Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 19:06:06 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 2/7/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news, pt. 2 1. CA: News article on Youth Lobby Day 2. UK: Controversy over repealing Clause 28 continues 3. A & E program on anti-gay hate crimes 4. MA: Suspects arraigned in anti-gay assault ========================================================= San Francisco Examiner, January 30, 2000 P. O. Box 7260, San Francisco, CA, 94120 (Fax 415-512-1264 ) (E-MAIL: letters@examiner.com ) ( http://www.examiner.com ) New law protects gay youth Queer Youth Lobby Day conference aims to educate educators Ryan Kim of the Examiner staff Instead of completing his final semester at Castro Valley High School, Puck Guerrero is on independent study ­ an escape from the place where he said he endured a constant barrage of threats and harassment because he is gay. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ Electronic Telegraph, January 30, 2000 (E-Mail: et.letters@telegraph.co.uk ) ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ) Keep Section 28, say Blair's constituents By Adam Lusher in Sedgefield Fishburn Working Men's Club is not for the faint-hearted: nor those of a liberal bent. The spartan bar in Sedgefield, Co Durham ­ one of Labour's strongest heartlands and Tony Blair's home constituency ­ boasts a clientele of traditional working-class white males. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] [these articles and lots of others can be found on our web site at URL: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/Alerts/International/28-3.html ] ================================================================================ From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 19:36:38 EST Subject: A&E, 2/11/00, 9pm, Investigative Reports: Anti-Gay Hate Crime To: SARATOGANY@aol.com, bdm3g@gateway.net A&E Friday, 2/11/00 9:00pm (repeated 2/12 1am) Investigative Reports. Anti-Gay Hate Crime. Chronicles the disturbing rise in anti-gay hate crimes. Includes 1998 murder of gay college students Matthew Shepard and attacks made on a gay teenage boy. Also includes a tour through the Christian Right's anti-gay factions and interviews with experts who describe why these crimes have reached a boiling point. (cc) [NR] ================================================================================ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 19:15:00 -0700 Subject: FW: Arraignment today for teens From: "Dede de Percin" Associated Press, January 31, 2000 Arraignment today for teens accused of anti-gay assault on train By Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - Three high school students are scheduled to be arraigned today after allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old classmate they thought was a lesbian. [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/