Project 21 of GLAAD/SFBA battles for
inclusion of lesbian, gay and bisexual
information in California's history
and health texts.  Now we commence
the struggle for recognition of our
sensibilities and contributions
in literature and language arts
in public school curricula and texts.
This will be an even tougher battle,
since the English-Language Arts
Strategic Plan as currently formulated
doesnot include us.  The current;Chair of 
the Curriculum Commission, Dr. Yvonne
Johnson of the Hayward Unified
School District,has been very
supportive of our issues but,
unfortunately, she rotates
off as chair at the end
of November.  Your written
input to the Commission is needed.
Write to the Chair, California
Curriculum Commission; also
write to Gloria Blanchette, Commission
member and chair of the commssion's
English-Language Arts Subject Matter
Committee; also write to Dr. Shirley
Hazlett, Administrator, Language Arts
and Foreign Languages Office.  All
can be reached at the Calfornia
Department of Education, POB 944272,
Sacramento CA 94244-2720.  Tell
them lesbian, gay and bisexual authors
can only be understood by discussin
g the influence of sexual orientation
on their sensibility.  Send them
copies of proper textual interpretatoins
of Whitman, etc.  Send copies of
your letters and any attachments to
GLAAD/SFBA, Project 21, 514 Castro St. #B
San Francisco CA 94114.