NATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN TASK FORCE- PRESS RELEASE

From Ron.DeVrou@f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org
     Program Assistant NGLTF


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  	CONTACT: Robert Bray, (202) 332-6483
                                 Ron.DeVrou@f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org

ROCKERS, POLS OPPOSE ANTI-GAY DISCRIMINATION:

NIRVANA, JOAN JETT SUPPORT CRACKER BARREL PROTEST;
WASHINGTON STATE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE SIGNS
MILITARY DISCRIMINATION PETITION

	Washington, D.C., April 16, 1992...Dave Grohl, drummer for the triple-platinum
hardrock band, Nirvana, and veteran rocker Joan Jett signed a National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) Policy Institute petition against the Cracker Barrel
Old Country Store.  Cracker Barrel last year announced an anti-gay personnel
policy and has fired employees simply for being lesbian or gay.

	The two rock celebrities signed on to the petition at a benefit concert held in
Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1992, for the National Organization for Women's
March for Women's Lives.  The benefit also featured the punk band Fugazi, and
included the all-female punk bands, L7 and Scrawl.

	Positive Force, a progressive group that organized the benefit, invited NGLTF
to set up a table of information in the performance venue.  David Thorpe, NGLTF
intern, staffed the table and reported that Jett, dressed in black leather, read
and eagerly signed the Cracker Barrel petition.  Grohl also signed the petition
during the gig.

	According to the April 16 issue of Rolling Stone, members of Nirvana have a
history of rejecting the homophobic attitudes of their rural hometown, Aberdeen,
Wash.  Married lead-singer Kurt Cobain was arrested in 1985 for writing
"HOMOSEXUAL SEX RULES" on a local bank.  Cobain kissed bassist Chris Novoselic
on the lips at the end of a recent Saturday Night Live performance.

	Nirvana's latest album, "Nevermind," with its popular single, "Smells Like Teen
Spirit," has sold more than three million copies and bumped Michael Jackson's
"Dangerous" album from the top spot on the Billboard charts.

	Meanwhile, another public figure from Washington State recently showed his
support for gay and lesbian rights. Joe King, gubernatorial candidate and
current Speaker of the House of the Washington State Legislature, signed an
NGLTF petition calling on President Bush to rescind the Department of Defense
policy that excludes lesbians and gays from the military.

	For copies of the Cracker Barrel and military petitions, contact NGLTF at 1734
14th St. NW, Washington, D.C., 20009, (202)332-6483.

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