Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 17:03:33 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 3/27/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. AT&T sponsors middle school diversity program 2. UK: Anti-gay words banned in Scottish schools 3. MA: Gay youth photo exhibit displayed in high school 4. OR: Letters on case of cross-dressing boy in school ================================================================== Conservative News, March 15, 2000 (E-Mail: shogenson@cnsnews.com ) ( http://www.cnsnews.com ) Corporations Taking Diversity Training to Middle School Students By Ben Anderson CNS Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) ­ A corporate-sponsored effort to "encourage tolerance" among the nation's teenagers that includes discussions of homosexuality in the context of tolerance has raised hackles among some consumers. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ London Times, March 17, 2000 PO Box 496, London E1 9XN, United Kingdom (Fax +44( 0 )171-782 5988 ) ( letter@the-times.co.uk ) ( http://www.the-times.co.uk ) 'Sissy' banned in war on homophobic bullying By Jason Allardyce, Scottish political reporter Teachers and pupils in Scotland are to be banned from using the word "sissy" in a government clampdown on homophobic bullying. Offensive classroom and playground language is thought to damage children as much as physical abuse. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 14, 2000 115 Conz Street, Northampton, MA, 01060 (Fax 413-585-5222 ) (E-MAIL: letters@gazettenet.com ) Positive images of gay youth By FRAN RYAN, Staff Writer WESTHAMPTON ­ A photo exhibit created to present positive and affirming images of young people who are lesbian, gay and bisexual is on display at Hampshire Regional High School. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ The Oregonian, March 10, 2000 1320 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201 (Fax 503-294-4193 ) (E-MAIL: Letters@news.oregonian.com) ( http://www.oregonlive.com/ ) Letter: Homophobia causes disruption The editorial you wrote on Feb. 29 in support of Sam Barlow High School's censorship of a student's choice of attire is woefully ignorant of history and supports a system of entrenched homophobia. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] Letter: For male freedom to wear skirts Upon somber reflection, I really don't understand the fuss about the Sam Barlow High School student who is a cross-dresser (Feb. 27). My first year of cross-dressing in school was the eighth grade, in 1971. I had been cross-dressing at home for years, and I've been doing it ever since. [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/