Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:26:48 -0700 From: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Subject: SAVE ELLEN - WE MAY LOSE ELLEN FOREVER! SAVE ELLEN ELLEN & THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY NEED YOUR HELP! WE MAY LOSE ELLEN FOREVER! ABC needs to know how much the impact of this show has had on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community and our families and friends. Don't let the voice of a radical fundamentalist minority be the only one that ABC hears. Let the network know how having a positive portrayal of a lesbian lead character on primetime television has affected your life and the lives of those close to you. GLAAD has learned that the decision from ABC on whether or not to renew Ellen for another season may happen as early as next week. Ellen has broken precedent after precedent by bringing America a honest, funny and poignant look at Ellen Morgan and in doing so, at lesbians and gay men everywhere. It is essential that the community and our friends rally around the television every Wednesday and support the show. Since she and her character emerged from the closet, Ellen DeGeneres has become an unstoppable force in fighting for equal rights. Ellen has brought the real experience of the lesbian and gay community to millions of viewers in a landmark fashion. Every Thursday GLAAD produces Ellen Watch, an e-mailed list of the previous nights sponsors. E-mail glaad@glaad.org to be added to the growing list. WRITE ABC AND DISNEY NOW!!! IT MAY BE OUR LAST CHANCE!!! … Jamie Tarses, Entertainment President, ABC, 2040 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angles, CA, feedback form: http://www.abc.com/vvoice/Viewcons1.html; … Michael Eisner, Chairman & David Newman, President of Network TV, The Walt Disney Company, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521, Fax: (818) 560.1930, E-mail via: WWW: http://www.disney.com/Mail. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.