SAG Holds First East Coast Meeting of LGBT Caucus

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The first meeting of the Screen Actors Guild 's new Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Actors Caucus has been scheduled for April 11, 2007 in New York.

The caucus' first Hollywood division meeting on Feb. 20, 2007 was attended by almost 100 LGBT members and supporters, according to SAG.

The caucus hopes to educate SAG members and others about LGBT issues, including discimination in the workplace.

The caucus is headed by veteran TV actor/comedian Jason Stuart.

John Eggerton
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Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.