Subject: 7/20/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news
From: Jean Richter <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 17:02:42 -0700

1. CA: Memo indicates El Modena board may have tried to block GSA formation
2. IL: Small victory for Naperville sexual harassment policy inclusion
3. PA: News article on National Youth Advocacy Coalition convention

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1. CA: Memo indicates El Modena board may have tried to block GSA formation

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 17:10:24 EDT
Subject: LA Times article included

Hi, I think everyone will find this really interesting.

- jdL

----------article follows------------

 >From Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, June 13, 2000, page B10 (Metro section)

METRO NEWS

Memo Stirs Pot in Gay Campus Club Suit

By Kate Folmar and Jeff Gottlieb
Times Staff Writers

ORANGE - El Modena High School's principal may have stymied student efforts 
to create a gay support club on campus more than two years ago, according to 
a memo presented Monday in court as evidence in a lawsuit alleging the Orange 
Unified School District has intentionally discriminated against such clubs.

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Times staff writer Ann L Kim contributed to this story.

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2. IL: Small victory for Naperville sexual harassment policy inclusion

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:57:04 EDT
Subject: IL: Policy prohibits harassment of gay and lesbian students (duped???)

Msg fwd by:
The Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS, PO Box 2345, Malta, NY 12020
Email to: [email-masked]

"The Actual or Perceived GLBT Student Protection Project" 

CSS-NYS Opinion: If the following article is accurate, I believe the 
advocates for "sexual orientation" being added to the districts 
non-discrimination policy, diversity and "harassment" (code of conduct) 
policies have been duped. By adding the words sexual orientation to the 
district's "SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY"  they did nothing more than what is 
already stated in US Title IX which covers sexual harassment in all schools 
receiving federal funds.

The March 1997 Title IX Guidance includes sexual harassment protection for 
gay and lesbians students. Title IX DOES NOT provide protections for gay and 
lesbian students against DISCRIMINATION OR HARASSMENT. Often gay bashing in 
schools involves some type of sexual connotation and therefore it is sexual 
harassment and these aggrieved students should report the incident(s) as a 
Title IX sexual harassment violation. Which must be documented and reported 
by the district. 

Harassment without sexual connotation is NOT covered by sexual harassment 
policies. Hence, the need for an anti-harassment (code of conduct) policy 
that specifically includes real or perceived sexual orientation and gender 
indentity.

The GLBT Naperville advocates gained nothing more than a affirmation of what 
Title IX already states.
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NAPERVILLE SUN, July 19, 2000
1500 Ogden Ave., Naperville, IL 60540 
( http://www.copleynewspapers.com/ )

Sexual orientation addressed 
Policy prohibits harassment of gay and lesbian students 
By Linda Bicksler, STAFF WRITER
     The language appeared - finally - not in a diversity policy or 
nondiscrimination policy, but as the centerpiece of Naperville Community Unit 
School District 203's rewritten sexual harassment policy.
     Long hoped-for by student members of Gay-Straight Alliances at Naperville 
North and Naperville Central high schools, and long debated by parents and 
residents, language that mentions sexual orientation is contained in the 
proposed policy.  The new policy may come to a vote in August or September.

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www.glsen.org
  <A HREF="http://www.lambdalegal.org/">Lambda Legal</A> 
Defense and Education Fund 
www.lambdalegal.org
   <A HREF="http://www.safeschools-wa.org/">Safe Schools Coalition of 
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  <A HREF="http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/">The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project 
Home Page</A>
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  <A HREF="http://www.pflag.org/">Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians 
and Gays</A> 
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www.prideagenda.org

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3. PA: Column on National Youth Advocacy Coalition convention

Philadelphia Daily News, July 18, 2000
400 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA, 19101 
(Fax 215-854-5691) (E-MAIL: [email-masked] )  
( http://www.philly.com )
THE REAL HAPPENING CONVENTION
By Deb Woodell
     Next month's big conference?  You can keep those Republicans.  Unless New 
Jersey Gov. Christine Whitman pats down Pennsylvania Gov. Ridge 
inappropriately, what melodrama will there be?
     No, the coolest conference coming to Philadelphia will be the National 
Youth Advocacy Coalition's annual Northeast Regional conference, Aug. 11 to 
13, that will feature some of the most inspiring -- and inspired -- people 
you will ever meet.  Forget the thousands of delegates and journalists in 
town for George W. Bush's party.  You won't find more remarkable role models 
than the 200-plus young gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people 
coming to town, including about 75 from the Philadelphia area.

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     * Debbie Woodell is a Daily News sports desk editor.  Her column appears 
monthly.  Send e-mail to [email-masked].

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