Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:16:52 -0700
From: glaad@glaad.org (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
Subject: Beyond The Birdcage Forum Media Advisory

MEDIA ADVISORY



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:        Tamra King
                213.658.6775
                tamrak@glaad.org
                        June 6, 1996


WHAT:   "Beyond The Birdcage" Forum - An Interactive event about past,
present and future
                representations of gay and lesbian lives in film.

                Featuring:

                Anita Busch, Writer for Daily Variety

                Neil Meron, Producer, Serving in Silence: The Margarethe
Cammermeyer Story,  Mayor of
                Castro Street, Conduct Unbecoming

                Steven Raphael, Vice President, National Publicity,
Gramercy Pictures

                Joel Thurm, Independent Producer, It's My Party

                Craig Zadan, Producer, Serving in Silence: The Margarethe
Cammermeyer Story, Mayor of
                Castro Street, Conduct Unbecoming

                Moderated by:

                Peter Nardi, PhD, Professor of Sociology, Pitzer College

WHO:     GLAAD, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, a national
organization that

promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation as a means of
challenging discrimination based on sexual orienation or identity.

WHERE:  Harmony Gold, 7655 Sunset Boulevard (3 blocks east of Fairfax)

WHEN:   June 11, 1996 at 7:30 pm

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VISIT THE GLAAD WEB SITE AT http://www.glaad.org!

GLAAD promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation as a means of
challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity.
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