Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 17:07:40 -0700 From: richter@eecs.berkeley.edu (Jean Richter) Subject: 10/13/97 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. Several web sites of interest to LGBT youth 2. Kristen Pfaff memorial scholarship 3. New email list: YOUTH21-25 4. Current "In the Life" episode will spotlight gay youth & schools issues ===================================================================== Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 06:30:09 -0700 (PDT) From: jessea@uclink4.berkeley.edu (Jessea NR Greenman) fromthe Oct. 9, 1997 Bay Area Reporter column by Heather Shirkey called "youth Gone Wired" [about queer web sites for youth] : Alternative Kids Web Page http://www.afn.org/~afn63843 offers some great networking opportunities For message exchanges and chats re your sexuality , there are two "hot spots" : the soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi newsgroup's forum at http://www.youth.org/ssyglb America On Line's teen-related chat room called the "Club House" which is hosted by the Gay and Lesbian Community Forum. Use KEYWORD "Gay Youth." Online web mag Oasis: http://www.oasismag.com VERY NEW: http://www.alltogether.com which is a place to explore sexuality and coming out (supposed to launch on coming out day, Oct. 11) ====================================================================== Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 06:32:01 -0700 (PDT) From: jessea@uclink4.berkeley.edu (Jessea NR Greenman) Subject: Kristen Pfaff Memorial Scholarship (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 08:36:38 -1000 From: Wacka2@aol.com Subject: Kristen Pfaff Memorial Scholarship Subject: Kristen Pfaff Memorial Scholarship Wondering if you could help get the word out about this scholarship fund. I think it would be great for lots of queers to apply since Kristen was bi. This application can be found online at (http://www.buffalomusic.org/community/Kristen_Pfaff.html), the site is part of the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. Kristen Pfaff Memorial Scholarship 1967-1994 Kristen Pfaff was born May 26, 1967 in Buffalo, NY. In 1988, she began studying at the University of Minnesota, where she was instrumental in the development of Radio K, the University's student radio station. While attending the University of Minnesota, Kristen played in a number of local groups. In 1991, she joined Janitor Joe as bassist and co-songwriter/vocalist. While on tour with Janitor Joe in 1993, she was recruited by Hole and moved to Seattle to help write and record the Live Through This album. Kristen's body was found in her Seattle apartment on June 16, 1994. Her untimely death cut horribly short the life of a scholar, musician, activist and friend. To honor Kristen's adventurous spirit and inspirational presence, a group of her friends established the Kristen Pfaff Scholarship fund. This $1000 scholarship will be awarded annually through the year 2001 to students working toward educational goals and active in the arts. VALUE: $1000 DEADLINE: November 1 of the year prior to the award ELIGIBILITY: The award is open to all residents of the United States of America, without regard to race, creed or sex. Applicants must submit an application form, accompanied by a typed, single-spaced essay, not to exceed one page in length. The essay should detail the applicant's experience and interest in the arts and explain the applicant's eduactional skills, which need not be related to the applicant's educational endevors. From the pool of applicants, up to five finalists will be selected. Finalists will be notified by mail during the first week of January. Evidence of artistic activity (slides, recordings or videotape) will be requested for th finalists. The scholarship will be awarded to the finalist who best fits the parameters and fulfills the intentions of the fund. The award receipient will be notified during the first week of March, and officially recognized on May 26 (Kristen Pfaff's birth date). The award may be applied to the educational institution of the receipient's choice. An award ceremony will take place in conjunction with the Minnesota Music Academy Icebreaker festival/convention in the spring. Applications and essays will not be returned. Please print and fill this application out completely. Please print or type information. Last Name____________________ First Name, Middle Initial___________________ Mailign Address____________________________ State_____ Zip ________________ Phone (___)___ - ______ Type of artistic activity involved in (check one or more) __visual arts __music __plastic arts __film/video __dance __performance __literature __other (please explain)___________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Educational Background School City/State Year graduated/major Secondary _______________ _______________________ ______________________ Vocational _______________ _______________________ ______________________ College _______________ _______________________ ______________________ Other _______________ _______________________ ______________________ Please staple your essay at upper-left corner to the back of this application. Include name and address at upper-left corner of the essay. Return to: KPMSFC P.O. Box 580578 Minneapolis, MN 55458-0578 For more info about Kristen and the Scholarship Fund (http://www.cee.umn.edu/radiok/AM/Kristen.html). Thanks for your help in circulating this information as widely as possible. Sincerely, Jenni Olson ********** To post, send mail to aplb@queernet.org. To unsubscribe, send mail to majordomo@queernet.org; put a line saying unsubscribe aplb in the body. (This may fail if your address has changed since you signed up; if so, or for other assistance, contact aplb-approval@queernet.org.) ======================================================================= Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 12:59:58 -0400 From: Jason Hungerford - Internet Youth Guardian Subject: NEW Email List: YOUTH21-25 *** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY *** October 11, 1997 Today, on National Coming Out Day, a new email support/discussion list officially launches for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, and straight supportive (here on out referred to as gay+) youth ages 21 to 25. TO SUBSCRIBE: Send mailto:listproc@critpath.org With message: subscribe youth21-25 YOURNAME Replace the phrase YOURNAME with your real name, an alias name, or your email address All commands MUST be in the BODY of the message -- not in the subject The YOUTH21-25 is the third email list that joins the other youth only email lists hosted by CritPath.Org (The Critical Path Project). The other two lists are YOUTH13-17 and YOUTH17-21. GENERAL: The premise for the YOUTH lists is to establish an outlet for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, and supportive youth ages 25 