MEDIA ADVISORY
DATE: April 23, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media
Contact:
Hossein Alizadeh 212-430-6016
halizadeh@iglhrc.org
Blue Diamond Society, Nepal's
LGBT Organization,
Receives International Recognition
WHAT:
Blue Diamond Society, Nepal's first and leading LGBT rights organization, will
receive the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)'s
prestigious Felipa de Souza Award for 2007. The award will
be presented at two separate ceremonies on May 1 in New York City and on
May 3 in San Francisco. Sunil Pant, Founder and Director of Blue Diamond
Society, will accept the award on his organization's behalf.
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) will also
present a panel discussion, South Asians Here and There:
A Dialogue About LGBT and Human Rights, featuring Sunil Pant, Founder
and Director of Blue Diamond Society, the 2007 Felipa de Souza Award Recipient.
The panel will be held on April 30 in New York City and on May 2 in San Francisco.
To download a press kit, including our recent exclusive interview
with Sunil Pant, a fact sheet on the LGBT situation in Nepal, and to obtain
a high resolution photo of Sunil, please visit our website: http://www.iglhrc.org/site/iglhrc/section.php?id=40.
If you, or one of your colleagues plan to be in New York City or the San Francisco
Bay area in early May and would like to attend the Felipa de Souza ceremony,
please contact us immediately so that we can arrange for your participation
and for your press credentials.
Felipa de Souza Public Event 2007 – Panel Discussion
WHEN: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
WHERE: Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, 730
Polk Street
WHO: Sunil Pant, Founder and President,
Blue Diamond Society, Dechen Tsering, Program Officer, Asia
and Oceania, Global Fund for Women, Sandip Roy, New America
Media, editor emeritus Trikone Magazine, and
Paula Ettelbrick, Executive Director, IGLHRC, Moderator
A Celebration of Courage 2007 - Awards Ceremony & Cocktail
Reception
WHEN: Thursday, May 3, 2007 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
WHERE: Clift Hotel, 495 Geary Street
WHO: 2007 Felipa de Souza Award Recipient: Blue Diamond
Society
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The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is
a leading human rights organization solely devoted to improving the rights
of people around the world who are targeted for imprisonment, abuse or death
because of their sexuality, gender identity or HIV/AIDS status. IGLHRC addresses
human rights violations by partnering with and supporting activists in countries
around the world, monitoring and documenting human rights abuses, engaging
offending governments, and educating international human rights officials.
A non-profit, non-governmental organization, IGLHRC is based in New
York, with offices in San Francisco and Buenos
Aires. Visit http://www.iglhrc.org for more information.
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