Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 16:19:40 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 2/17/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. MA: Boarding school allows gay faculty to be house counselors 2. KS: Contact info for district considering nondiscrimination policy 3. CA: Anti-gay flyers distributed at El Modena High School =============================================================================== Boston Globe, February 8, 2000 Box 2378, Boston, MA, 02107 (Fax 617-929-2098 ) (E-MAIL: letter@globe.com ) ( http://www.boston.com/globe ) Gay policy finds home in dorms By Sandy Coleman, Globe Staff When the legendary, ivy-covered Phillips Academy in Andover approved a new policy allowing gay faculty members to live in student dormitories with their partners as house counselors, Bill Constantine applauded. But Constantine, a parent from New York, admits that the topic made him hesitate when it was first raised. Although at home he preaches tolerance and understanding of all kinds of people, with his daughter, Claire, an 11th-grader at Andover, the issue seemed more complex. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= Contact info for the Lawrence school district, which as reported yesterday is considering adding sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policies: Contact information for LAWRENCE USD; Douglas Co 3705 Clinton Parkway Lawrence, KS 66047-2150 TELEPHONE: 785-832-5000 FAX: 785-832-5016 HOMEPAGE ADDRESS: http://www.usd497.k12.ks.us Superintendent Dr. Kathleen Williams email: kwilliams@usd497.k12.ks.us ================================================================================= Los Angeles Times, February 8, 2000 Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA, 90053 (Fax 213-237-7679 or 213-237-5319 ) (E-MAIL: letters@latimes.com ) ( http://www.latimes.com ) Fliers Mock Gays at School With Disputed Club Officials denounce the act at El Modena High, where a federal judge has ordered the school board to allow the Gay-Straight Alliance to meet. By KATE FOLMAR, LISA RICHARDSON, Times Staff Writers Hundreds of crude fliers seeming to advertise a gay dating service were found Monday plastered throughout El Modena High School in Orange, where a controversial gay-straight club won a federal court order last week allowing it to meet. [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/