Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:29:12 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 1/21/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. UK: Scotland sharply divided over Clause 28 repeal 2. Call for submissions - trans youth anthology 3. Teen panel supports gays in Boy Scouts ============================================================ Reuters, January 19, 2000 Scotland's churches, people divided over gay issue By David Luhnow EDINBURGH (Reuters) ­ Church leaders, politicians and businessmen in Scotland were all caught up on Wednesday in an increasingly hostile debate over whether schools should teach children about homosexuality. Scotland's richest businessman, Brian Souter of bus-maker Stagecoach Holdings (SGC.L), launched a high-profile drive to prevent the government from scrapping a clause known as Section 28 which bars schools from teaching about gay lifestyles. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ X-Sender: jessea@uclink4.berkeley.edu Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 13:52:38 -0800 From: Jessea Greenman Subject: Call For Submissions: Trans Youth Anthology! (fwd) > *PLEASE PASS THE WORD ON!* > (Even if you are not a young transperson, you can give this project a hand > by forwarding this e-mail to people who might be interested, or spreading > the word in your community) > > ------------------------------------------- > CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for > > **TRANS YOUTH ANTHOLOGY** > ------------------------------------------ > Transgender, Transsexual, Gender-bending > and Gender-questioning Youth > Tell It Like It Is > ------------------------------------------ > If you consider yourself a gender-bender, transexual (post-, pre-, or > non-op), MTF, FTM, transgender warrior, two-spirit, TG butch, femme queen, > gender-queer, cross-dresser, third gender, drag king/queen, or any other > (trans)gender identity - We need your voice! > > This anthology will be by, for, and about trans youth. We are looking for > essays, short stories, cartoons, black-and-white photography, erotica, > political commentary, self portraits, testimonials, poetry, love letters, > ideas, journal entries, art, prose and manifestos. > > Submissions that consider the intersections of gender with race, class, > dis/ability, ethnicity, religion, sex and sexual orientation are especially > encouraged. We are committed to providing a vehicle for the voices of trans > youth of color, working class youth and others who have been marginalized > within transgender and queer communities. > > Previously unpublished writers are welcome! > > GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION: > --You must be 25 years of age or under to submit unsolicited writing. If > you are over 25, please send a query. > --Please accompany all submissions with a short biographical statement > including your age and a little bit of background information. > --You MUST include some form of permanent contact information with your > submission so that we can contact you (discretely) about matters pertaining > to this project > --Please send your writing even if it has not been thoroughly edited and > polished. We will work with you on editing and refining the piece if it > shows promise. > --We will publish your writing anonymously or with a pseudonym, upon > request, but you still must supply a full name with your submission (this > information will be kept confidential). If you would like to be published > anonymously please specify this (you must still send a short biographical > statement but it doesn't need to give away any information that will reveal > your identity). > > DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: February 29, 2000 > > SEND YOUR SUBMISSIONS, INQUIRIES > & COMMENTS BY MAIL OR E-MAIL TO: > > The Book Project > c/o I. Walters-Gidseg > 570 West 156th Street #32 > New York, NY 10032 > > transyouth@mindspring.com =============================================================================== USA Today, January 19, 2000 1000 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA, 22229 (Fax: 703-247-3108 ) (E-MAIL: Editor@usatoday.com ) ( http://www.usatoday.com ) Boy Scouts' gay ban 'behind the times,' teen panelists say Most see policy as discriminatory, though some say 'amoral' minority should be barred by Karen S. Peterson, USA Today The Boy Scouts of America organization is out of touch with teens' thinking about gay people, say many members of USA Today's Teen Panel. Unlike the Boy Scouts, panelists mostly don't care if a Scout or Scout leader is gay ­ as long as he keeps it to himself. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ 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/