Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 18:25:20 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 2/4/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news, pt. 2 1. UK: Scottish School Boards Association now in favor of scrapping Clause 28 2. MA: Female student viciously assaulted in anti-gay hate crime 3. NV: More on student's lawsuit against school district 4. National School Board Association article on safe schools =============================================================================== BBC Online News, January 29, 2000 http://www.bbc.co.uk Schools body drops "Keep the Clause" campaign support The Scottish School Boards Association appears to have withdrawn its support from the campaign against the repeal of Section 28. The association's president has instead announced that it welcomes the plans for repeal. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= [direct URL: http://www.boston.com/dailynews/029/region/ Teens_arrested_for_allegedly_s:.shtml ] Boston Globe, January 29, 2000 Box 2378, Boston, MA, 02107 (Fax 617-929-2098 ) (E-MAIL: letter@globe.com ) ( http://www.boston.com/globe ) Teenager holding hands on MBTA is assaulted By Francie Latour, Globe Staff In an episode officials are calling a hate crime, three Boston High School students were arrested yesterday after they allegedly sexually assaulted a 16-year-old classmate on an MBTA Orange Line train because they thought she was gay. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ Las Vegas Sun, January 28, 2000 Box 4275, Las Vegas, NV, 89107 (Fax 702-383-7264 ) (E-MAIL: letters@lasvegassun.com ) ( http://www.lasvegassun.com/ ) To leave a comment for the Where You Stand column call ( 702 ) 259-4044 Suit claims school officials failed to protect gay student By Sandra Chereb, Associated Press Writer RENO, Nev. ­ A former high school student sued Washoe County school officials in federal court Friday, claiming they failed to stop verbal and physical harassment inflicted by classmates because he is gay. Derek Henkle alleged school officials denied him equal protections because of his sexual orientation and denied him free speech rights by allegedly urging him to hide his sexual orientation. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 17:53:46 EST Subject: NSBA's November Coverstory Online ("I don't feel safe here anymore") To: SARATOGANY@aol.com, bdm3g@gateway.net 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" ========================================================= This message has been distributed as a free informational service for the expressed interest of non-profit research and educational purposes only. CSS-NYS Note: Powerful article, must read, CSS-NYS uses this article (with ASBJ permission) as a handout. National School Board Association's (NSBA) American School Board Journal (ASBJ) Coverstory November 1999 "I don't feel safe here anymore" to read online, go to: http://www.asbj.com/199911/1199coverstory.html or to: www.asbj.com/ (and click archives then November 99) ================================================================================ 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/