From: HRCFCOMM@aol.com Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 12:20:14 -0400 Subject: NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY 1995 EVENTS NATIONWIDE ***************************************************************** PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FUND The Nation's Largest Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights Organization ***************************************************************** To contact the HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FUND, please call us at (202)628-4160, fax us at (202) 347-5323 or write to us at PO Box 1396 Washington, DC 20013. ***************************************************************** NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY 1995 EVENTS CALENDAR The National Coming Out Project is the Human Rights Campaign Fund's ongoing campaign to encourage and empower every gay and lesbian person to make a difference in educating America by letting others know who they are. Every October 11, National Coming Out Day serves as the day to commemorate the importance of this single act of courage. The following calendar lists National Coming Out Day events all over the country on and around October 11. Having knowledge of local events encourages people to come out and support events. To encourage maximum visibility we would like this list to be as complete as possible. We need your help in compiling a complete listing of events. If you are sponsoring, or know of an event in your area please e-mail us at: NCOD@HRCUSA.ORG. You can also call us at: 800-866-NCOD. Please present the info in the following format: State -City- Organization, event specifics, contact: name & phone number.1995 Calendar of NCOD Events as of 9/13/95 NATIONAL: Boston- Alyson Publishing will release Coming Out In The Workplace, by Richard Rasi and Lourdes Rodriguez-Nogoes. Contact: Christine Sanni(617) 542-5670 Capitol Hill - There will be a press conference at the US Capitol with NCOP spokespeople Candace Gingrich and Dan Butler, in addition to HRCF Executive Director Elizabeth Birch and NCOP Director Wes Combs, This marks the end of Candace's 51 city tour. Other dignitaries and celebrities to attend. Contact: Frank Butler at (800)866-NCOD. Dignity/USA, a Catholic organization supportive of G/L/B/Tissues, will sponsor a nationwide event on 10/8 called Solidarity Sunday. Participants will be asked to wear a rainbow ribbon on their lapel. Contact: (202) 861-0047 or (800) 877-8797 Los Angeles - On October 11, Elizabeth Birch, Dan Butler, Wes Combs, Candace Gingrich, and other public figures will speak. Shrater Boulevard will be closed off for festivities. The Second Annual Dick Sargent National Coming Out Day Award will be presented. Contact Jim Key (213) 993-7603. New York City - Comedy Central will air "Out There in Hollywood" starring Scott Thompson and other openly G/L comedians in the third annual show of its kind. Contact: Monique Hart (212) 767-8546. New York City - Liz Winfeld & Susan Spelman's book, Straight Talk About Gays in the Workplace, will be released. This book makes the case for inclusion of G/L employees in diversity initiatives and domestic partnership benefits. Contact: (800)866-NCOD. New York City - Actor Dan Butler's PSA which declares,"I'm not a straight man, but I play one on TV." This will appear on FX, Comedy Central, and many others stations in the top 25 media markets. Contact: (800) 866-NCOD. New York City - BMG Classics will run a TV Campaign beginning at the end of September through National Coming Out Day on VH-1. This will include coming out stories and info on NCOD. Contact: Cargos Alice (212) 930-4726 New York City - Release of the Book, Untold Millions: Positioning Your Business for the G/L Consumer Revolutions by Grant Lakenbill. Contact: Suzanne Oaks (212) 207-6909 or Bran Farrington (212) 207-7000. Sacramento - Paulette Jacobsen will be host several signings of her book, Letters From the Closet with proceeds to benefit the National Coming Out Project. Contact: Shades of Diversity (916) 684-0974 LOCAL: Alaska-- Anchorage - The Alaska Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Community will host the 1995 Alaska Pride Conference at the University