PFLAG / THE LA EVENT to Honor RYAN MURPHY and THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT Director LISA CHOLODENKO

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Sep 28, 2010, 11:43 ET

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG):

WHAT:	PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) National will join with entertainment industry leaders to honor and celebrate the work of Ryan Murphy (Creator/Executive Producer, GLEE) and Lisa Cholodenko (Writer/Director, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT). Evening will be emceed by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet of MODERN FAMILY, and will feature appearances by GLEE’s Jane Lynch, NCIS star Pauley Perrette, Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black (screenwriter, MILK) and a live performance from Grammy-winning musical artist Nelly Furtado.

WHO:	Honoree Ryan Murphy (CREATOR, GLEE & NIP/TUCK; director of EAT PRAY LOVE), Honoree Lisa Cholodenko (Director, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT), Jane Lynch (GLEE), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (MODERN FAMILY), Eric Stonestreet (MODERN FAMILY), Grammy-Winner Nelly Furtado, Pauley Perrette (NCIS), Dustin Lance Black (Oscar™ winner, MILK), Bryan Singer (X-MEN), Laurence Fishburne (CSI), Marlee Matlin (CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD), Adam Shankman (SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE), Ed Harris and Amy Madigan, Erin Cummings (DETROIT 187), Jonathan Silverman, Jennifer Finnigan, Levar Burton, more to come…

WHEN:	FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010

	6:00 pm	Press Check-In

	6:30 pm	Red Carpet Arrivals/VIP Reception

	7:30 pm	Reception
	8:00 pm	Award Presentation

WHERE:	London West Hollywood
	1020 North San Vicente Boulevard
	West Hollywood, CA 90069-3802

Press Requests: Via e-mail to Liz Owen: [email protected]

We invite you to submit talent via e-mail to Jean-Marie Navetta: [email protected]

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is the nation’s foremost family-based organization committed to the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. Founded in 1973 by mothers and fathers, PFLAG has 200,000 members and supporters in more than 250 chapters throughout the United States. To learn more, please visit www.pflag.org.

SOURCE Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)