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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
July 21, 2014 Joseph Rendeiro
(202) 776-1566
jrendeiro@nclr.org
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Award-winning actor, producer and activist Dan Guerrero was recognized as this year’s honoree at NCLR’s (National Council of La Raza) annual LGBT reception during the 2014 NCLR Annual Conference in Los Angeles. A Night OUT with NCLR: Celebrating LGBT Champions and Allies was presented by Prudential Financial and sponsored by AT&T, Hilton Worldwide and American Airlines. NCLR Board member and previous honoree Catherine Pino was on hand to recognize Guerrero for his advocacy efforts on behalf of the LGBT community, as well as his work to bring more positive Latino images to the screen as a casting director, writer and producer of diverse network and cable television programming.
“My career has been a blessing, allowing me to pursue my passion for the arts and create space to uplift the voices of LGBT Latinos so that the arts can continue to be a vehicle for social change,” said Guerrero. “I am humbled and honored to receive this award, and proud to be associated with an organization like NCLR, which has invested so deeply in advancing the lives of Latinos, including our LGBT hermanos y hermanas.”
In 2006 Guerrero premiered his critically acclaimed autobiographical play, ¡Gaytino!, which looks at the interconnection of his dual identities as part of both the Latino and the LGBT communities. The play has received fantastic reviews as he has performed it across the country at venues in Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C. He also began teaching a course, “Gaytino: Performance and the Power of One,” at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was recently appointed as UCLA Regents’ Lecturer for the 2014–2015 school year in both the LGBT and Chicano Studies departments.
“For decades, Dan Guerrero has pushed to acknowledge and celebrate both Latino and LGBT culture on stage and on television, shining the spotlight on the diverse talent that is often overlooked within both communities,” said Janet Murguía, President and CEO of NCLR. “We’re proud to recognize Dan not only for his remarkable career in entertainment, but also for his activism and outspoken support of LGBT rights.”
NCLR—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—works to improve opportunities for Latinos. For more information on NCLR, please visit www.nclr.org, or follow along on Facebook and Twitter.
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