From: Date: Fri, 02 Sep 94 16:47:36 EDT Subject: Workplace Conference Media Advisory NATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN TASK FORCE POLICY INSTITUTE NEWS RELEASE Contact: Betsy Gressler, 202-332-6483, ext. 3306 COLORADO TO HOST FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL WORKPLACE ISSUES WHAT: "Out & Equal in the 90s," fourth annual conference on workplace issues impacting the gay, lesbian and bisexual community. The event will feature nearly 50 sessions that cover workplace issues for corporations, small businesses, labor unions, public employment, and non-profit agencies. Topics include: --Empowerment in Government Employment --Organizing An Employee Resource Group --Sexual Orientation Issues in the Labor Movement --Strategies for Acquiring Domestic Partnership Benefits -- Influencing the Company's Bottom Line with Lavender Money Human Resource Institute, a one-day intensive for employee assistance counselors, equal employment opportunity managers, diversity trainers and other HR professionals, will follow the conference. WHO: The conference is sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute (NGLTF), the nation's oldest gay and lesbian political advocacy group, based in Washington, DC. Co-sponsors for the event are Priority Pharmacy, the Gill Foundation, and James C. Hormel. A local host committee, Colorado Working It Out in the Rockies, includes individuals and employee groups from AT&T, U.S. WEST, Norwest Bank and other companies which are assisting in the conference organizing. WHEN: "Out & Equal in the 90s" conference will be held October 15 and 16, 1994. The Human Resource Institute will be held October 17. WHERE: Radisson Hotel Denver, Colorado ETC: --Anya Palmer, a representative of Stonewall/London, will present a nationwide study on workplace discrimination in the United Kingdom --Amelia Craig, an employment attorney at Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, will discuss same-gender marriage and its link to domestic partner policies --Members of 50 gay/lesbian/bisexual employee groups will participate from the following fields: banking/finance, high-tech industries, telecommunications, educational institutions, non-profits and labor unions. --Lesbian comedian Karen Williams will perform in concert Saturday, Oct. 15 and will present a workshop, "Getting Through Your Day with Humor Intact." For registration information, call (303) 538-4318 or (202) 332-6483, ext. 3361. For other conference information, contact Betsy Gressler, NGLTF Organizing Director, (202) 332-6483, ext. 3306. --end--