of Alaska - Anchorage.Events include a weekend of learning, fun, food, workshops, and socializing.Keynote address by JoAnn Loulan. Contact: (907) 566-2048 Arizona-- Phoenix -The Lesbian/Gay Public Awareness Project will sponsor many events including a radio show, a press conference on coming out in the work place and a workshop on the coming out process. The MCC will host a commitment ceremony and later in the evening there will be public party/fundraiser. Contact: David Horowitz or Merf Fratkin (602)351-3080. Tucson - The Tucson Lesbian/Gay Alliance will sponsor OUToberFEST'95: "From Silence to Celebration". This annual pride picnic features educational and commercial vendors, entertainment, food and free refreshments. Contact:TGLA OUTline (520) 622-3200. California-- Apple Valley - The High Desert G/L Center is sponsoring a week of awareness at Apple Valley Community College. There will also be an open house at the center. Contact: Wade Flores (619) 247-1369. Burbank - LEAGUE, the lesbian and gay employee support group at the Walt Disney Company, will host Candace Gingrich at the Walt Disney Studio. Contact: Garrett Hicks (818) 560-9121. Irvine - L/G/B Resource Center at University of California - Irvine is sponsoring a week of activities, speeches and events including Alix Dobkin, "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert",Pat Mayo, 70 year old out Lesbian, a list of out faculty, staff, students, alumni, and allies. Contact Pat Walsh: (714) 824-3169. Long Beach - Long Beach City College is coordinating a series of events with a coalition of other colleges. Contact: Marcelino Sepulveda (310) 436-9882 Long Beach - California State - Long Beach will host Blue Jeans Day, a multi-cultural speakers panel including a Jewish gay group, an organizational fair including AIDS info and ACLU booths, L.A. City Councilperson Jackie Goldberg, a social gathering and movies in the evening. Contact: Carol Haas (310) 985-4585 Los Angeles - There will be a rally centered around "Family Values from the GLB Community" The groups represented will include P-FLAG, the International Archives, USC, The Center, and the Mayor's Office. Contact: Voltaire Tinana (310) 206-3938 Los Angeles - At UCLA, events include a reading of women's literature in the resource library, a panel of parents of gay students, a panel of out people in the workplace in addition to a hands-on workshop - "Outness in Applying for a Job". Also planned is a discussion on same-sex marriage from religious, academic, and legal viewpoints, a noontime rally with several hundred students, and a panel/workshop on Transgender/sexual issues. Contact: Charles Outcalt (310)206-3938. Pasadena - The Catalyst, Lesbian and Gay Community Organization of Pasadena, will host Pasadena's third annual NCOD celebration with a full week of events throughout San Gabriel Valley. Festivities include a week long art show at the Armory Center for the Arts, a festival and a comedy show at the Ice House. Contact: Mitch Braiman (818)545-4661. Sacramento - A streetfest, rally and dance are planned this year in anticipation of NCOD '96, a Statewide California event that will focus on elections next year. Contact: Fred Palmer Magazine (916) 329-9800 San Diego - PROGRESS Conference, co-hosted by HRCF, is a meeting of gay, lesbian, and bisexual employee groups. They will meet to discuss issues facing gays in the workplace. Elizabeth Birch, HRCF Executive Director, is keynote. Contact: Garrett Hicks (818) 560-8121. San Francisco - The First Annual S National Coming Out Day Celebration will be held on Friday, 10/13. The event will include a benefit dance party and a Federal Club reception with Dan Butler. Page Hodel will be the DJ and OUTwear dance models will perform among others. Contact: Chris Ruetz (415) 947-4015. Colorado- Denver - At the University of Denver a town hall and Federal Club event are planned in Denver Oct. 9th with Candace Gingrich. Other events all week in Denver. Contact: Patrick Wellage (303) 871-8483 Denver - Denver PFLAG will sponsor personal coming out stories, three to four religious programs throughout the month and a dinner. Contact: Tim Wilson (303) 777-3602. Boulder- The University of Colorado will host Candace Gingrich on Oct. 9th. Other awareness events planned. Contact: Patrick Wellage (303) 871-8483 Connecticut-- Cromwell - Metroline, the G/L/B/T magazine for Connecticut, western Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and metropolitan New York, is sponsoring a National Coming Out Day Ball. There will be entertainment, dancing, a silent auction, and info tables. HRCF senior policy advocate Nancy Buermeyer will speak at the event. