Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:25:00 -0800
From: Jean Richter <richter@eecs.berkeley.edu>
Subject: 3/29/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news, pt. 2

1. RI: Dan Woog gives talk on gays in athletics
2. LA: Bad editorial on GSAs needs response
3. CA: Lancaster school district amends nondiscrimination policy

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Brown Daily Herald,Tuesday March 21, 2000
Brown University, Box 2538, Providence, RI, 02906
(Fax 401-351-9297 ) (E-MAIL:  Mailer on their web page )
( http://www.browndailyherald.com )
Woog '75 speaks on gays in athletics
The freelance writer and high school soccer coach said he is hopeful about 
the future of gays in the athletic world.
By Jess Fisher, Herald Staff Writer
     Closing his lecture on gay male athletes Monday night, "The Locker Room: 
The Last Closet," Dan Woog '75 left his audience with a hopeful thought ­ 
"finally, the closet might be opening."

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     * Dan Woog is online at: dwoog@optonline.net

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[sorry, I don't have more contact info]

Covington News Banner, March 2, 2000
Covington, LA
Editorial:  Let's talk straight: how does it come about that kids know all 
there is to know of gay lifestyles before they're hardly out of diapers?
     A new-style club has been formed in some schools in the United States 
that is 
not only being sanctioned, but is enough of a societal anomaly to warrant 
closer inspection.  The clubs are part of a loosely-nationalized network 
called The Gay-Straight Alliance and, at present, there does not appear to be 
any functioning in the St. Tammany Parish School system.

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[sample] HARASSMENT POLICY

It is the policy of (school district name) that harassment is unacceptable
conduct and will not be tolerated. This is in keeping with efforts to 
establish an
environment in which the dignity and worth of all members of the school 
community are
respected. The goal of (school district name) is to provide a community in 
which all students are accepted and judged as individuals.

Harassment includes epithets, comments, gestures, and any other behaviors 
that demean,
intimidate, threaten or offend another based on real or perceived gender, 
race, color, religion, cultural background, ethnicity, sexual orientation, 
physical condition or abilities. 

Behaviors that are prohibited under the harassment policy include, but are 
not limited to
the following:


     1.. graffiti
     2.. vandalism
     3.. hate talk
     4.. stereotypic name calling, epithets, or slurs
     5.. trash talk during athletics
     6.. display of visual materials or the alteration of visual materials 
displayed by others
     7.. jokes or humor
     8.. comments, gestures, or look

Any person committing any form of harassment will be subject to disciplinary 
action if:

     1.. the gestures, comments, epithets or behaviors are commonly considered 
by members
of the group demeaned to be disparaging to that group, and 

     2.. such conduct either
          A.. interferes with the comfort, safety, and work or study 
performance
of the person(s) to whom the conduct is addressed or directed, or

          B.. makes the work, study, or social environment hostile or 
intimidating
to members of average sensibilities of the group demeaned.

Any instances which can be perceived as harassment should be immediately 
reported to a
faculty member or an administrator and subsequently reported to the school's 
"principal" with documentation.

(Note: Principals hold the liability responsible for the safety and well 
being of their students. If an incident is reported to others and that person 
does NOT report it to the principal, then the principal and school district 
(possibly) may not be held liable in a court of law.)

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Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu
The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally)
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