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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Streisand to receive humanitarian honour for gay rights efforts
October 15, 2003
LOS ANGELES — Barbra Streisand will receive a Human Rights Campaign (HRC award for
her support of gay and lesbian issues, religious freedom, and
racial and gender equality.
The group, which lobbies on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual and
trans-gender people, will present Streisand with its Humanitarian
Award on March 6.
The gay and lesbian "community and the nation have been enriched
by Ms. Streisand," said Elizabeth Birch, the group's executive
director. "Her passion and leadership are important to all
Americans."
The group said Streisand, 61, took a stand against an
anti-gay-rights proposal in Colorado in 1992 and has been a regular
financial contributor to the Human Rights Campaign and other gay
and lesbian organizations.
Also being honored are Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, executive
producers of Academy Award best-picture winner "Chicago." The Human
Rights Campaign is giving Zadan and Meron its corporate award for
their work on projects that positively portray gay and lesbian
characters, including the TV movies "Serving in Silence: The
Margarethe Cammermeyer Story" and "What Makes a Family." –Sapa-AP
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