Presenting Sponsor: Cathay Pacific Airways

Golden Dragon Sponsor: Bank of America
Golden Dragon Sponsor: Wells Fargo

Jade Sponsor: Asian Pacific Gays and Friends
Jade Sponsor: AltaMed Health Services
Jade Sponsor: Edison of Southern California

Pearl Sponsor: Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team
Pearl Sponsor: Barangay
Pearl Sponsor: Bienestar
Pearl Sponsor: China Rainbow Association
Peral Sponsor: GAPSN Classics
Pearl Sponsor: The Gas Company
Pearl Sponsor: Gay Vietnamese Alliance
Pearl Sponsor: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center
Pearl Sponsor: Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride, Inc.
Pearl Sponsor: Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles

Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Seungkyu Kim
Deputy Director of the Legal Services Department of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center

Honor: Marcus Hu
Recently named one of the Men of the Century by Genre Magazine, Marcus Hu is Co-President of Strand Releasing, one of the largest releasing companies which focuses mainly on the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. Movies that have been released through Strand include Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, East Palace, West Palace, Macho Dancer, Tongues Untied, Reeds, and Edge of Seventeen. Strand Releasing also recently had the distinction of having a 10-year retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Honor: Morris Kight
Morris Kight was a founder of Christopher Street West, the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, and Stonewall Democrats. Morris Kight was instrumental in helping organize the Asian Pacific Islander gay and lesbian civil-rights movement in Los Angeles over 20 years ago. A tireless crusader, Morris Kight has also served as the Commissioner on the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission since 1980.
A Candid Conversation with Gay Legend Morris Kight

Honor: Honorable Assemblymember, George Nakano
The Honorable Assemblymember George Nakano (53rd District) was the only Assemblymember out of the eight targeted ones who stood up to the conservative radicals and supported AB222, a bill which would have protected gay and lesbian public school students from hate incidents and hate crimes and explicitly prohibited sexual-orientation discrimination. Assemblymember Nakano took this courageous stand despite potential harm to his chances for re-election. In his statement supporting AB222, Nakano likened the prejudice that gay and lesbian students face at school to the type of prejudice he faced in the internment camps during World War II.

Place: Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, 404 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
Time: 6 PM January 8, Saturday, 2000

Honorary Co-Chairs: Barbara Boxer (US Senator)
Honorary Co-Chairs: Diane Feinstein (US Senator)
Honorary Co-Chairs: Henry Waxman (US Representative)
Honorary Co-Chairs: Bill Lockyer (California State Attorney General)
Honorary Co-Chairs: Sheila Kuehl (California Assemblymember)
Honorary Co-Chairs: Carole Migden (California Assemblymember)
Honorary Co-Chairs: Gloria Romero (California Assemblymember)
Honorary Co-Chairs: Tom Hayden (California Senator)
Honorary Co-Chairs: Zev Yaroslavsky (Los Angeles County Supervisor)
Honorary Co-Chairs: Gil Garcetti (Los Angeles County District Attorney)
Honorary Co-Chairs: Jackie Goldberg (Los Angeles City Councilwoman)
Honorary Co-Chairs: Kenneth Hahn (Los Angeles Assessor)
Honorary Co-Chairs: John Heilman (West Hollywood Mayor)
Honorary Co-Chairs: Steve Martin (West Hollywood Councilmember)
Honorary Co-Chairs: Jeffrey Prang (West Hollywood Councilmember)

Performer: Napoleon Lustre
Performer: Alison De La Cruz

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