Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 16:23:04 -0700 From: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Subject: WEST LA'S WILD OATS COMMUNITY MARKET CELBRATES LESBIAN & GAY HISTORY MONTH WITH GLAAD STORE TO DONATE PORTION OF DAY'S SALES TO GROUP CALENDAR LISTING FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 10, 1997 Media Contact: Liz Tracey (GLAAD) (212) 807-1700 e-mail: tracey@glaad.org Carrie Polsky (Wild Oats) (626) 792-1778 v/m: (818) 585-9453, ext.2 WEST LA'S WILD OATS COMMUNITY MARKET CELBRATES LESBIAN & GAY HISTORY MONTH WITH GLAAD STORE TO DONATE PORTION OF DAY'S SALES TO GROUP WHAT: The West Los Angeles Wild Oats Community Market, a Boulder, Colorado-based natural food store, will be donating a portion of its store's sales to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) in honor of Lesbian & Gay History Month. WHEN: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th, 1997 from 8AM-10PM WHERE: Wild Oats Community Market 3476 Centinela Avenue (corner of Centinela and Palms) West Los Angeles, CA ph. (310) 636-1300 WHY: During Lesbian & Gay History Month, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community examines its political struggle, cultural achievements and collective creativity. In January 1994, Rodney Wilson, a high school teacher in Missouri, appalled by the exclusion of lesbian and gay history from textbooks, set out to make a change. Wilson organized teachers and community leaders to educate the public about lesbians and gay men past and present. They formed a national grassroots network to create a celebration and education campaign that continues today. MORE: GLAAD is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation of individuals and events in the media as a means of combating homophobia and all forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. -30- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) glaad@glaad.org TO REPORT DEFAMATION IN THE MEDIA - Call GLAAD's Alertline at 1.800.GAY.MEDIA or go to the GLAAD Web Site at www.glaad.org and report through our Alertline Online. TO JOIN GLAAD AND RECEIVE GLAAD's DISPATCH AND QUARTERLY IMAGES MAGAZINE, call 1.800.GAY.MEDIA or join on the Web today at www.glaad.org/glaad/join/join-about.html TO SUBSCRIBE TO GLAAD-Net, GLAAD's electronic mailing list, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Subscribe GLAAD-Net" TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Unsubscribe GLAAD-Net" GLAAD is a national organization that 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 registered trademarks of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc.