From: NBGLLF@aol.com Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 17:41:47 -0500 Subject: NBGLLF ANNOUNCES BLACK LESBIAN AND GAY CONFERENCE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Keith Boykin December 5, 1995 (213) 964-7820 FORUM ANNOUNCES 9TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS E. LYNN HARRIS TO RELEASE NEW BOOK AT DALLAS CONFERENCE Los Angeles -- Best-selling author E. Lynn Harris will give the first major reading from his new book, And This Too Shall Pass, at the National Black Lesbian and Gay Conference February 15-19, 1996 in Dallas, Texas. The reading is one of several exciting events scheduled to take place at the 9th Annual Conference of the National Black Gay & Lesbian Leadership Forum, the nation's oldest and largest black lesbian and gay organization. Also at the conference, Drs. Sylvia Rhue and Dee Mosbacher and Frances Reid will screen their new film, "All God's Children," a documentary response to the radical right's homophobic efforts to exploit black churches. Other invited guests include Harvard Professor Cornel West and former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. Each year, the conference brings together more than 1,000 participants from across the country in the nation's largest gathering of African American lesbians and gays to address enlightening topics that affect the community. This year's conference theme, "Black Lesbians and Gays: Continuing the Struggle," celebrates the lives, legacies and ongoing work of African American lesbian gay, bisexual and transgender communities across the nation. Previous conference speakers have included the Rev. Jesse Jackson, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Bishop Carl Bean, Essence Magazine Executive Editor Linda Villarosa, Cambridge Mayor Ken Reeves, Dr. Marjorie Hill, and writer/activists Audre Lorde, Essex Hemphill and Barbara Smith. Previous conference entertainers have included Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Whoopi Goldberg, Peabo Bryson, and Meshell NdegeO'cello. Conference topics include men's and womyn's issues, personal development, grassroots activism, HIV/AIDS, spirituality, young adult issues, leadership and public policy. Highlights of the conference include the Annual Awards Banquet and Dance and the AIDS Memorial Service. This year's conference will be held at the Harvey Hotel Brook Hollow, 7050 N. Stemmons; Dallas, Texas 75247, and is being hosted by Dallas "Ujima." ### ******************************************************************************* To send a message to the entire list "glbpoc", email glbpoc@abacus.oxy.edu To unsubscribe, send a message 'unsubscribe glbpoc' to MAJORDOMO@abacus.oxy.edu. To subscribe, send a message 'subscribe glbpoc' to MAJORDOMO@abacus.oxy.edu. *******************************************************************************