Press Release
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
CONTACT: Guy L. Ranney |
| Monday, September 30 2002 |
PHONE: (314) 353-5157 |
Guess Who's Coming to (the HRC
Gala) Dinner?
Writer/Director John
Waters To Address Annual Event
Candice Gingrich To Speak As Well
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) St. Louis announced today that
writer/director John Waters will be the keynote speaker at HRC's annual Gala
Dinner, Saturday November 9.
Waters is know for directing cult classic films such as
Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble and Polyester while hitting the mainstream with
feature films such as Hairspray, Serial Mom and most recently, Cecil B.
Demented.
"We're thrilled to welcome John Waters to St. Louis as
part of our tenth anniversary of the HRC dinner here locally", said Anthony
Bolden, Dinner Committee Co-Chair. "He's a very interesting and entertaining
individual, and I'm sure our guests will leave with a better understanding of
his work."
Candice Gingrich will also be in attendance. Representing
HRC National in Washington D.C., Candice is the Manager of the National Coming
Out Project, a program designed to promote honesty and openness about gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgendered issues.
HRC will also announce recipients of the St. Louis
Equality Awards, presented to an individual and an organization whose values and
ideas best reflect those of the Human Rights Campaign. This years beneficiaries
are; Franklin McCallie, former principal of Kirkwood High School. Franklin was
instrumental in establishing the Gay/Straight Alliance at Kirkwood High School.
That Uppity Theater, with Joan Lipkin at the helm, is this year's recipient for
as an organization/group. That Uppity Theater is currently chronicling coming
out stories of gay men to be part of a future theater production.
HRC's Gala Dinner will be held Saturday, November 9th, at
Windows off Washington in Downtown St. Louis. The event will begin at 6:30pm
with a cocktail hour and silent auction, with dinner and speaking engagements
starting at 8:00pm, followed by dancing with music by Quintessence.
Tickets may be purchased by calling 1-800-494-8497, or by
logging on to www.boxofficetickets.com
This year's corporate sponsors include: Vital Voice, Bud
Light, IBM, Jerome Group, Botanicals on the Park, and Washington University
School of Medicine.
The Human Rights Campaign, the largest national lesbian
and gay political organization, envisions an America where lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and
can be open, honest and safe at home, at work, and in the community. HRC has
more than 450,000 members, both gay and non-gay, committed to making this vision
of equality a reality.
-30- |