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Proceeds to benefit local G/L groups as well as HRCF. Contact: (203) 278-6666 Stores - The University of Connecticut at Store's BiGALA Association will host a week of activities including information tables, and NCOD merchandise for sale. There will also be jeans day, a lecture with local activist Eddie Gallo, a book table and film festival put on by the Women's Center, coffeehouses, and multi-cultural activities throughout October. Contact: Ed Eggleton (203)486-3679. District Of Columbia-- American University - B-Glad will recognize October as Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual History Month and will be holding events around NCOD. Contact: Allan Hersker (202) 885-3347 DC Gay and Lesbian Film Festival sponsored by One in Ten.Contact: Barry Becker: (202) 986-1119 Florida-- Pensacola - The University of West Florida will be viewing films,holding a roundtable discussion about religion, social events and coverage in the school newspaper. Contact: Cargos Dewes (904) 474-2923. or in Pensacola Andy Anderson with the local newspaper at(904) 492-2693. Georgia-- Athens - The University of Georgia will host a multitude of activities including a march on campus, a bake sale, an info table, closet door to walk through and a party at Boneshaker's. Contact: Alan Dowell (706) 546-7281. Atlanta - Outright Bookstore and Emory University will sponsor Urvashi Vaid signing her new book, Virtual Equality, at Emory University in Cox HallRoom #4. Contact: Philip Rafshoon (404) 607-0082 or Emory G/L/B Life (404)727-2136. Atlanta - The Eighth Annual Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, "Out On Film" at Phipps Plaza and Plaza Theater from October 11-15. Over 3,000 are expected to attend. Opening night reception Oct. 11th. Contact: (404) 733-6112. Hawaii-- Honolulu - The University of Honolulu Task Force on Sexual Orientation will sponsor a panel on same sex marriage, tables and displays by community groups, entertainment, and Mable Maney, lesbian author, will speak. Contact: Renee Arakaki (808) 956-9250. Illinois-- Bloomington - During the week of NCOD the play "Well of Horniness" will be shown. Gay student pride events at the University of Illinois. On 10/11 there will be a downtown open market with G/L/B businesses. Contact: Once Upon A Time Bookstore Indiana-- Bloomington - The University of Indiana will host a series of events planned around NCOD. Contact Ben Bryan at OUT (812) 855-5688. The campus G/L/B Center will celebrate it's one year anniversary on 10/11. Contact: (812)855-4252. LaFayette - Perdue University will host a series of events for NCOD. Contact: Rich Morris (317) 429-5240 Muncie - Ball State University is planning a week of events around NCOD and the theme "Love Makes a Family". Contact: Kerry Poytner (317)28L-BGSA. Massachusetts-- Cambridge - The Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, the first high school on the east coast to recognize the needs of G/L/B/T students, is having speakers and activities, discussion in homeroom, and everyone will be encouraged to wear pink triangles in support of NCOD. Contact: Al Fierreira (508) 342-4264 Michigan- Ann Arbor - The University of Michigan will host a week of activities including Ani DiFranco, Lynn Lavner, a NCOD Variety Show, a rally on NCOD,lectures on: growing up in the South and sexual orientation. A faculty association meeting, community celebration, a social at Club Fabulous and a dance are also planned. Contact: Ken Blowchowski (313) 764-1812 Detroit - Wayne State University will have it's second annual luncheon with faculty, staff, students, and alumni featuring the topic "We Are Not Your Enemy" with a speaker from P-FLAG. In the evening there will be a Speak-Out, an open forum for people to