Subject: [iyf] GenderPAC Announces Dana Rivers at Creating Change
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 19:51:05 -0500
From: owner-iyf-online@gpac.org

		**GENDERPAC NEWS RELEASE**

DANA RIVERS AT CREATING CHANGE RECEPTION 
THIS THURSDAY (NOV 11)!

Dana Rivers, the award-winning Sacramento High School 
teacher who was fired from her job this fall after 
right-wing pressure on her local school board, will 
be the featured guest at a reception at Creating 
Change this Thursday, November 11, in Oakland, CA. 
The Conference is a yearly event held by the National 
Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) and draws thousands 
of activists from across the US.

	Said Ms. Rivers, "I'm looking forward to meeting 
people and brainstorming what we can do to help push 
the movement for gender rights to the top of the 
national agenda so what happened to me doesn't happen 
to the next person."

	Rivers drew national attention from 'Good Morning 
America,' the New York Times, Time Magazine, and People 
after she transitioned on the job and was subsequently 
targeted by the Pacific Justice Institute, a conservative 
group that helped engineer her suspension by the local 
school board. The community rallied behind her, though, 
with students, parents, and concerned citizens, and even 
a local radio station holding rallies on her behalf. Her 
case is currently in litigation.

	GenderPAC's Gina Reiss, who announced the event added, 
"Gender-based oppression and violence will be a major focus 
at this year's Creating Change. We think no one better 
exemplifies the struggle for gender civil rights than Dana 
Rivers. We're proud that she's agreed to do this event with 
us."

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