Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 16:57:29 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 5/25/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. MI: Gay exchange student faces harassment in school 2. OR: Cross-dressing teen accuses school of bias 3. CT: School's diversity program causes controversy =========================================================== 1. MI: Gay exchange student faces harassment in school [more material on this student is available on our web site, at URL: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/Alerts/States/Michigan/student.html ] From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 13:38:33 EDT Subject: MI: Foreign Exchange Gay HS Student Feels Scourge of Homophobia in Our Schools Message forward by: The Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS Email to: saratogany@aol.com ===================================================================== The News-Herald http://www.thenewsherald.com A Heritage Newspaper May 3, 2000 Student speaks out about harassment in school By Paula Evans Neuman, Senior Staff Writer WOODHAVEN - Thomas Sutter, 17, is harassed every day in school. He is an exchange student from Switzerland spending his senior year at Woodhaven High School. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] Affirmations Community Center can be contacted at 1-248-398-2950 or a help line can be reached at 1-800-398-4297. PFLAG can be reached by calling 1-734-783-2950. Senior Staff Writer Paula Evans Neuman can be reached by e-mail at paula@heritage.com or by phone at 1-734-246-0865. ===================================================================== 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 (To subscribe or unsubscribe the CSS-NYS E-mail List, send request to address above.) ================================================================================ 2. OR: Cross-dressing teen accuses school of bias Contact info: Sam Barlow High School 5105 SE 302nd Ave. Gresham, OR 97080 (503) 674-5600 Main (503) 674-5645 Fax The Oregonian, May 3, 2000 1320 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201 (Fax 503-294-4193 ) (E-MAIL: Letters@news.oregonian.com ) ( http://www.oregonlive.com/ ) Cross-dressing teen accuses school of bias A Barlow student suspended for wearing women's clothing to class doesn't want to go back By Wendy Y. Lawton of The Oregonian staff GRESHAM ­ After being suspended for wearing women's clothes and a bra stuffed with socks, a Sam Barlow High School student is steering clear of campus and plans to be tutored for the rest of the school year. Brian Peters, a quiet junior with glasses, describes himself as a "gay boy cross-dresser." The 17-year-old occasionally wears pink lipstick and carries a flowered purse. For about a week, Brian has gone by the name of Violet. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] * You can reach Wendy Lawton at 503-294-5938 or by e-mail at wendylawton@news.oregonian.com. ================================================================================= 3. CT: School's diversity program causes controversy Please support the diversity program by contacting the Ledyard Public Schools: Central Office 4 Blonder Boulevard Ledyard, CT 06339 (860) 464-9255 Fax: (860) 464-8589 E-mail us at: dropbox@ledyard.k12.ct.us New London Day, May 4, 2000 Box 1231, New London, CT, 06320 (Fax 202-442-0420 ) (E-Mail: editor@newlondonday.com ) Parents take school officials to task for diversity program Topic of homosexuality at Ledyard workshops draws most of criticism By Katrina T. Gathers Ledyard ­ Several parents criticized the Board of Education and school administrators Wednesday night for "promoting homosexuality" in a diversity program at the high school last Friday and failing to fully inform them about the content of the program. The daylong program focused on learning about and respecting people's differences, according to program organizers. [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/