Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 16:45:49 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 7/15/99 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. NH: More on school board's approval of GSA 2. NM: Despite harassment, gay youth are proud 3. FL: School voucher bill causes concern for gay students =============================================================================== FOSTER'S DAILY DEMOCRAT, July 13, 1999 333 Central Avenue,Dover,NH,03820 (Fax 603-749-7079 ) (E-MAIL: rhayward@fosters.com ) ( http://www.fosters.com ) Manchester school board approves gay-lesbian support group MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - The city school board voted by a narrow margin to give official recognition to a support group for gay and lesbian students at West High School. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ Sante Fe New Mexican, June 28, 1999 Box 2048,Santa Fe,NM,87504 (Fax 505-984-1785 ) (E-MAIL: editor@sfnewmexican.com ) Pride on parade DANIEL J. CHACON `This Is Who I Am' The prom, weight, blue nail polish, red hair, divorced parents and sometimes even suicide. Those are some of the chapters in 16-year-old Kayla McDuffie's book of life. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================== From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:09:13 EDT Subject: FL: Letter: (School) Vouchers prompt fear for gays Msg fwd by: The Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS, PO Box 2345, Malta, NY 12020 Actual or Perceived GLBT Student Protection Project This message has been distributed as a free informational service for the expressed interest of non-profit research and educational purposes only. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 11, 1999 P. O. Box 1719,Sarasota,FL,33578 (Fax 941-957-5276 ) (E-Mail: editor.letters@herald-trib.com ) (http://www.newscoast.com ) Letter: Vouchers prompt fear for gays I am a born-again Christian, a lifelong Republican, the mother of a gay man and the stepmother of a lesbian. I was a charter member of Gov. William Weld's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. That Commission was formed primarily to combat the suicide of gay teens. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] - Luann Conaty, Venice ================================================================================= Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) These messages are archived by state on our information-loaded free web site: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/