express their view points. Contact: Lynne Rensburg (313) 577-3938. East Lansing - Michigan State University Alliance of LGBT Students will host a campus wide panel of students, parents, and gay leaders and an evening dance. Contact: Maggie Rody (517) 353-9795. Ypsilanti - East Michigan University will host a week of events including a minister talking about homophobia and religion and panels on the process of coming out. Contact: Kim Hart (810)487-4149. Minnesota-- Minneapolis- Univ of Minnesota will be hosting a week of events including Pyschotherapist/Comedian Donna Dimenna, and a play with Kim Hines. A door will be set up on campus for people to come out, film-maker and activist Dee Mosbacher will speak. There will be a Quarum/luncheon with the G/L Chamber of Conference, an interfaith service, an employee network luncheon focused oncoming out in the workplace, a Queer cabaret at UM St. Paul. A showing of "Strawberry and Chocolate", a homecoming parade, an alumni G/L/B/T brunch, an AIDS fundraiser with Magic Johnson, a Lambda, Delta, Phi fraternity party and an NGLTF & HRCF organizing meeting are also planned. Contact: Beth Zimski (612) 626- 9765. Missouri-- Kansas City - The Human Rights Project and the Lesbian and Gay Community Center will host a visibility event, "Coming Out into Shopping", in the Westport area. There will also be an Inter-generational Dance and Speak Out at Trinity Unitarian Methodist Church. Contact: Lois Reborne (816) 435-4814. Rolla - University of Missouri will have a speaker and a dance. Contact: Toni Scott (314) 341-6456. Nebraska-- Omaha - Citizens for Equal Protection will host a NCOD event at the Civic Auditorium with Candace Gingrich, A silent auction will be held with items from Melissa Etheridge and local artists. Contact: Patrick Bruny (402)894-4292 or Lori Graesser at (402) 346-1132 Nevada-- Las Vegas - Las Vegas will host Candace Gingrich, HRCF National Coming Out Project Spokesperson at a town meeting on October 12. Contact: Lee Plotkin at (702)379-2277 Las Vegas - The University of Nevada at Las Vegas will sponsor a Splashdown '95 at The Wild World Theme Park for Pride/NCOD. This will kick off a week of activities through the 6th. NOW will host a visibility march with workshops on community, safer sex, and other issues. Contact: Joel at (702) 871-0233. New Hampshire--Hanover - Dartmouth Rainbow Alliance of Dartmouth College will host a speaker, a panel discussion, and a dance. Contact: Bart Bingenheimer (603)646-3635 or 3636. New Jersey-- Holmdel - New Jersey Pride will be hosting the second annual Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Cultural Heritage Fest at the Garden State Arts Center. There will be a marketplace, community stage, art exhibit, a display of panels from the Names Project Quilt, History/Herstory exhibit and several workshops. Contact: Susan Meneham (908) 531-6259. Princeton - Princeton University GLBA will sponsor Gay jeans day, rally, and dance. Contact: Jennifer Handler (609)258-1353 Wayne - William Patterson College's Coalition of Lesbians and Gays will have a literature table set-up with NCOD merchandise available. Contact:Regina Kozak (201) 595-2518. New Mexico-- Santa Fe - AM 1260, KVSF, will feature coming out in their weekly talk radio show, "Out Loud and Proud". There will also be an ad in the local paper for all those wishing to be out. Contact: Lynn Shepodd (905) 989-6672. New York-- Jackson Heights - Queens G/L United will have a coming out panel for youth and senior citizens entitled "Taking Your Next Step". This will be a support group atmosphere with a follow-up in six months. Contact: John (718)205-6605 Long Island - Pride Coalition of Long Island is sponsoring "Pride Across Long Island". Contact: (516) 378-8280 New York City - NETGala, an association of G/L/B/T alumni will host their national conference at the L/G Community Center - "The Center" on 10/14 at 9:30 a.m. HRCF senior policy advocate Winnie Stachleberg will be speaking. Contact David White (202) 624-6911 New York City - New York University. Winnie Stachleberg, HRCF's Senior Policy Advocate, will be speaking to the NYU Law School students.Contact: Frank Butler (800) 866-NCOD. Oswego - SUNY Oswego's BiGALA will host a week