Date: Thu, 26 Feb 98 10:19:28 -0400 From: ngltf Subject: Out and Equal Conference, April 17-19 **************************************************************** NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE ANNOUNCEMENT Contact: http://www.outnequal.org Call 1-888-924-4646 **************************************************************** The 6th National OUT & EQUAL Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Rochester on April 17-19, 1998. This national conference on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) workplace draws several hundred participants and is being held in the Eastern United States for the first time. National speakers will present discussions and workshops on a variety of issues during the three-day conference. The first day, Friday, is an all-day session focusing on LGBT workplace issues for the human resource professional. Topics will include same sex sexual harassment, employment law, benefits discrimination, human resource policies, helping to create awareness for LGBT employees, and learning from PFLAG. Saturday and Sunday of the conference are more directed towards LGBT employees themselves. Topics will include tips for creating and maintaining employee resource groups, working relationships with management, sexual harassment, deaf-gay employees, employment law, employee assistance programs, homophobia and racism, diversity training upgrades, transgender employee issues, overcoming organizational resistance, and learning from PFLAG. There are a number of events taking place during the Out and Equal '98 National Conference, including a performance by popular comic Kate Clinton. This special one-night-only event is open to the general public and is not to be missed. Kate is a self-described "fumorist" (that's feminist + humorist), and has appeared across the country as a stand-up comic. She started her professional stand-up career in 1981 using politics, Catholicism, and her lesbianism to compose a repertoire of topics. Her former one-woman show "Out Is In" played to sold-out crowds in Los Angeles and ran for 3 months off-Broadway. She was part of Comedy Central's "Out There II" stand-up special, and her television appearances include "Arsenio Hall", "Good Morning America", "Nightline", and many others. She hosted "In the Life", a televised gay news-variety show and collaborated on a summer series "The World According to Us" which aired on the Lifetime network. The show will take place on Saturday, April 18th at 8:30pm in the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in downtown Rochester. General admission tickets are $18 in advance ($15 for conference participants) and $25 at the door. Advance sale tickets may be obtained during the conference on Friday and Saturday at the Hyatt. The show will be signed for the hearing impaired. For more information about the conference visit www.outnequal.org or call 1-888-924-4646. _____________________________________________________________________ The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has worked to eliminate prejudice, violence and injustice against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people at the local, state and national level since its inception in 1973. As part of a broader social justice movement for freedom, justice and equality, NGLTF is creating a world that respects and celebrates the diversity of human expression and identity where all people may fully participate in society. _________________________________________ This message was issued by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Media Department. If you have any questions regarding this post, please direct them to one of the contacts at the top of this message If you wish to UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, please send an email with "UNSUBSCRIBE PRESSLIST" in the subject and body of your email message to .