Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 14:24:44 -0400
From: glaad@glaad.org (GLAAD - the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
Subject: ONLINE ACTIVISM 21st-CENTURY-STYLE: 	GLAAD AND DQ TO HOST INNOVATIVE AND
 DISTINGUISHED PANEL DURING MACWORLD

MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1998

Media Contact:
Jennifer Einhorn, GLAAD Director of Communications
phone: (212) 807-1700 x14; pager (888) 656-9045
einhorn@glaad.org

ONLINE ACTIVISM 21st-CENTURY-STYLE:
GLAAD AND DQ TO HOST INNOVATIVE AND DISTINGUISHED PANEL DURING MACWORLD

LESBIAN AND GAY MEDIA ADVOCACY AND INTERNET GROUPS
RE-DEFINE FUTURE OF ACTIVISM AND TECHNOLOGY

WHAT:
A panel: "Public Policy and the Internet: Perspectives for the Lesbian and
Gay Community."  The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and
Digital Queers (DQ) will present a forum on current Internet public policy
issues, examining issues of privacy, censorship, Internet filtering,
profiling and advocacy.  Additional topics will be the nature of the
"online closet" and the impact of the Internet and Silicon Valley upon the
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

A party: GLAAD and DQ will also give special remarks addressing their
shared vision for the future of cyberactivism. Following the panel, the two
groups will host a special party for conference attendees, journalists,
activists and all those interested in the fusion of activism and
technology.

WHO:
Moderator of the "Public Policy and the Internet" panel will be Kara
Swisher, Wall Street Journal  reporter and author of AOL.COM: The Story of
America OnLine

Ann Brick, Staff Counsel, ACLU Northern California
Michael Pohlmann, E*Trade, Vice President
Tom Rielly, CEO, PlanetOut and Co-Founder, DQ
Roseanne Siino, Vice President of Communications, Netscape

WHEN:
Friday, January 8, 1999

Panel 5:30-6:30 PM
Party 7:00-10:00 PM

WHERE:
Both the panel and party will be held at:
Club i,  850 Folsom St., San Francisco  (between 4th and 5th Streets)

HOW:
$20 covers admission to both the panel and party
RSVP to Byron Potts at (323) 658-6775 x24 or via e-mail at potts@glaad.org

WHY:
Both GLAAD and DQ have been committed to ensuring and enriching the lesbian
and gay community's on-line presence and activities.

DQ has been heralded for its mission of spearheading efforts to educate and
equip the lesbian and gay community with computers and on-line
communications.

GLAAD is the nation's sole advocacy group working to promote fair, accurate
and inclusive representations of individuals and events in all media, and
has received national attention from the Internet community since 1997,
when it released the groundbreaking Access Denied, a comprehensive report
on the impact of Internet filtering software on the lesbian and gay
community.

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