Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 16:56:24 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 9/24/98 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. IL: Conference on LG parents and educators 2. NY: LGBT youth conference ===================================================== Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:53:28 -0700 Subject: GLAADLines - September 21, 1998 From: "Channel Q News" GLAADLINES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 21, 1998 Contact: Sharen Shaw Johnson (202) 986-1360 x193 sjohnson@glaad.org http://www.glaad.org News and Breaking Stories about the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community [unrelated items deleted] LESBIAN AND GAY PARENTS WORK WITH SCHOOLS: Strategies for how lesbian and gay parents and educators can work together are among goals of an Oct. 3 conference to be held at National-Louis University, 2840 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Ill.. The scheduled guest speaker is April Martin, author of The Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook: Creating and Raising Our Families. Sponsoring organizations of the event, entitled "Opening Doors: Lesbian & Gay Parents and Schools," are the Chicago-area Rainbow Families, which offers social and educational activities for lesbian and gay parents and their children; Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition International (GLPCI), an advocacy, support and research organization for lesbian and gay parents, and National-Louis University, which has campuses throughout the U.S. and offers many degrees in the field of education. For more information contact Rainbow Families at (630) 585-3920. GLAAD is the nation's lesbian & gay multimedia advocacy organization. GLAAD promotes fair, accurate, and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. To subscribe contact Wonbo Woo at (212) 807-1700 or at woo@glaad.org. 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TO JOIN GLAAD AND RECEIVE GLAAD's DISPATCH AND QUARTERLY IMAGES MAGAZINE, call 1.800.GAY.MEDIA or join on the Web today at www.glaad.org/glaad/join/join-about.html TO SUBSCRIBE TO GLAAD-Net, GLAAD's electronic mailing list, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Subscribe GLAAD-Net" TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Unsubscribe GLAAD-Net" GLAAD is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "GLAAD" and "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" are registered trademarks of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc. =============================================================================== From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 17:18:55 EDT Subject: GLBT Youth Conference (free for those 21 and under) to all recipients, SECOND ANNUAL (glbt) YOUTH CONFERENCE (at NYU) Sponsored by: Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network, GLSEN (www.glsen.org) and Lesbian and Gay Community Service Center (www.gaycenter.org) When: Saturday October 3,1998, (9:30am registration) Where: New York City New York University, Loeb Student Center 566 LaGuardia Place (on the corner of Washington Square Park South) subways directions: A,C,E,B,Q,F to W 4th Street N and R to 8th Street #6 to Bleeker Street Additional info: Miriam Young @ (212) 620-7310, yes@gaycenter.org Workshops subject to change. Sampling of workshops: How Do I Find Gay Friendly Colleges Students and Educators Working Together In Schools Activism Through Art Break Down the Wall of Homophobia Gay Lit In Public Libraries HIV and Youth Homeless Issues and Resources I'm Beautiful, Damn It! Search for Identity Self Defense Safer Sex Expanding Queer Young Womens Group Transgender Youth How to Support Youth: Roundtable discussion How to be a Gay Straight Alliance Advisor Erasing Homophobia from Schools How to Support Youth Who Are Coming Out Straight Parents, Gay Kids: Can We Talk? The Writing On the Wall: Creative Writing LBGT Youth Working Together With Their Allies: How we form effective groups Msg from: the Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS (John Myers, Operations and Education Programs) ( if you are from the Albany/Saratoga (NY) area and plan on attending please contact me, John Myers at 580-5134 or 587-0176, jjmyers@skidmore or saratogany@aol.com) ============================================================================== 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/