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NATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN TASK FORCE
1724 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
(202) 332-6483
lob_ngltf@aol.com 

NGLTF TO PROVIDE LIVE ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE ON "AMERICA ONLINE"

Cincinnati, Ohio - Lewiston, Maine - Portsmouth, New Hampshire Face Anti-Gay
Votes

Washington, D.C. - (October 21, 1993) - The National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force (NGLTF) will provide live election night coverage, Tuesday, November 2,
including election returns, and interviews with campaign officials, on 
America Online, one of the nation's largest computer information services.
NGLTF staff members will be stationed in Cincinnati, Ohio and Lewiston,
Maine, where anti-gay measures are on the local ballots, and Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, where a non-binding referendum on whether to institute a civil
rights ordinance is on the ballot there.

NGLTF Executive Director Peri Jude Radecic will facilitate coverage in
Cincinnati, Ohio where Measure 3 would not only repeal Cincinnati's year-old
ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing,
employment and public accommodation, but prevent future ordinances as well.
NGLTF Fight the Right Media Organizer Robert Bray will facilitate coverage in
Lewiston, Maine where Referendum #1, identical to Cincinnati's Measure 3, is
on the ballot there. And, NGLTF's Fight the Right New England Organizer Sue
Hyde will facilitate coverage in Portsmouth, New Hampshire where the city
council recently voted down an ordinance banning discrimination but put a
non-binding referendum on the ballot to gauge public support for the measure.


 "Traditional media does not usually provide comprehensive coverage of these
issues important to lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals nationwide," said
Radecic. "Anybody with a computer and modem can now receive instantaneous
election returns and interviews with campaign officials, live, as they
happen."

The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, which offers financial and technical
support to qualified openly gay and lesbian candidates, reports that six of
its nine recommended candidates will be up for election on November 2. The
candidates and their races are Derek Belt for Attleboro (MA) City Council;
Christine Kehoe for San Diego (CA) City Council; Michael Nelson for Carrboro
(NC) Board of Alderman; Tom Roberts for Santa Barbara (CA) City Council;
Marilyn Shafer for Manhattan (NY) Civic Court; and Wallace Swan for
Minneapolis (MN) Board of Estimate and Taxation. Information on these races
will also be provided through NGLTF election night coverage.

 Live on-line election night  coverage begins on Tuesday, November 2, at 8
p.m. (EST) and continues until 11 p.m. (EST) in the Lambda Lounge conference
area of the Gay and Lesbian Community Forum (Keyword: GLCF) of America Online
(AOL).  To receive more information about how to sign onto to AOL call (202)
332-6483 ext. 3366.