Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 16:56:18 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 6/22/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. OH: Student's parents file lawsuit over anti-gay harassment 2. CA: More on Modesto teacher's discrimination lawsuit; More on Hemet teacher's discrimination ruling 3. KY: ACLU to host forum on safe schools 4. UK: Scottish parliament votes overwhelmingly to scrap Clause 28 ==================================================================== 1. OH: Student's parents file lawsuit over anti-gay harassment Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 07:36:05 -0700 From: Jessea NR Greenman School District contact information: Superintendent Gregory Smith Maumee City Schools 2345 Detroit Avenue Maumee, Ohio 43537 phone: 419.893.3200 Email for Supe. Smith: ma_gjs@nwoca.org Toledo Blade, May 19, 2000 541 Superior St., Toledo, OH, 43660 (Fax 419-245-6191 ) (E-MAIL: letters@theblade.com ) Parents sue Maumee schools, claim abuse The parents of a 12-year-old Maumee schools student filed a lawsuit yesterday claiming that the district did not protect the boy from assaults and repeated verbal abuse that resulted from the youth's "sex, perceived sexual orientation, and his speech on gay rights issues." [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= 2. CA: More on Modesto teacher's discrimination lawsuit Modesto Bee, June 21, 2000 P. O. Box 3928, Modesto, CA, 95352 (Fax 209-441-6499 ) (E-MAIL: letters@modbee.com ) ( http://www.modbee.com ) Teacher sues Modesto schools; lawsuit claims educator forced out because of her sexual preference By LISA MILLEGAN, BEE STAFF WRITER A former Burbank Elementary School teacher is suing the Modesto City Schools in federal court, alleging discrimination based on sexual orientation. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= CA: More on Hemet teacher's discrimination ruling Riverside Press-Enterprise, June 21, 2000 Decision supporting gay teacher upheld The Hemet district is also ordered to pay attorney fees. School officials can decide to take the issue to court. By Katie Orloff, The Press-Enterprise A state official upheld a decision that the Hemet Unified School District discriminated against a gay teacher when it allowed a girl to be pulled from her class at a parent's request. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= 3. KY: ACLU to host forum on safe schools Lexington Herald-Leader, June 21, 2000 100 Midland Avenue, Lexington, KY, 40508 (Fax 606-255-7236 ) (E-MAIL: hleditorial@herald-leader.com ) ( http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/ ) Harassment of gay teens in spotlight Kentucky ACLU to host forum on issue tonight [actually June 22] in Louisville by Matt Batcheldor, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER At first, Brad Putman was tormented with fake sexual advances. Then someone grabbed his groin. Then came the death threats. So he took these allegations to court. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= 4. UK: Scottish parliament votes overwhelmingly to scrap Clause 28 BBC Online News, June 21, 2000 http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid%5F800000/800673.stm Members of the Scottish Parliament have made history by scrapping the controversial Section 28 law. They voted by 99 to 17 with two abstentions to abolish the bar on the promotion of homosexuality. This brings to a close the bitter political argument over the issue. [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/