NPC Newsmaker: GLAAD CEO to Discuss Gay Rights After High Court Decision

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Jun 18, 2015, 05:47 ET

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis will discuss the future of the gay rights movement after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, to be handed down by the end of the month, at a National Press Club Newsmakers News Conference on Monday, June 22 at noon.

Ms. Ellis will also provide a picture of the current landscape and of what might happen if the court rules against the plaintiff.

Ms. Ellis has been GLAAD president and CEO since January 2014. She is an award-winning media executive and communications strategist who has led programming to spotlight the diversity of the LGBT community. GLAAD is the country's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media advocacy organization.

This NPC Newsmakers news conference is scheduled for Monday, June 22 at noon in the Press Club's Zenger Room, on the 13^th Floor of the National Press Building at 529 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C.

Like all Newsmakers events, this news conference is open to credentialed media and NPC members, free of charge. No advance registration is required.

Contact Info: Keith Hill, Newsmaker event host ([email protected])
Herb Perone, NPC Newsmakers Chairman, 301-512-7636, [email protected]

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SOURCE National Press Club