For Immediate Release

Media Contact: Justin Burke - 213.201.1525

EMAIL:jburke@apla.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2000

POST ELECTION FORUM AT AIDS PROJECT LOS ANGELES ON MARCH 14

FIND OUT HOW ELECTION RESULTS IMPACT HIV/AIDS, GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITIES

Los Angeles -- The ACLU-SC Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), the California Alliance for Pride and Equality (CAPE), the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the Stonewall Democratic Club will co-sponsor a post election forum on Tuesday, March 14, 2000 at 7 PM at APLA, 1313 N. Vine Street in Hollywood. The forum is free and open to the public.

Herb K. Schultz, Director of Government Affairs at APLA, will moderate a panel that includes Gwenn Baldwin, Executive Director of the LA Gay & Lesbian Center, Eric Bauman, President of the Stonewall Democratic Club, Jean Harris, Executive Director of CAPE, and Jenny Pizer, Managing Attorney for the Western Regional Office of Lambda.

The forum is intended to assess the impact of the March 7th elections upon the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV/AIDS communities here in Los Angeles and statewide. We will be focusing particular attention on the outcome of Proposition 22, the Knight Initiative, in addition to an analysis of crucial national and state races and their impacts upon the LGBT and HIV/AIDS communities.

AIDS Project Los Angeles, a non-profit community-based organization, provides direct services to more than 8,000 women and children living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County. Services include a food bank, professional dental care, housing assistance, child care, transportation, mental health counseling, case management, home health care and Adult and Child Buddy support. APLA also provides extensive treatment and prevention education and advocacy on local, state and federal AIDS-related legislation.