Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:38:14 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 4/10/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. NY: Rebroadcast of Youth Speakout 2. UK: More on the continuing struggle to repeal Clause 28 3. PA: Philadelphia task force seeks assistance ======================================================================= From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 07:25:12 EDT Subject: REBROADCAST OF YOUTH SPEAKOUT, 4/14, 8:30pm, also on Net GLSEN NEW YORK CAPITAL REGION REBROADCAST OF YOUTH SPEAKOUT (ORIGINALLY HELD ON FEBRUARY 9TH AT TROY CITY HALL!!!!) The GLSEN NYCR Youth SpeakOut, originally held and broadcasted live on February 9th, will be re-broadcast in its entirety on Friday, April 14 from 8:30pm to 10:00 pm, on 91.5 FM, WRPI. The re-broadcast can also be accessed at the same time by going to www.wrpi.org, and clicking on Real Audio. Youth from area middle and high schools, including Niskayuna, Shenendehowa, Averill Park, Saratoga Springs, Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Albany Academy, Emma Willard, and other area schools discuss the issues of anti-gay bias in their schools using personal experience and experiences of their friends. Please tune in to this important event, and send this email to anyone you know who would be interested. Although GLSEN NYCR has sent mailings to all district superintendents, we urge you to alert your school officials to "tune in" to WRPI, 91.5 FM on Friday to hear what students in their schools have to say about the continuing harassment and difficulties of LGBT youth and those who are perceived to be. Feedback from the SpeakOut is welcome to glsencr@nycap.rr.com Thank you. ===================================================================== This message has been distributed as a free informational service for the expressed interest of non-profit research and educational purposes only. "The Actual or Perceived GLBT Student Protection Project" A project of: Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS John Myers Director of Operations and Programs PO Box 2345 Malta, NY 12020 (518) 587-0176 Email: saratogany@aol.com ============================================================================ London Times, March 30, 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 ) Livingstone offers gay marriages BY ANDREW PIERCE Ken Livingstone promised last night to use the powers open to London's mayor to to pioneer gay marriages in the capital. The idea forms part of a package to court the "pink vote" that also includes plans to punish "homophobic" companies and a pledge to explore spending public money on supportive material for gay young people. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] so they hide behind the issue of child protection." London Times, March 30, 2000 Letters: 'Mixed messages' sent by Section 28 It is very sad that Mr Martin Bowley, QC, President of The Bar Lesbian and Gay Group (letter, March 25), proclaims that he finds it offensive and untrue that his stable homosexual relationship of 15 years is stigmatised by the law as "pretended". The strident clamour for such activity to be treated as valid and as moral as marriage is unwise as it causes vocal opposition, anxiety and offence. Of those who disagree, a number hold strong religious beliefs that such activities are sinful and unacceptable. ­ ANCRUM F. EVANS, Harpley House, Clifton-on-Teme, Worcester WR6 6HG This evening BBC2 has shown two excellent programmes in prime time, the subjects of which were one of Britain's most prominent artists of the 20th century, Francis Bacon, and one of our most prominent poets, W. H. Auden. Homosexuality was openly and intelligently dealt with in both programmes. Indeed, without such discussion the programmes could not have been made. Such programmes demand intelligent and guided discussion in our schools but under Section 28 this is a very risky business for any teacher to entertain. How can we get it into the minds of Baroness Young and her supporters that the cat is out of the bag and that young people demand intelligent and informed discussion on such topics as homosexuality? Or would they prefer such discussion to take place "behind the bike sheds" where all sorts of bigoted arguments are engendered with little chance of being questioned by an experienced moderator? Section 28 must go. If it does not, we are sending our children very mixed messages. They need guidance, not prejudice. ­ ANDREW ARMSTRONG, 36 Florence Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset BH5 1HQ ================================================================================= Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:28:07 -0500 From: Rita Addessa Subject: Open Letter for publication - request for support Open Letter for publication April 2000 Dear Friends and Colleagues, I write for your timely financial help to reach several critical objectives over the next several months. The first ­ to sustain the Anti-Discrimination and Violence hotline to help people in need of support, advocacy, information and referrals to resolve often difficult situations that arise from prejudice and bigotry. The second ­ to complete the critical Pennsylvania-wide Study of Discrimination and Violence, a research tool that undergirds negotiations with local and state policymakers to reach justice goals, inclusive of the Pennsylvania Civil Rights Initiative. The third ­ to reopen negotiations timely with the Mayor, City Council, and newly appointed Board of Education to obtain their support for the full implementation of Policy 102 (adopted in 1994) to help female and minority youth inclusive of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered youth, through system-wide reform. The fourth ­ to open negotiations with Paramount-Viacom-CBS on the matter of promoting bigotry and prejudice on its airwaves (locally, "Dr. Laura" and others). Why you? Despite significant socio-legal advances, very few foundations will support concerted efforts to help people who remain characterized in mainstream media as social pariahs, as "biological errors," as sexual predators. The Task Force needs the financial and moral support of individuals, of organizations, and of businesses that care, people who will go the extra mile and who will stand up for what is right and just. Please give as generously as you can in this community-wide effort to support civil and human rights. Many thanks. Rita Addessa. Executive Director, Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force.Adm. 215-772-2000. Fax. 2004 Fax. Hotline. 2005 In Pennsylvania toll free 1877-PRIDE-2000 www.op.net/plgtf and plgtf@op.net P.S. Your tax deductible contribution through check or credit card will be gratefully acknowledged on receipt. Many thanks. ============================================================================== 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/