Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 16:47:15 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 9/8/99 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. National Gay & Lesbian Journalists Association conference 2. CA: Latest info on AB 537 and other pending legislation 3. NY: News column on Dignity for All Students Bill ================================================================= Reply-To: listserver@channelq.com Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 20:20:46 -0700 From: "Channel Q" Subject: GLAADLines - September 7, 1999 GLAADLines - September 7, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wonbo Woo GLAAD Communications Associate (212) 807-1700 x24 woo@glaad.org http://www.glaad.org News and Breaking Stories about the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community [unrelated items omitted] NLGJA CONFERENCE TO BRING JOURNALISTS TOGETHER IN ATLANTA: Featuring NBC Today Show co-anchor Katie Couric and a host of top-ranking executives and editorial staff from the nation's leading media outlets, the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) will hold its 8th Annual Convention from Sept. 16-19 in Atlanta. 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Please do not publish or post in a public place on the Internet, copyrighted material without permission and attribution. Forwarding of this material should not necessarily be construed as an endorsement of the content. Some messages may be from anti-gay organizations and are forwarded as opposition research. ================================================================================= Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 13:42:39 -0700 From: "McBride, Laurie" To: lesbigayCApolitics Mailing-List: list lesbigayCApolitics@onelist.com; contact lesbigayCApolitics-owner@onelist.com List-Unsubscribe: Reply-to: lesbigayCApolitics-owner@onelist.com Subject: [lesbigayCApolitics] Capitol Briefs: 9/8/99: 3 to go! From: "McBride, Laurie" Capitol Briefs & other musings of the culture wars >From Sacramento // Wednesday, September 08, 1999 SECOND TO LAST DAY !! Egads, it is bedlam here... but then that is what we adrenlin junkies seem to live for! The session officially ends on Friday, September 10th. Usually session goes past the midnight deadline, sometimes to five or six the following morning. This year, however, deadline day is also Rosh Hashanah, a Jewish holiday. The holiday observance doesn't officially begin until 6pm - so the plan is to adjourn session by 2pm in the afternoon. That way members will be able to fly home and be with their families in time for religious services. YESTERDAY, AB 1001, (Villaraigosa), adds sexual orientation to Fair Employment and Housing act... moved one step closer... It passed the Senate Floor, 21-15. Now it only has to pass Assembly concurrence (where the Assembly "concurs" or agrees with amendments taken on the Senate side. All amendments on this bill were minor or technical - but it is never safe to assume easy passage... AB 537, (Kuehl), the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000, will be heard on the Senate Floor on Thursday. It is expected to pass, and then be rushed to the Assembly side for a final vote on the Assembly Floor. Should be close. AB 26, (Migden), domestic partners registry and PERS language... is still pending a vote on the Senate Floor. Since it was amended, once it passes AB 26 must come back to the Assembly Floor for a "concurrence vote". This bill was amended to add the seniors back in... now along with same-sex couples, seniors (62 years and older) can register regardless of orientation. By the way, Governor Davis has made clear signals he will sign this bill. Of the other domestic partners bills, SB 75, (Murray), domestic partners registry... passed its concurrence vote in the Senate yesterday, and now goes to the Governor for action. Since the Governor signaled that he would likely sign AB 26, it is not clear what he intends to do with this. AB 107, (Knox), domestic partners PERS language, has stalled in Senate Appropriations. AB 208, (Knox), hate crime penalty enhancement, passed its concurrence vote in the Assembly, and is now on its way to the Governor for action. So three big ones to go... AB 1001, AB 26, and AB 537... ! Stay tuned! p.s. For some reason, the update I sent out late last week just showed up today - so of course it is horribly out of date... Not sure what happened, but sorry for any confusion this may have caused... News Digest & Comments by Laurie McBride Lesbian and Gay Community Liaison for Assemblyman Antonio Villaraigosa Speaker of the California State Assembly State Capitol, Room 219 Sacramento, CA 95814 916 319 2470 laurie.mcbride@asm.ca.gov # # # --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- ONElist: your connection to online communities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ =============================================================================== From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 22:10:13 EDT Subject: Albany, NY: METROLAND - No Tolerance for Intolerance (re:NY Senate bill S5775) To: Fenceberry@aol.com, SARATOGANY@aol.com Msg fwd by: The Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS, PO Box 2345, Malta, NY 12020 "The Actual or Perceived GLBT Student Protection Project" (a CSS-NYS project) This message has been distributed as a free informational service for the expressed interest of non-profit research and educational purposes only. Metroland (weekly) 4 Central Ave Albany, NY http://www.metland.com August 19, 1999 F.Y.I. (column) No Tolerance for Intolerance Keep your eyes open this coming November for a new Senate bill addressing the issue of violence in New York state's school system. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] -E.S. CSS-NYS Notes: Rev, John Kettlewell is the Education and Religion Consultant/Speaker with the Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS. CSS-NYS, helped draft the Dignity for All Students Act, Senate S5775. GLSEN NY Capital Region Chapter is forming a Ad Hoc committee regarding a statewide youth rally at the Albany Capitol in support of the bill. Students throughout the state are welcome to participate, regardless of their actual or perceived sex, gender or sexual orientation. New Yorkers (idividuals and or organizations) interested helping with planning the the S5775 youth rally can contact saratogany@aol.com. We will forward your response to the NY CR GLSEN Ad Hoc committee chairperson. John Myers Director of Operations and Programs ================================================================================ 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/