Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 16:58:52 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 1/6/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. CA: Thank Governor Davis for 1999 legislation and ask him to oppose Prop. 22; Transgender teacher resigns job, but vows to continue fighting prejudice 2. MI: Editorial: resist paranoia on gay issues in schools 3. Thailand: Letters asks how comprehensive new sex education curriculum will be 4. NY: Conference on working with LGBTQ youth =================================================================================== To: LesbigayCApolitics@onelist.com Mailing-List: list lesbigayCApolitics@onelist.com; contact lesbigayCApolitics-owner@onelist.com List-Unsubscribe: Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 16:54:32 -0800 From: "Eric Astacaan" Reply-to: lesbigayCApolitics-owner@onelist.com Subject: [lesbigayCApolitics] Capitol Briefs: FIRST ALERT of 2000 Capitol Briefs // 01/05/2000 ALERT!! ALERT!! ALERT!! * TONIGHT Governor Davis gives his STATE OF THE STATE speech... * He will announce HIS NEW EMAIL ADDRESS * It's a great opportunity to THANK HIM for signing our proactive legislation last year... * AND ENCOURAGE HIM TO COME OUT AGAINST PROP 22 (Knight Initiaitive) (He is reportedly close to taking a position... a strong showing of support from us would be a very, very good thing...) PLEASE COPY THE LETTER BELOW AND SEND YOUR EMAIL TODAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Send it to: graydavis@governor.ca.gov *********************************************************************** Dear Governor Davis, Thank you for signing bills in your first year as Governor that created California's domestic partnership registry, that protect gays and lesbians in housing and employment, and protect students from anti-gay discrimination! Thank you for standing up for all Californians, including gays and lesbians and their families. Now we are hoping you will do the right thing and stand up against Prop 22, the Knight Initiative. It's divisive, unfair and intrusive... wedge politics at its worst. Such measures in other states have always resulted in increased discrimination and even hate crimes against gay and lesbian people... The Knight Initiative is the equivalent of a legalized hate crime. Prop 22 divides us when Californians need greater tolerance and understanding for one another. Please join Vice President Gore and Senators Feinstein and Boxer in saying "NO on Knight, NO on Prop 22." Thank you - and I look forward to your response... Sincerely, [insert your name address] [if you don't want to put your actual address, at least put your city] -- ************************************************* Eric J.C. Astacaan CAPE Legislative Advocate P.O. Box 2464, Sacramento, CA 95812-2464 Phone: 916-929-6331; Fax: 916-646-1569; E-Mail: PLEASE SUPPORT CAPE by becoming a member. Contact: California Alliance for Pride & Equality (CAPE) Administrative Address: P.O. Box 1172, Sacramento, CA 95812-1172 Phone: 916-492-6160; Fax: 916-564-2717; E-Mail: Website: http://www.calcape.org ************************************************ --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! Tired of filling out forms and remembering passwords? Gator fills in forms and passwords with just one click! Comes with $50 in free coupons! Click Here ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ======================================================================== To UNSUBSCRIBE from this community, send an email to: lesbigayCApolitics-unsubscribe@onelist.com and reply to the confirmation email we send you. ======================================================================== ================================================================================= PEOPLE WEEKLY Magazine, December 31, 1999 (Fax 212-522-0794) (E-Mail: editor@people.com ) (http://www.pathfinder.com/people/index.html ) Out but Not Down A transsexual teacher abandons the battle for her job-but not for tolerance Last month transsexual Dana Rivers resigned from the job she had held for more than eight years as a history and journalism teacher at Center High School in Antelope, Calif. The decision ended a battle that began in August when a group of parents and school board members tried to have Rivers ­ then known as David Warfield ­ fired, contending that she had violated a board directive by allegedly discussing her planned sex change with students. It also closed the books on a suit that Rivers, 44, had filed against the district; she received $150,000, and all charges were expunged from her personnel file. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= Detroit Free Press, December 30, 1999 Editorial: Resist Paranoia in High Schools The unfounded fear of homosexuality reaches its most paranoid heights when children are around. People who otherwise claim tolerance of gays become apoplectic when the subject is discussed around their kids. But there's no need to fear contagion. "Gayness" is not a disease. It won't be spread by a message on a high school bulletin board ­ a message that could literally be a lifesaver to a teen struggling quietly, or desperately, with issues of sexual orientation. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= Bangkok Post, January 4, 2000 136 Na Ranong Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110, Thailand (E-MAIL: postbag@bangkokpost.net ) ( http://www.bangkokpost.com/ ) Letter: And what about homosexuality? I read with interest your article in the Jan 3 edition titled "Reformed curriculum approved". The article states that students are to be taught every aspect of sex. If this is so, will students be taught about homosexuality along with heterosexuality? Your article gives the impression this new curriculum will provide only heterosexual sex education. If so, that would be denying an education to those young boys and girls who find their own sexuality isn't in line with what the curriculum is teaching. Will same-sex relationships be discussed? If not, how will the schools instruct those students who find themselves attracted to someone of the same sex? Will they be ostracised for their feelings of being different? Your article talks of how the new course will cover "the nature of platonic and romantic love, acceptable values and morality, how to deal properly with members of the opposite sex, and human rights law". What about how to deal with members of the same sex; the nature of platonic and romantic love among same-sex relationships? And, whose "acceptable values and morality" are being included in this new curriculum? I am not homosexual, but I accept that homosexuality is a fact of life. The children who will be instructed under this new curriculum will not all be heterosexual. If this new curriculum will in fact teach students "every aspect of sex", then homosexuality needs to be included. Or will the "acceptable values and morality" of those who wrote the new curriculum prevent homosexual boys and girls from getting an equal sex education? I hope not. ­ Donee White ================================================================================ Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 08:07:26 -0800 From: MRenGMal@aol.com Subject: Conference on GLBTQ Youth in New York On Monday, February 28, 2000, Green Chimneys Children's Services will sponsor the fourth annual Conference on Working with Gay, Lesbian, Biseuxal, Transgendered, and Questioning (GLBTQ) Children, Youth, and Families to be held at Hunter College School of Social Work in New York. This all day conference, which in past years has drawn folks from New York, New Jersey, Connenticut, Pennsylvania, and Canada is a wonderful resource for those interested in a variety of issues pertaining to GLBTQ children, youth, and families. This year's keynote speaker will be Joyce Hunter, DSW, the co-founder of the Harvey Milk High School. Nine workshops will be offered in a wide variety of areas. For additional information and for registration information call, write, or e-mail: Gary Mallon, DSW or Carmen Quinones Hunter College School of Social Work 129 East 79th Street New York, New York 10021 (212) 677-7288, ext. 214 mrengmal@aol.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/