Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 12:17:52 -0700 From: glaad@glaad.org (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Subject: GLAADlines 06.07.96 GLAADLINES Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation contact: Claudia Manley (212) 807-1700 manley@glaad.org http://www. glaad.org News, Tips, and Information about the Gay & Lesbian Community June 7, 1996-- GAY IN HOLLYWOOD...AND BEYOND: GLAAD presents Beyond the Birdcage, an interactive panel discussing the past, present, and future representations of gay and lesbian lives in film, in Los Angeles on June 11 and June 15 in New York. The event in Los Angeles will feature entertainment industry professionals including Anita Busch, writer (Daily Variety); Joel Thurm, independent producer (It's My Party); and Craig Zadan, producer (Serving in Silence, Mayor of Castro Street, Conduct Unbecoming). The panel begins at 7:30pm at Harmony Gold and will be moderated by Peter Nardi. For more information contact Tamra King (GLAAD) at (213) 658-6775 or e-mail TamraK@glaad.org. MULTIMEDIA LEAVES: The New School for Social Research is presenting a multimedia celebration of the new book Whitman's Men: Walt Whitman's Calamus Poems Celebrated by Contemporary Photographers on June 12 at 8pm. This program combines a multimedia presentation of the photographs with readings of the poems. Participants included Richard Berman and David Groff, editors of Whitman's Men. For more information contact George Calderaro (New School) at (212) 229-5353. PROGRESSING ALONG THE LONG ROAD: The Long Road to Freedom, an exhibition chronicling the gay and lesbian movement, co-sponsored by GLAAD, The Advocate, and Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, stops in Boston, MA from June 6 through June 30 at the Main Branch of the Boston Public Library. A gala event, locally sponsored by Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) and Our Boston Heritage, will be held on June 15 at the Bernard Toale Gallery. For more information contact Thom Kincheloe (GLAAD) at (503) 224-5285 or e-mail Kincheloe@glaad.org. ALL DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO: Gay Prom '96 will be held on June 14 from 7pm to midnight in Centennial Hall in Hayward, CA. The event is sponsored by the Lambda Youth Group of Hayward in collaboration with LYRIC of San Francisco, the Billy DeFrank Center in San Jose, and the Pacific Center in Berkeley. It is open to all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youth under 25 and their friends. For more information contact Project Eden at (510) 247-8200, e-mail gayprom@turing.org, or visit the website at http://www.turing.org/gayprom. CONFERENCES: Research on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths: Implications for Developmental Intervention, June 7-9 at the Penn Station Scanticon Conference Center Hotel. For more information about program content contact Dr. Anthony D'Augelli (Penn State) at (814) 864-1447. To register contact Chuck Wilson (Penn State) at (814) 863-5130. "We Are Family," the 1996 Gay Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgendered Youth Conference, will be held June 6-9 at Washington State University. For more information contact Bobbi Bonace (Washington State) at (509) 335-6428 or e-mail bbonace@mail.wsu.edu. If you know of an event that merits media coverage, or if there is a news story breaking in your area, please contact us. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation 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. To subscribe contact Claudia Manley at (212) 807-1700 or at glaad@glaad.org. "GLAAD" and "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" are trademarks of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) glaad@glaad.org VISIT THE GLAAD WEB SITE AT http://www.glaad.org! 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 trademarks of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc.