Date:         Fri, 2 Sep 1994 16:47:36 EDT
From: RAKNGLTF@aol.com

NATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN TASK FORCE POLICY INSTITUTE NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Betsy Gressler, 202-332-6483, ext. 3306


COLORADO TO HOST FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL 
WORKPLACE ISSUES

WHAT:  "Out & Equal in the 90s," fourth annual conference on workplace 
issues impacting the gay, lesbian and bisexual community. The event will 
feature nearly 50 sessions that cover workplace issues for corporations, 
small businesses, labor unions, public employment, and non-profit 
agencies. Topics include:
   --Empowerment in Government Employment
   --Organizing An Employee Resource Group
   --Sexual Orientation Issues in the Labor Movement
   --Strategies for Acquiring Domestic Partnership Benefits
   -- Influencing the Company's Bottom Line with Lavender Money

Human Resource Institute, a one-day intensive for employee assistance 
counselors, equal employment opportunity managers, diversity trainers and 
other HR professionals, will follow the conference.


WHO: The conference is sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task 
Force Policy Institute  (NGLTF), the nation's oldest gay and lesbian 
political advocacy group, based in Washington, DC. Co-sponsors for the 
event are Priority Pharmacy, the Gill Foundation, and James C. Hormel. A 
local host committee, Colorado Working It Out in the Rockies, includes 
individuals and employee groups from AT&T, U.S. WEST, Norwest Bank and 
other companies which are assisting in the conference organizing.

WHEN: "Out & Equal in the 90s" conference will be held October 15 and 16, 
1994. The Human Resource Institute will be held October 17.

WHERE: Radisson Hotel  Denver, Colorado

ETC:  --Anya Palmer, a representative of Stonewall/London, will present a 
nationwide study on workplace discrimination in the United Kingdom
  --Amelia Craig, an employment attorney at Lambda Legal Defense and 
Education Fund, will discuss same-gender marriage and its link to 
domestic partner policies
  --Members of 50 gay/lesbian/bisexual employee groups will participate 
from the following fields: banking/finance, high-tech industries, 
telecommunications, educational institutions, non-profits and labor unions.
  --Lesbian comedian Karen Williams will perform in concert Saturday, 
Oct. 15 and will present a workshop, "Getting Through Your Day with 
Humor Intact."

For registration information, call (303) 538-4318 or (202) 332-6483, ext. 
3361. For other conference information, contact Betsy Gressler, NGLTF 
Organizing Director, (202) 332-6483, ext. 3306.

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