Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 06:52:44 -0700 (PDT) From: jessea@uclink4.berkeley.edu (Jessea NR Greenman) Subject: more on Des Moines || INTERNS/VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED || UPDATE ON HIV+ TEEN FROM REVILLO, SD || additions to holocaust bibliography || Allen Park MI Board policy leaves out sexual orientation [here's an update on the Des Moines situation, prefaced by these insider comments from an Iowa activist: "It was a long drawn out meeting 18 people spoke -- 16 for queers (& to leave the language as is) 2 against (for the addition of the ADA language). My inside sources say Harold Sandahl (school board member elected by support of [fundamentalist] Bill Horn's group) [may ] back down on pushing to change the languaage." The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project suggest keeping up the calls and letter-writing to Sandahl and others. To contact the Des Moines board about its nondiscrimination policy: The Des Moines Board of Education as of 4/96 consisted of: John Phoenix, President (H) 515-288-0759 Jacquie Easley (W) 515-245-2194 Jane Hein (H) 515-287-2700 Harold Sandahl (H) 515-277-3357 (He is the very unsupportive member who was elected by religious political extremists) Liz Goodwin (H) 515-279-0703 Suzette Jensen (H) 515-266-7908 Laura Sands (H) 515-279-3424 (she's the only sb member who is openly supportive of LGBT individuals) Letters to should be sent to: Board of Education, Central Campus, 1800 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50309. The Des Moines School Board's fax number is 515-242-7579. ] -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- [whoops! i omitted contact information for SIECUS from yesterday's message about this video, so here is the item again, made whole.] Video resource: "Sexuality Education for the 21st Century," a 16 minute video from SIECUS Publications. It costs $9.95, which includes shipping and handling. ALL ORDERS MUST BE PREPAID. It deals with how to teach sex education from elementary through high school and is inclusive of same-sex sexual orientation. SIECUS is the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States. SIECUS, 130 West 42nd Street, Suite 350, New York, NY 10036, tel. 212-819-9770, fax 212-819-9776 Also, Maureen Kelley, the Executive Director of the NH Family Planning Council (NHFPC) writes that "we operate a sexuality education resource center and have used the SIECUS film that you mentioned. It is very helpful with community groups, particularly those who have thought little about the subject. SIECUS is an invaluable resource for those of us who work in the field." -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- [N.B. do NOT contact by email the sender of this message. call, write, or fax as shown in the message below] INTERNS/VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED TO HELP ORGANIZE DISTRIBUTION OF "IT'S ELEMENTARY" Women's Educational Media, the non-profit production company headed by Academy Award winning director Debra Chasnoff, that has produced IT'S ELEMENTARY-Talking About Gay Issues in School, is looking for several people to volunteer or work as unpaid interns. Over the summer we will be organizing events all over the country to release this new documentary. We'll also be beginning production on the next part of our classroom video series aimed at preventing homophobia, RESPECT for ALL. We need help with office administration, errands, database entry, answering the phones. If you are strongly movitated to be part of a project that combats homophobia, have a good sense of humor, and are willing to take on any task, please give us a call. Contact: Ariella Ben-Dov Women's Educational Media 2180 Bryant Street, Suite 203 San Francisco, CA 94110 415 641-4616/phone 415 641-4632/fax ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:52:16 -0700 To: jessea@uclink4.berkeley.edu From: Barry Wick Subject: UPDATE ON HIV+ TEEN FROM REVILLO, SD You might remember some months back about a teenager from Revillo, South Dakota who found out he had AIDS, had unprotected sex with some teenage girls, had a tattoo club, etc. It caused quite a stir around the state. There was a small anti-gay edge on this in South Dakota. Here's an update from one of our South Dakota observers: "Chris Heyden is a HIV positive 15 year old boy from a near by town that has gone public. You may have seen articles about him in the Argus Leader. Anyway he is going to be on the Jenny Jones show. They did a two day show about teens with AIDS. He will be on the second day, June 21st." Barry Wick Free Americans Creating Equal Status of South Dakota, Inc. 13121 South Creekview Road Rapid City, SD 57702-8503 605-343-5577 605-394-8962 fax email: facessd@rapidnet.com ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Two additional books for the holocaust bibliography [thanks to Greg R. Broderick]: Grau, Gunter (u in Gunter has umlaut) ed., _Hidden_Holocaust_?, Gay and Lesbian Persecution in Germany 1933-1945, 1993 (original German edition)/1995 (English translation) Seel, Pierre, _I,_Pierre_Seel,_Deported_Homosexual_, 1994 (original French text)/ 1995 (English translation) ------------------------------------ Allen Park High School, 18401 Champaign, Allen Park, MI 48101 The Triangle Foundation (ant-violence organization), 19641 West 7 mile Road, Detroit, MI 48219, 313-537-3323 PFLAG-Detroit, P.O. Box 145, Farmington, MI 48332, 810-656-2875 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ OK TO RE-POST. Jessea Greenman The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) CHECK THIS OUT FOR TONS OF INFO - - http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/ Please cc us (for our files) on correspondence you send or receive re our action alerts.