Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 12:08:05 -0400 (EDT) From: A Jay Eddy Subject: LesBiGay GOP CONVENTION NEXT WEEK (fwd) Broward Log Cabin Club of Florida Informational A Jay Eddy ajayeddy@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 17:35:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Log Cabin Republicans Subject: GAY GOP CONVENTION NEXT WEEK NOTE: ALL EVENTS ARE FOR TICKET HOLDERS ONLY. MEMBERS OF PRESS CAN OBTAIN PASSES THROUGH LCR AT 202-347-5306 x12 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kevin Ivers July 18, 1997 (202) 347-5306 X12 GAY REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN DC D'Amato, Kolbe, Top Pundits to Speak (WASHINGTON) The nation's largest gay and lesbian Republican organization will hold a national convention in Washington, D.C., next week, and will feature a range of Republican Members of Congress, top political commentators and prominent gay writers at its events. Log Cabin Republicans will host a series of national meetings from July 23 through 27, culminating in the 1997 LCR National Convention, with hundreds of state and local LCR activists gathering in the nation's capital for political seminars, panel discussions, lobbying on Capitol Hill and major political speeches by authors, activists and Members of Congress. Under the theme of "Building the Big Tent", it will be the largest gathering of gay and lesbian Republican activists ever held. EVENT HIGHLIGHTS: Thursday, July 24 (Reporters Covering Thursday events advised to notify Kevin Ivers at LCR office in advance at 202-347-5306 x12 sothat press kits will be available at events) 9:00am - 12:00pm CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING by GOP Members of Congress 1539 Longworth House Office Bldg. (In order of appearance) Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT), Rep, Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Rep. Sonny Bono (R-CA), Rep. Connie Morella (R-MD), Rep. Rick Lazio (R-NY), Rep. Tom Campbell (R-CA), Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY), Rep. Jim Greenwood (R-PA), Rep. Jon Fox (R-PA) 12:00pm - 5:30pm CONGRESSIONAL LOBBYING VISITS 7:00pm - 9:00pm LCR Lincoln Club (major donor group) dinner Park Hyatt Washington, 24th & M Sts. NW Tivoli Room Featuring award presentation to SENATOR ALFONSE D'AMATO (R-NY) for his leadership on gay rights and AIDS funding. Friday, July 25 7:00pm -- 8:00pm RECEPTION at Capitol Hill Club (RNC reception hall) 300 First St., S.E. Eisenhower Lounge Saturday, July 26 9:00am - 12:00am GENERAL CONVENTION SESSION Park Hyatt Washington -- Hyde Park Room Reports from Log Cabin chapters around the country 12:30pm - 2:00pm AWARDS LUNCHEON Park Hyatt Washington -- Ballroom Featuring address by Michaelangelo Signorile Author of LIFE OUTSIDE The Signorile Report on Gay Men: Sex, Drugs, Muscles and the Passages of Life -- a critique of the gay circcle party culture, and its consequences for gay men 3:30pm - 4:30pm SEMINAR: CARE VS. CURE - THE EMERGING AIDS DEBATE Park Hyatt Washington -- Hyde Park Room Featuring James P. Driscoll, Ph.D., national AIDS policy advisor to Log Cabin AIDS Policy Institute, and LCR executive director Richard Tafel. Analysis of the debate over future of AIDS funding in Congress and the AIDS community, and projectionson the role of upcoming breakthrough drugs. 3:30pm - 4:30pm DEBATE: DO WE NEED GAY RIGHTS LAWS? Park Hyatt Washington -- Hyde Park Room Panelists: Walter Olson, author of The Excuse Factory and critic of civil rights establishment Chai Feldblum, Georgetown University Law professor and leading scholar on gay rights legislation Moderator: Richard Tafel, LCR executive director 4:30pm - 5:30pm PANEL: GAYS AND THE GOP Park Hyatt Washington -- Hyde Park Room Panelists: Charles Cook, The Cook Political Report Doug Bailey, The Hotline Moderator: Richard Tafel, LCR executive director 7:00pm - 10:00pm NATIONAL BANQUET Park Hyatt Washington -- Ballroom Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), openly-gay Member of Congress Keynote address of convention -- Kolbe's first speech before a national gay and lesbian organization Awards presented to: State Rep. Chuck Carpenter (R-OR), openly gay member of Oregon legislature, and Jamie Nabozny, gay youth activist. BACKGROUND Log Cabin Republicans is the nation's largest gay and lesbian Republican organization, with 50+ chapters nationwide. Previous conventions have been held in San Diego (1996), Cincinnati (1995), Los Angeles (1994), Philadelphia (1993), and Houston (1992). The 1997 LCR National Convention will be held at the Park Hyatt Washington at 24th and M Sts., N.W., in Washington, D.C. MEMBERS OF THE PRESS ARE URGED TO OBTAIN PRESS KITS AND PRESS PASSES IN ADVANCE THROUGH LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS AT (202) 347-5306 x12. ##### Log Cabin Republicans Voice: 202/347-5306 E-mail: logcabin@cais.com FAX: 202/347-5224 Home page: http://www.lcr.org