Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 10:22:36 -0400 From: Tom Myers Subject: Introduction Dear Friend, We Are Family is a young non-profit organization started by people with gay friends and relatives. We work to make the world a more accepting and safer place for gay, lesbian & questioning youth by providing educational materials to people who deal with youth---teachers, ministers and counselors. We are also developing a web page that will contain useful, balanced information on the subject of homosexuality and the world in which gay and lesbian people live. The address is www.pridemail.com/wearefam. An important part of our mission is to promote understanding that homophobia is part of the larger issue of respect for individual human beings without regard to the labels society traditionally places on them. It is the same issue whether it is Jews being identified as targets for evangelism by a major Protestant denomination in the United States, women being denied abortions by men who "know better", welfare reform being directed by assumptions about single-parent black families, or gay people being denied the protection of hate crime laws. Every member of these "different" groups has a common experience and a common interest. If you are interested in what we are doing, please send a surface address and we will send you a copy of Plain Talk, the publication we use as a direct mail tool for those who deal with youths and a pamphlet which contains more information on We Are Family. Tom Myers P.S. If you are already on our list or have been contacted before, please forgive the error. If you wish to be removed from our list, please send a RETURN message with REMOVE in the subject box. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Children will persevere against all odds if they know someone values them. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tom Myers voice 803-937-0000 We Are Family fax 803-937-0020 POB 30734 wearefam@charleston.net Charleston SC 29427 www.pridemail.com/wearefam