Subject: IGLHRC web site now available at http://www.iglhrc.org/ From: Dimaria1@aol.com Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 13:12:48 -0400 CHECK OUT THE NEW WEB SITE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AT WWW.IGLHRC.ORG Tom Di Maria IGLHRC, Associate Director 1360 Mission Street #200 San Francisco, CA 94103, USA Tel_415-255-8680 Fax_415-255-8662 For Immediate Release: September 4, 1996 Contact: Julie Dorf (415) 255-8680 New Gay Human Rights Web Site Launches Today The International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is launc hing their web site together with PlanetOut today. The IGLHRC web site ( www.iglhrc.org) features up-to-date information about urgent actions nece ssary to halt gross violations of the human rights of sexual minorities w orld-wide. The site also contains unique information about the situation for lesbians and gays world wide. IGLHRC hopes that the site will bring new members to this cause which directly fights for the dignity of lesbi ans, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered people, and people with HIV/AIDS w orld wide. There will be an additional IGLHRC section in PlanetOut's new area on America On Line, as part of their "Civic Center." (AOL Keyword: IGLHRC) Visitors to the site will be able to easily: o take immediate action on urgent human rights violations against sexual minorities, o learn about cases of political asylum granted on the basis of sexual orientation, o become a member of IGLHRC, o find links to gay and lesbian web sites worldwide and important human rights resources. "Activists must stay on top of technology in order to be effective in tod ay's world," said Julie Dorf, Executive Director of IGLHRC. "We are ext remely excited to be a part of this major launch today because the power of the internet as a tool for making change in the world is undeniable." IGLHRC currently uses electronic mailings to regularly mobilize hundreds of protest letters. For example, when South Africa recently adopted Cons titutional protections on the basis of sexual orientation and South Afric an activists requested urgent letters of support, IGLHRC mobilized hundre ds of letters in one day through use of its electronic mailing list. "We hope that our enhanced internet presence will enable thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of protest letters to be sent every month, " added Mirka Negroni, Program Associate at IGLHRC who focuses on Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia. The International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission is a nonprofit or ganization that advocates for a world in which the fundamental rights of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered people, and people with HIV a nd AIDS are respected. The IGLHRC works towards these goals through advo cacy, monitoring and documentation, technical assistance, direct support and public education. Photos are available upon request. --- RON BUCKMIRE, Ph.D. http://www.math.oxy.edu/~ron/ Mathematics Department, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, L.A., CA 90041 buckmire@oxy.edu||+1 213 259 2536 (vox)||+1 213 259 2958 (fax) Check out the Queer Resources Directory