of events including movies, a speaker from the Empire Pride Agenda, an awareness booth, commedianne Emmy Gay, "Jeffrey" produced by the theater department, Dr. Jim Sears speaking on racism, sexism and homophobia, and a formal. Contact: Michael Richert (315)341-2955. North Carolina-- Chapel Hill - University of North Carolina Chapel Hill B-GLAD will host an Outreach with people speaking in dorms, classes and in front of the Student Union. Contact: Dale Kawamura (919) 962-4401 Charlotte - OUT Charlotte '95, a cultural festival celebrating the L/G/B/T Community, will be held from October 11-15. Throughout the week there will be art shows, dinners, speakers (including Margerethe Cammermeyer), a film festival, concerts, workshops, dances, sports and much more. Contact: Dan Kirsch (704) 563-2699. Oregon-- Portland - Rally at Pioneer Place with local community leaders, and entertainment. Contact: Susan Allen (503) 241-7921 Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia - Diversity of Pride will host a block party called OUTFEST '95 on October 9th, anticipating six to seven thousand people. It will be held on Camac St. between Walnut and Spruce and will feature booths of restaurants,stores, and organizations. Contact: Chuck Volz (800) WE R, R You?(937-7968). University Park - Penn State LGBSA will hold a week of activities to commemorate NCOD, including education seminars. October will be celebrated as G/L/B/T history month with speakers, entertainers, and a film festival. Contact:Dennis Biancuzzo (814) 949-5852 Rhode Island-- Providence - Johnson Wells University will host University Pride Week. Events include a homophobia workshop, a dance, and a booth. South Carolina-- Greenville - A downtown celebration with music, food tables involving the MCC Church, NOW and other organizations. Contact: David Mariner(803) 242-6713 Texas-- Dallas - On Sunday, October 8th, at the State Fair of Texas 1500 gays, lesbians and friends are expected to participate at a "Family Outing" from 10am-8pm. Candace Gingrich and other entertainers and dignitaries will be featured.Contact: Susan Gore or Jim McBride (214) 522 -5533 Dallas - An NCOD ad in The Dallas Morning News will appear for the second year in a row. The ad will list those in the Dallas community who are speaking out against discrimination against gays and lesbians and for basic fairness. Contact: Susan Gore or Jim McBride (214) 522 -5533 Houston - The University of Houston GLOBAL will host a week of events including a panel of Houston independent school district counselors speaking on gays students in public schools. A forum on youth political action with Dianne Hardy-Garcia, workshops, the second annual Triangle Ball and other events are planned. Contact: Richard Parent (713) 743-7690 Vermont -- Burlington - The University of Vermont will sponsor events. Contact: Emina McCormick (802) 656-0607. Washington-- Tacoma - The Tacoma Community Center will host a week of events including a Family Festival lunch in the park with music and families, bowling and roller skating, and a dinner at the University of Puget Sound with activist/speaker/author Ann Northrop. Contact: Allisson Hoffman (206) 383-2565. West Virginia-- Charleston - The Charleston Chapter of the West Virginia Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights will have social fundraisers to place billboards throughout the city proclaiming "Gay and Straight West Virginians United" for NCOD. Contact: Barbara Steinke (304) 344-0288 Wisconsin-- Madison - The University of Wisconsin will host Candace Gingrich October 3. Coordinated by 10 Percent Society, GLUMA, LGBI Campus Center. Contact: Univ of Wisconsin LGBI (608) 262-7365 or David Wilcos at (608) 256-5017. Milwaukee - The Human Rights League will host a plethora of events including a reception of lesbian black women at the International Policewomen's conference, several forums, a reception for public officials, a community dance and Candace Gingrich will be speaking on October 4th. Contact: Gary Hollander (414) 352-7382. For more information e-mail us at: NCOD@HRCUSA.ORG or call: 800-866-NCOD - 30 - 1101 14th Street, NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20005 phone:(202)628-4160 fax:(202) 347-5323