From: Date: Fri, 4 Nov 1994 17:53:06 -0500 Subject: Press Conference to Kick Off Creating Change ************************************************* National Gay and Lesbian Task Force MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Robert Bray (415) 552-6448 until 11/6 (214)922-8000 Beth Barrett (202) 332-6483 ext. 3215 2320 17th Street NW Washington, DC 200009 ************************************************* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 4, 1994 PRESS CONFERENCE TO KICK OFF MAJOR GAY MOVEMENT GATHERING IN DALLAS CREATING CHANGE EVENT ATTRACTS NATIONAL ACTIVISTS IN WAKE OF KEY VOTES ON GAY RIGHTS A press conference featuring noted Texas and national gay civil rights figures will kick off the 1994 Creating Change Conference in Dallas, Texas, site of the gathering of hundreds of leading gay, lesbian and bisexual activists. The press conference will be held on Friday, Nov. 11, 12:30 p.m., at the Southland Center Hotel, 400 N. Olive St., in downtown Dallas. The Creating Change conference, sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, is the preeminent gathering of the gay and lesbian movement. Scheduled to appear at the press conference are: -- Peri Jude Radecic, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force director of public policy; -- Glen Maxey, member, Texas House of Representatives and first openly gay elected official in the State of Texas; -- Dr. Mel White, Dean of Texas' Cathedral of Hope, the largest gay/lesbian church in the world; and former speechwriter for Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell; -- Julie Davis and Dianne Sands, directors of campaign to defeat anti-gay initiatives in Oregon and Idaho; -- Sheila James Kuehl, front-runner candidate for the California State Assembly; if elected, she will be the first open gay or lesbian to ever serve in the California legislature; -- Dianne Hardy-Garcia, executive director, Lesbian and Gay Rights Lobby of Texas; -- Craig McDaniel, Dallas City Council member, will present a "special recognition." For more information, contact Robert Bray at the Southland Hotel after Monday, Nov. 7, (214)922-8000; for press credentials contact Beth Barrett, (202)332-6483, ext. 3215. -end-