From: HRCFCOMM@aol.com Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:30:14 -0400 Subject: House Panel Postpones Hearing on Schools ***************************************************************** 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. ***************************************************************** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, September 29, 1995 HOUSE PANEL AGAIN POSTPONES HEARING ON SCHOOLS -- For Second Time, Subcommittee Delays Forum Sought by Anti-Gay Extremist -- Washington -- Staffers for a House subcommittee today announced a second postponement of a planned hearing on local school efforts to protect young people from AIDS, hate violence, and suicide. The hearing, which had initially been scheduled to occur September 12, had been tentatively rescheduled for October 13. Entitled "Parental Involvement in Social Issues in Education," the taxpayer-funded forum originally had been sought by anti-gay extremist Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition. After the hearing did not appear on the latest edition of the panel's activity report, a majority staffer for the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Economic and Educational Opportunities Committee confirmed that the forum has again been delayed. No new date has been set. The Human Rights Campaign Fund continues encouraging concerned citizens to call their members of Congress at (202) 224-3121 and ask them to urge Subcommittee Chairman Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) for an outright cancellation of the hearing. HRCF's position remains that the hearings cannot be made fair, and should not be held. HRCF is also calling for young people who have experienced anti-gay discrimination and violence in school to send their stories to: Kris Pratt or Rea Carey Human Rights Campaign Fund National Advocacy Coalition 1101 14th Street, NW Ste 200 on Youth and Sexual Orientation Washington, DC 20005 1025 Vermont Ave., NW Ste 200 Phone: (202) 628-4160 Washington, DC 20005 Fax: (202) 347-5323 Phone: (202) 783-4165 ext. 49 Fax: (202) 347-2263 The Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF), the largest national lesbian and gay political organization, works to end discrimination, secure equal rights, and protect the health and safety of all Americans. With a national staff, and volunteers and members throughout the country, HRCF lobbies the federal government on lesbian, gay, and AIDS issues; educates the general public; participates in election campaigns; organizes volunteers; and provides expertise and training at the state and local level. - 30 - 1101 14th Street, NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20005 phone:(202)628-4160 fax:(202) 347-5323