Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 11:19:49 +0100 From: glaad@glaad.org (GLAAD) Subject: RAQUEL WELCH, BERNADETTE PETERS, GREG LOUGANIS, AND RUPAUL AMONG PRESENTERS AT 7TH ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE contact: Claudia Manley/GLAAD (212) 807-1700 RAQUEL WELCH, BERNADETTE PETERS, GREG LOUGANIS, AND RUPAUL AMONG PRESENTERS AT 7TH ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE HELD THURSDAY, MARCH 7 AT WALDORF-ASTORIA NEW YORK, NY -- February 29, 1996 -- Raquel Welch, Bernadette Peters, Greg Louganis, and RuPaul will be among the presenters at the 7th Annual GLAAD Media Awards to be held on Thursday, March 7 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. Others on hand to give out awards to recipients such as Barbara Walters, director Maria Magenti, and "All My Children" creator Agnes Nixon include: Margarethe Cammermeyer, Chris Bruno and Marcy Walker ("All My Children"), George C. Wolfe, John Waters, Julie Halston, and Rita Mae Brown, among others. Awards will be given for Outstanding Studio Film, Independent Film, Television Movie, Daytime Drama, TV Documentary, Theater, Comic Strip, and Magazine. Additional honors include a special award to MAC Cosmetics as well as an award for Excellence in Media and a special award in honor of the late Vito Russo. Founded in 1985, GLAAD promotes fair, accurate, and inclusive representation in all media as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. The GLAAD Media Awards were created in 1990 to celebrate the organization's successes and to congratulate those whose work exemplifies the tremendous improvements that have been made in media coverage of the communities GLAAD represents. The GLAAD Media Awards will begin with cocktails and a Silent Auction at 6:00 pm, followed by Dinner at 7:15 pm, and Awards Presentation at 8:30 pm. The awards ceremony in Los Angeles, to be held on March 10, features Ellen DeGeneres, Paul Reiser, David Schwimmer, and Cybill Shepherd. For further information and to purchase tickets for the New York event, contact David O'Connell at (212) 213-2438. For the Los Angeles event, contact Events Unlimited at (310) 966-1188. The GLAAD Media Awards are underwritten in part by a generous contribution from Absolut Vodka. ### ****************************************************************************** Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation GLAAD glaad@glaad.org http://www.glaad.org The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, GLAAD, is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation of individuals and events in the media as a means of combatting homophobia and all forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. **************************************************************************** **