FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 CONTACT: Brad Luna, Luna Media Group brad@lunamediagroup.

com, 202-812-8140 (cell)

**MEDIA ADVISORY** Founder of National Org Working to Ban LGBT Workplace Discrimination to Testify at Congressional Briefing Tomorrow
Freedom to Work Founder Tico Almeida Among 5 Speakers to Call on Obama to Sign EO Prohibiting Workplace Discrimination
WASHINGTON, DC Tomorrow, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) will host a Congressional briefing on sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in the workplace and the steps that can be taken to prevent it. Five national leaders of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) non-discrimination movement, including Freedom to Work Founder and President Tico Almeida, will discuss the urgency of preventing workplace discrimination based on an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity an issue that is quickly gaining public support for swift government action. Along with Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) and Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA), Pallone is circulating a letter to President Obama calling on him to sign an executive order that would prohibit federal contractors from discrimination in the workplace. View Freedom to Work's online petition with more than 100,000 signatures urging President Obama to sign an executive order adding workplace protections here. WHO: Tico Almeida, President and Founder of Freedom to Work, is among five leaders of the LGBT non-discrimination movement who will discuss sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in the workplace. Additional speakers include: Nan D. Hunter, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and Legal Scholarship Director at Williams Institute; Jeff Krehely, Vice President for LGBT Progress at Center for American Progress; Deborah Vagins, Senior Legislative Counsel at American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); and Brian Moulton, Legal Director at Human Rights Campaign WHAT: The Congressional briefing on workplace discrimination among LGBT employees will provide information on why an executive order from President Obama is needed and on the impact of the order on advancing LGBT equality. WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2218 (Independence Ave. and S. Capitol St. Washington, DC 20003)

WHEN: Thursday, March 29 from 11 a.m. noon

For more information, please contact Brad Luna at brad@lunamediagroup.com or 202-812-8140. ### For more information on Freedom to Work, please visit: http://www.freedomtowork.org/. Freedom to Work is a national organization committed to banning workplace harassment and career discrimination against lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender Americans through public education, policy analysis and legal work.