and under to talk with each other concerning such issues as coming out, schools, parents, friends, relationships, and other gay-related and non-gay-related youth issues. The three email lists (YOUTH13-17, YOUTH17-21, and YOUTH21-25) are the first of its kind to offer a conversational/chat/support youth group in an email form. The email lists solve some problems that newsgroups, IRC, and chat rooms have. Email is quick, easy, convienent, and the most accessible. Not everyone knows how to subscribe to newsgroups, or to enter chat rooms, or even have the access capability to do so. But anyone with an email address can have access to this new list. The YOUTH lists are for youth ONLY. Seventeen-year-olds are given the choice of subscribing to either the 13-17 list, or the 17-21 list, or to both lists. Twenty-one-year-olds are given the choice of subscribing to either the 17-21 list, the 21-25 list, or both lists. The YOUTH lists have a strict age guideline in order to hopefully solve the problem of older people hanging around in supposed youth forums. The age policy will be strictly enforced on the list. Although there is no absolute way to gaurantee that a subscriber is within the proper age range, if it comes to the attention of the list owner that a particular subscriber is over the permitted age then that subscriber will be immediately removed from the list. The list will try its best to remain youth ONLY. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Send mailto:listproc@critpath.org With message: info youth21-25 The YOUTH lists are owned and operated by: Youth Guardian Services 8667 Sudley Road #262 Manassas, VA 20110 Youth Guardian Services is an organization pending non-profit status, that is completely run by and for youth. The organization is currently in great need of donations to continue its operations on the Internet as well as in local communities. Donations of any dollar amount are very much appreciated. Checks may be made payable to Youth Guardian Services and mailed to the address above. Cash donations may also be sent at the risk of the sender. Please include your email address and/or snail mail address information with your donation to receive a confirmation of receipt. For more information about Youth Guardian Services, please email Jason Hungerford, Executive Director, at jason@youth-guard.org -- Jason Hungerford - Internet Youth Guardian jason@critpath.org | http://www.critpath.org/~jason ListOwner: YOUTH13-17 & YOUTH17-21 Email Lists http://www.critpath.org/youth ListOwner: SCHOOLS Email List http://www.critpath.org/schools ListAssistant: PFLAG-TALK Email List http://www.critpath.org/pflag-talk "I guess I thought I could never feel the things I feel now" =================================================================== From: SHarrison@aol.com Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 00:03:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Oct/Nov IN THE LIFE is the Back to School Edition! This is a very well produced episode and ITL doesn't pull any punches with the kids' stuff. Visit www.inthelifetv.org for dates & times on your PBS station. Be prepared to stay up late or set your VCR :-( Stu Harrison Tzabaco Safe Schools Initiative ------------------------ In the Life Sixth Season Premiere: Back to School -- Gay Youth and Education October / November '97 This episode will focus on the major issues that effect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. The program will include the following stories: Teen Suicide: A Fatal Desire to Fit In This segment explores the pressure kids experience both from home and at school to look and act "straight." Through the family of Robbie Kirkland, a 14 year-old boy who recently killed himself after years of feeling like he did not "fit in," this story will examine what role gender non-conformity plays in the high rate of gay teen suicide. Gay/Straight Alliances in Schools By forming gay-straight alliance groups in their schools, students have challenged their communities and forged a safe place to talk about gay and lesbian issues. In many places, however, the forming of such groups in schools has been met with great resistance. IN THE LIFE travels to two states with very different stories to tell about gay-straight alliances in high schools: socially liberal Massachusetts, which currently has 107 gay-straight alliances; and socially conservative Utah, which has banned all gay-straight groups from meeting. Through interviews with Mormon parents, gay activists, and students, we'll look at the growing debate over what is a school's responsibility towards gay and lesbian students. "In the Line of Fire:" The Ex-Gay Movement: For its sixth season IN THE LIFE introduces a new regular feature called "In the Line of Fire," which will focus on the clash between the gay civil rights movement and anti-gay activity which works to resist its progress. The October episode carries the first installment of this series with a story that examines the expanding national "ex-gay" movement, made up of organized groups of men and women who consider themselves former gays and lesbians, and who work to spread the word that homosexuality is an illness that can be treated through prayer and therapy. Through interviews with members of Exodus International, an umbrella organization of ex-gay ministries around the world, and the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, as well as people who are now "ex-ex-gays," this story will investigate the successes and failures of this new organized movement, as well as the extent to which the religious right is invested in its growth. "A Day in the Life:" Outreach to Homeless Gay Youth The regular "Day in the Life" feature for the October '97 episode will profile a youth outreach worker from The Hetrick-Martin Institute, a New York-based social service, education and advocacy organization dedicated to serving gay youth. IN THE LIFE will follow Lulu Martin, a committed outreach worker as she strives to inform homeless gay youth about safe sex and the various services available through The Hetrick-Martin Institute, like hot meals, clothing, showers, counseling, health care and legal services. Dynamic Community Outreach to Kids This final segment profiles two support and advocacy organizations for youth: District 202 in Minneapolis, a permanent and accessible space administered by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth; and the IYG, the Indianapolis Youth Group, which is one of the leading youth organizations in the U.S., and which includes a drop-in center in Indianapolis, a national telephone hot-line, an international pen pal program, and a network of chapters in various cities throughout Indiana. ==================================================================== Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) CHECK OUT OUR INFO-LOADED WEB PAGE AT: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/