after the network bumped a lesbian and gay episode of Singled Out (in 1996) out of primetime due to "content we felt should air at a later time." Please acknowledge MTV and the producers of The Blame Game for treating lesbian and gay relationships the same as everyone else's. Contact: o Mr. Barry Poznick, Executive Producer, The Blame Game, c/o MTV Networks, 2600 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90404, e-mail: BlameGame@aol.com o Mr. Brian Graden, Executive VP, Television Programming, MTV Networks, 1515 Broadway Ave., NY, NY 10036 The GLAADAlert is the weekly activation tool of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. GLAAD promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation in the media as a means of challenging homophobia and all forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. Contact GLAAD by e-mail at glaad@glaad.org or by phone at 213.658.6775 (LA), 212.807.1700 (NY), 415.861.2244 (SF), 202.986.1360 (DC), 404.876.1398 (Atlanta) and 816.756.5991 (Kansas City) =46eel free to pass GLAADAlert on to friends, family and associates! Report defamation in the media and breaking news of interest to the LGBT community by calling GLAAD's Toll-Free AlertLine! 1-800-GAY-MEDIA (1-800-429-6334) Visit GLAAD Online at http://www.glaad.org "GLAAD" and "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" are registered trademarks of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc. GLAADAlert may be freely distributed and reprinted in all forms of media under the condition that any text used carry the full attribution of "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~ 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 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" (without the quotation marks). Make sure that you turn off all signatures and extraneous text. TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Unsubscribe GLAAD-Net" (without the quotation marks). Make sure that you turn off all signatures and extraneous text. 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 combating homophobia and 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. --============_-1289694539==_ma============ Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable TimesGLAADALERT - March 25, 1999 The GLAADAlert is the weekly activation tool of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation GLAADAlert Index: 1. IMMIGRATION LAWS EXCLUDE LESBIANS AND GAYS 2. NEW YORK COVERS "WALL STREET'S SECRET SOCIETY"=20 3. ROUNDUP ON EL DIARIO'S COVERAGE OF THE COMMUNITY=20 4. SEVENTEEN COMES OUT 5. MIMI SNAGS THE CROSS-DRESSING CAREY=20 6. CUPID HITS BULLSEYE IN LOVE MATTERS 7. GAY IN THE HEARTLAND 8. MTV BLAMES EVERYONE IMMIGRATION LAWS EXCLUDE LESBIANS AND GAYS In 1996 Congress revised U.S. immigration laws making it more difficult to obtain U.S. citizenship. Recent articles in the New York Times and the L.A. Times effectively illustrate the prejudice and bigotry that subjects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender immigrants to hostility and skepticism by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).=20 Andrew Jacobs writes in the March 23 New York Times a poignant and thorough piece on the devastating impact of the discriminatory and anti-gay laws that often force long-term, committed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender relationships between U.S. citizens and immigrants to end as a result of deportation.=20 Reporters Joseph Trevino and Patrick J. McDonnell write in the March 13 L.A. Times how lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Mexican immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S., based on the violence and oppression they face, are often denied citizen their claims by prejudicial and bigoted U.S. judges.=20 Please thank the L.A. Times and the New York Times for shedding light on the obstacles facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender immigrants.=20 Contact:=20 oMichael Parks, Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053, fax: 213.237-7679, e-mail: letters@latimes.com oBill Keller, Managing Editor, New York Times, 229 West 43 rd Street, New York, NY, 10036-3959, fax: 212.556.3690, e-mail: letters@nytimes.com NEW YORK COVERS "WALL STREET'S SECRET SOCIETY"=20 No. This is not Fox Files redux. In this week's New York magazine (March 26, 1999), journalist Alan Deutschman explores the entrenched homophobia of the financial industry, and the tentative steps it has taken towards inclusion. While the piece points out that firms are beginning to acknowledge the presence of their lesbian and gay employees, and a few have even extended health benefits to domestic partners, the process of educating Wall Street has just begun. Walter Schubert, the only openly gay member of the New York Stock Exchange, founder of the Gay Financial Network, and the New York Banker's Group (a networking organization for the industry's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees ) have both been leading the charge for this educational effort.=20 Please thank New York Magazine for training an eye on workplace conditions in the financial sector.=20 Contact: Sarah Jewler, Managing Editor, New York, 444 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022-6903, email: nyletters@aol.com ROUNDUP ON EL DIARIO'S COVERAGE OF THE COMMUNITY=20 Latino press coverage of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community has been bolstered by El Diario/La Prensa. Recent coverage has included opinion pieces on exclusion of gays and lesbians from the St. Patrick's Day Parade; a piece on Pa' Fuera Pa' Lante's 1999 Northeast Conference; an op-ed by Rev. Luis Barrio on the Church's mission to embrace gays; as well as "The History of the Latino LGBT Movement in NYC."