From: owner-dads-yard-digest@smoe.org (dads-yard-digest) To: dads-yard-digest@smoe.org Subject: dads-yard-digest V4 #41 Reply-To: dads-yard@smoe.org Sender: owner-dads-yard-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-dads-yard-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk dads-yard-digest Saturday, April 13 2002 Volume 04 : Number 041 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [dads-yard] Boston Music Awards [Nursegrrl8@aol.com] [dads-yard] Fwd: HRC News: NCOP LAUNCHES 2002 THEME: 'BEING OUT ROCKS' [-] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:34:18 EDT From: Nursegrrl8@aol.com Subject: [dads-yard] Boston Music Awards Catie won last night for indie song - Kiss that counted. Congrats! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:19:41 -0400 From: - Deb - Subject: [dads-yard] Fwd: HRC News: NCOP LAUNCHES 2002 THEME: 'BEING OUT ROCKS' >Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 12:49:44 -0400 >From: Wayne Besen >To: HRC-NEWS@LISTS.HRC.ORG > >________________________________________________________ > >NEWS from the >Human Rights Campaign > >919 18th Street, NW, Suite 800 >Washington, DC 20006 >email: hrc@hrc.org >http://www.hrc.org >____________________________________________________ > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >Friday, April 12, 2002 > >Contact: David M. Smith >Phone: (202) 216-1547 >Pager: (800) 386-5996 > >Contact: Wayne Besen >Phone: (202) 216-1580 >Pager: (800) 386-5997 > >HRC FOUNDATION'S NATIONAL COMING OUT PROJECT LAUNCHES 2002 THEME: 'BEING OUT >ROCKS' > >Well-Known Out Musicians, Including Melissa Etheridge, k.d. lang and Michael >Stipe, Help Promote Living Honestly > >WASHINGTON - "Being Out Rocks" - celebrating openly gay, lesbian, bisexual >and transgender musicians - is the theme for this year's National Coming Out >Project, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation announced today. > Melissa Etheridge, Ani DiFranco, the Indigo Girls, k.d. lang, >Michael Stipe and RuPaul are among the 19 openly gay, lesbian, bisexual or >transgender musicians who have lent their names to a poster heralding the >2002 theme. The poster's tag line is, "You may feel like just a face in the >crowd but coming out as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender makes you a >star!" > "Coming out to the world was one of the most freeing events in my >life, and I'm proud to support HRC's National Coming Out Project and >National Coming Out Day," said Grammy award-winning artist Melissa >Etheridge. "I hope that efforts such as this one will help teen-agers feel >that they can be themselves and not worry that their sexual orientation may >be made an obstacle to their success." > Other artists who signed their names to HRC's "Being Out Rocks" >poster are: The Butchies, Catie Curtis, Lea Delaria, Jade Esteban Estrada, >Janis Ian, Lisa Koch, Bob Mould, Chuck Panozzo, Pet Shop Boys, SONiA, Suede, >Rufus Wainwright and Cris Williamson. The poster, which will be distributed >nationwide, can be downloaded by visiting the National Coming Out Project on >HRC's website at www.hrc.org/ncop. >National Coming Out Day is celebrated every Oct. 11, marking the anniversary >of the 1987 march on Washington for gay and lesbian equality. Each year >since, thousands of GLBT people and allies have celebrated National Coming >Out Day in schools, churches and businesses nationwide through workshops, >speak-outs, rallies and other events aimed at showing the public that GLBT >people are everywhere. HRC's National Coming Out Project supports these >events by providing event ideas, materials and themes. > "We have long recognized the power of public figures to inspire and >influence the general public," said Candace Gingrich, HRC's National Coming >Out Project manager. "This year, we are especially excited by the great >number of respected artists who have lent their names to our efforts. All of >them are tremendous role models for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender >Americans, showing that you can live an out, open and successful life." > Among the other celebrities who have supported HRC's National Coming >Out Project in the past are: Olympic champion diver Greg Louganis and actors >Mitchell Anderson, Amanda Bearse and Dan Butler. Betty DeGeneres, author and >mother of comedian Ellen DeGeneres, became the first straight spokesperson >in 1997. Gingrich became a spokesperson in 1995, shortly after her brother >Newt Gingrich became speaker of the House. >The National Coming Out Project is operated by the Human Rights Campaign >Foundation, the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign. For more >information on National Coming Out Day, call 1-800-866-NCOD or visit >www.hrc.org/ncop . >The Human Rights Campaign is the nation's largest national lesbian and gay >political organization with members throughout the country. HRC effectively >lobbies Congress, provides campaign support and educates the public to >ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans can be open, >honest and safe at home, at work and in the community. > >-30- ------------------------------ End of dads-yard-digest V4 #41 ******************************