Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 14:16:55 -0400 (edt) From: "Lavi S. Soloway, National Coordinator, Lesbian and Gay immigration Rights Taskforce" The following is a proposed press release. It will include dates in October (hopefully --- they have yet to be finalized) for DC, Chicago and Seattle. Let me know what you think. TEXT HERE: Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force J P.O. Box 7741 New York, NY 10016-7741 F 212-802-7264 FAX 212-227-9564 Email LGIRTF@dorsai.org PRESS RELEASE Contact: Lavi Soloway (212) 802-7264 New York, New York. September 1, 1995 The film consists of moving, sad and sometimes funny interviews with four binational couples struggling to stay together in this country despite unfair immigration laws which threaten to separate them. The film was produced and directed by Elizabeth R. Bird an independent film maker who lives in New York City. Besides the couples interviewed, the film also contains interviews with gay and lesbian activists, including Evan Wolfson, senior staff attorney at Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, who is co-counsel on the pending Hawaii marriage case. "The purpose of the film is to demonstrate how our lives and relationships are being destroyed because we cannot marry," explains Task Force national coordinator, Lavi Soloway. "We have to educate ourselves and the public to understand why we are fighting for the freedom to marry. The couples depicted in the film just happened to be from different countries, and they are trying, against all odds, to stay together. This is a compelling and moving drama, revealing the devastating results of discrimination." The Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force, Inc. is a non-profit organization, headquartered in New York City, with chapters in nine cities across the country. The Task Force was launched originally in 1993 jointly by the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and the International Lesbian and Gay Association. Its members include approximately 1000 gay and lesbian couples worldwide. END TEXT