=20 Please acknowledge the sound editorial judgment of El Diario/La Prensa for its ongoing coverage of the Latino/a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.=20 Contact: Rossana Rosado, Editor in Chief, El Diario/La Prensa, 345 Hudson Street, 13th floor, New York, NY 10014, 212.807.4656 SEVENTEEN COMES OUT The April, 1999 issue of Seventeen magazine features a piece by Robert Rorke entitled,"Coming Out in America." Senior Features Editor Rorke has written a sensitive treatment of gay teens and the difficulties they often face in coming out to their families, and at their schools, ending with a helpful list of resources available to teens questioning their sexuality.=20 Please thank Seventeen magazine for this fine story.=20 Contact: Carole Braden, Senior Features Editor, Seventeen, 850 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022 MIMI SNAGS THE CROSS-DRESSING CAREY=20 The storyline of theWednesday, March 24 episode of Drew Carey, focused on Drew's brother Steve, (John Carroll Lynch), a cross-dresser, and his romantic interlude with Mimi, Drew's archenemy. At the outset of his date with Mimi, Steve shocks her by wearing a dress. However, they have such great chemistry that Mimi eventually accepts his attire, and the two share a hot night on Drew's kitchen floor. Drew Carey is a 1999 GLAAD Media Awards' nominee because of daring storylines such as this week's. (GLAADAlerts 10.22.98, 11.21.97) In fact, Steve Carey remains the only transgender character on primetime TV today, portrayed as possibly the most stable character on a show with a cast of eccentrics. Please thank the producers of Drew Carey again for the daring, original, funny and trans-inclusive work. Contact: Ms. Deborah Oppenheimer, Executive Producer, The Drew Carey Show, c/o Warner Bros. Television, Burbank, CA 91522-0191. CUPID HITS BULLSEYE IN LOVE MATTERS In the February/March issue of A. Magazine: Inside Asian America, a roundtable discussion on dating features a diverse group of Generation X Asians. Among them are Monty, a Chinese/Hawaiian Wall Street trader; Nina, an Indian-American journalist; Kara, a Filipino photo editor; and Jesse, a Japanese political activist who is gay. "My mom used to set me up with Japanese girls. And now she tries to set me up with Japanese boys!" exults Jesse in a section titled, What's your Flavor? This refreshing article addresses issues of race, class, gender and sexuality head-on, while recognizing that Jesse's sexual orientation enriches the discussion.=20 Please thank A. Magazine for offering its readers this funny and inclusive forum.=20 Contact: Angelo Ragaza, Editor-In-Chief, A. Magazine: Inside Asian America, 677 5th Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, e-mail:aragaza@amagazine.com GAY IN THE HEARTLAND In the March 14 L.A. Times, Julie Cart and Edith Stanley survey rural gay life and how it has evolved over the last few years, noting that while there are more social outlets online and in small towns, being out is still risqu=E9. The article references a web site, ruralgay.com, which allows online users to end isolation and build community despite distance.=20 Please thank the L.A. Times for providing its readers with a unique perspective on rural life.=20 Contact:=20 oMichael Parks, Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053, fax: 213.237-7679, e-mail: letters@latimes.com MTV BLAMES EVERYONE MTV's irreverent couples game show The Blame Game pits two ex-lovers against one another. Two recent episodes featured lesbian and gay couples, an encouraging step towards inclusion, especially after the network bumped a lesbian and gay episode of Singled Out (in 1996) out of primetime due to "content we felt should air at a later time."=20 Please acknowledge MTV and the producers of The Blame Game for treating lesbian and gay relationships the same as everyone else's. =20 Contact:=20 o Mr. Barry Poznick, Executive Producer, The Blame Game, c/o MTV Networks, 2600 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90404, e-mail: BlameGame@aol.com o Mr. Brian Graden, Executive VP, Television Programming, MTV Networks, 1515 Broadway Ave., NY, NY 10036 The GLAADAlert is the weekly activation tool of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.=20 GLAAD promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation in the media as a means of=20 challenging homophobia and all forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. Contact GLAAD by e-mail at glaad@glaad.org or by phone at 213.658.6775 (LA), 212.807.1700 (NY), 415.861.2244 (SF), 202.986.1360 (DC), 404.876.1398 (Atlanta) and 816.756.5991 (Kansas City) =46eel free to pass GLAADAlert on to friends, family and associates! Report defamation in the media and breaking news of interest to the LGBT community=20 by calling GLAAD's Toll-Free AlertLine! 1-800-GAY-MEDIA (1-800-429-6334)=20 Visit GLAAD Online at http://www.glaad.org "GLAAD" and "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" are registered trademarks of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc. GLAADAlert may be freely distributed and reprinted in all forms of media under the condition that any text used carry the full attribution of "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~ 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 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" (without the quotation marks). Make sure that you turn off all signatures and extraneous text. TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Unsubscribe GLAAD-Net" (without the quotation marks). Make sure that you turn off all signatures and extraneous text. 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 combating homophobia and 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.