Date:         Fri, 28 Mar 1997 15:45:43 -0500
From: VictoryF@AOL.COM
Subject:      Steve Tyler Press Release

          News Release

Actor/Producer Steve Tyler Joins
National Victory Fund Board

        WASHINGTON, DC    1 April 1997    The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund today
announced the election of Los Angeles Actor/Playwright Steve Tyler to its
National Board of Directors.  "We are extremely pleased that Steve has agreed
to lend his considerable talents to our Board," says Victory Fund Co-Chair
Nekki Shutt.  "As a longtime political activist and founder of our Los
Angeles Steering Committee, Steve brings with him a tremendous amount of
experience and a proven commitment to the Victory Fund's mission of electing
openly gay candidates."
        An accomplished actor and producer, Steve Tyler is well known for his work
in film, television, stage and print media    including worldwide exposure as
the Kool Cigarette Man, more than 75 television commercials, the film King
Pin, and recurring roles on Santa Barbara and Days of Our Lives.  His stage
work has garnered six Drama-Logue Awards, two NAACP Awards, and numerous
community awards.  Steve is a boardmember of Access Now for Gay and Lesbian
Equality (ANGLE) and a veteran of national and local political campaigns
including Clinton/Gore '96, Barbara Boxer for Senate, Dianne Feinstein for
Senate, and Sheila Kuehl for Assembly.
        "I'm totally committed to the empowerment of gay men and lesbians through
the political process and I know firsthand that the Victory Fund strategy
works," Tyler says.  "Victory Fund members have contributed more than
$700,000 to qualified openly gay and lesbian candidates in California, and 18
Victory Fund winners now hold office throughout the state."  Among the
Victory Fund winners currently serving in California are Assembly members
Sheila Kuehl and Carole Migden, Los Angeles City Councilmember Jackie
Goldberg, Los Angeles School Board President Jeff Horton, Los Angeles
Superior Court Judge Teri Schwartz, Cathedral City Councilmember Greg Pettis,
San Diego City Councilmember Chris Kehoe, and San Francisco Supervisors Tom
Ammiano, Susan Leal, and Leslie Katz.

[Editors:  For photographs or more information, please contact Kathleen
DeBold at (202) 842-8679 or victoryf@aol.com.]