Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 17:15:38 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 11/8/99 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. MA: New high school curriculum promoting tolerance introduced 2. CT: Veronica Berrill speaks on libel suit settlement 3. OR: GLSEN holds safe schools seminar 4. OH: Mother of gay son gets the word out on gay youth group ======================================================================== From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 08:18:52 EDT Subject: BOSTON: LESSON PLAN - Promoting tolerance (hailed by superintendent) Msg fwd by: The Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS, PO Box 2345, Malta, NY 12020 Email to: saratogany@aol.com "The Actual or Perceived GLBT Student Protection Project" CSS-NYS Note: October is Gay History Month, first proclaimed by the National Education Association a few years back. Support the NY "Dignity for All Students Act", S5775 (call/write your legislators) Text at: New York State Senate Home Page or http://www.senate.state.ny.us/ ========================================================= This message has been distributed as a free informational service for the expressed interest of non-profit research and educational purposes only. Boston Globe, October 13, 1999 Box 2378, Boston, MA, 02107 (Fax 617-929-2098 ) (E-MAIL: letter@globe.com ) ( http://www.boston.com/globe ) LESSON PLAN: Promoting tolerance [edited portion from one of three or four topics included in story called Lesson Plan] By Beth Daley, Doreen Iudica Vigue, and Kate Zernike, Globe Staff The Shared Heart Initiatives, a Boston-based nonprofit organization, yesterday introduced a curriculum for high school students aimed at fostering awareness and understanding between gay, lesbian, bisexual and straight students. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= Danbury News-Times, October 14, 1999 333 Main St., Danbury, CT, 06810 (Fax 203-792-8730 ) (E-MAIL: editor@newstimes.com ) ( http://www.newstimes.com/ ) Teacher claims victory in suit By Karen Ali, THE NEWS-TIMES DANBURY – Surrounded by her lawyers, friends, family and several red, white and blue celebratory balloons, a retired Brookfield High School teacher proclaimed victory in a libel suit she filed against a former Brookfield couple she says accused her of promoting homosexuality in the classroom. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= Medford Mail-Tribune, October 11, 1999 P. O. Box 1108, Medford, OR, 97501 (Fax 541-776-4376 ) (E-MAIL: letters@mailtribune.com ) Anti-gay words hurt, valley educators hear PHOENIX OR. -- Educators must do more to stop homophobic put-downs in schools and the threat of violence, speakers said Friday. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ Toledo Blade, October 12, 1999 541 Superior St., Toledo, OH, 43660 (Fax 419-245-6191 ) (E-MAIL: letters@theblade.com ) Roberta de Boer: Mom's group gives support to gay teens Yesterday marked the start of Aaron McKinney's trial. He's one of those accused in the savage beating death of Matthew Shepard, the University of Wyoming student who, one year after his death, is now the tragically inevitable symbol of worst-case homophobia. Yesterday also marked observance of National Coming Out Day. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] (Roberta de Boer's column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Readers may contact her at 724-6086, or e-mail roberta@theblade.com.) ================================================================================= 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/