Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 17:45:57 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 6/1/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. NY: Capitol region GLSEN seeks officers 2. OR: More on cross-dressing teen's school troubles 3. CA: Contact info for Santa Rosa school board (diversity forum controversy) 4. MA: Attorney General files complaint against student for antigay violence 5. NE: School boards refuse to add sexual orientation to anti-harassment policies =================================================================================== 1. NY: Capitol region GLSEN seeks officers From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 18:07:32 EDT Subject: GLSEN NY Capital Region: Nominations for officers Message forward by: The Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS Email to: saratogany@aol.com ===================================================================== THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM GLSEN NEW YORK CAPITAL REGION "Teaching Respect for all in our Schools" GLSEN NYCR P.O. Box 5392 Albany, New York 12205 (518)462-6138 VM76 glsencr@nycap.rr.com www.glsen.org To unsubscribe to this list, please hit reply and write "unsubscribe" in the subject. ****************************************************************************** ******************* GLSEN-NYCR will be holding its elections for officers and board members on Monday, August 11. We would love to see some new faces and definitely need your involvement and support! If you are interested in being nominated for one of these positions, or you would like to find out more information about these positions, please send an e-mail to Peter Mesh at the following address: slatsmesh@aol.com (CSS-NYS Note: GLSEN NYCR membership is open to ALL (regardless of sexual orientation), including students, who advocate the GLSEN mission of ending homophobia in schools.) ===================================================================== "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: More on cross-dressing teen's school troubles THE COLUMBIAN, May 5, 2000 P. O. Box 180, Vancouver, WA, 98666 (Fax 360-699-6033 ) (E-MAIL: editors@columbian.com ) CROSS-DRESSER PLANS TO SWITCH TO AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) A self-described "gay boy cross-dresser" says he plans to transfer to an alternative school after being suspended for wearing women's clothes and a bra stuffed with socks. Brian Peters, 17, occasionally wears pink lipstick and carries a flowered purse to Sam Barlow High School. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ==================================================================================== 3. CA: Contact info for Santa Rosa school board Please contact the school board to show support for the Week of Dialogue: Santa Rosa City Schools 211 Ridgway Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Phone (707) 528-5181, Fax (707) 528-5440 Board of Education !!Current Information!! Mr. Bill Carle Mr. Hugh Futrell Ms. Susan Gorin Mr. Frank C. Pugh Ms. Jane E. Zils http://www.srcs.k12.ca.us/ ==================================================================================== 4. MA: Attorney General files complaint against student for antigay violence The Boston Globe, May 9, 2000 Box 2378, Boston, MA 02107 (Fax 617-929-2098 ) (E-MAIL: letter@globe.com ) (http://www.boston.com/globe) New England Briefs AG accuses teenager of antigay violence HOLBROOK - Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly filed a civil rights complaint yesterday against a 17-year-old Holbrook boy who allegedly harassed and attacked another teen in a pattern of antigay intimidation. The 17-year-old allegedly attacked his victim in the Holbrook High School cafeteria on Feb. 9, punching him on the head at least five times. The complaint said the victim had been taunted and harassed for five months beforehand. From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 21:00:53 EDT Subject: MA: AG Files Complaint, Gay Student Viciously Beaten in School Msg fwd by: The Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS, PO Box 2345, Malta, NY 12020 Email to: saratogany@aol.com "The Actual or Perceived GLBT Student Protection Project" =================================================================== Boston herald www.bostonherald.com Civil rights complaint filed in alleged gay attack by Franci Richardson Tuesday, May 9, 2000 Attorney General Thomas Reilhas filed a civil rights complaint against a Holbrook teen accused of taunting and ``viciously'' beating a classmate because he's gay. Reilly yesterday asked a Norfolk Superior Court judge to order Joseph T. DeGrazia, 17, to stay away from Jason Hair, 18, who was allegedly punched five or six times in the head Feb. 9 in the Holbrook High School cafeteria, officials said. 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NE: School boards refuse to add sexual orientation to anti-harassment policies Papillion- Lavista Public Schools 420 S Washington La Vista, NE 68046 Telephone Numbers and Contact Information (402) 537-9998 Omaha World-Herald, May 9, 2000 World Herald Square, Omaha, NE, 68102 (Fax 402-345-4547 ) (E-MAIL: pulse@owh.com ) ( http://www.omaha.com/OWH ) Protection for Gays Weighed by Schools The Papillion-LaVista and Millard boards review their anti-harassment policies By Michael O'Connor and Christine Laue, World-Herald Staff Writers Two of the Omaha metropolitan area's largest school districts on Monday wrestled with how best to protect gay students from harassment, an issue that's getting increased attention in communities nationwide. In the Papillion-LaVista district, the administration recommended that the district adopt a zero-tolerance harassment guideline in its student handbook. [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/