Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 16:32:12 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 2/20/98 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. Upcoming LGBT youth conferences ====================================================== X-Sender: verry@bengal.oxy.edu Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 11:04:24 -0800 From: Bart Verry Subject: [Fwd: Breaking News] >Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 08:19:21 -0800 >From: "Randy G. Herrera" >Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory >To: Bart Verry >Subject: [Fwd: Breaking News] > >Bart, > >If you still have an e-mail list for MOP (and for the Commission), you >might pass this on to them. > >Ciao, >Randy > >P.S. I'll be putting together an e-mail list of my own based on last >night's meeting. > > [non-youth-oriented items omitted] >> >> News and Breaking Stories about the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender >> Community >> >> >> WRITERS, STUDENTS, YOUTH AND TRANSPEOPLE HOLD CONFERENCES: Four major >> conferences happening around the country this coming weekend reveal some of >> the vast diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. >> In Boston, over 1,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender artists and >> activists will gather February 20-22 for OutWrite, where they will discuss >> issues facing lesbian and gay writing and culture. Meanwhile, in Denver, >> Colorado, from February 18-21, the National Diversity Conference for Youth >> will bring together teens, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender >> young people, from all over the country for discussion on a wide array of >> social concerns for youth. Young people will also participate in "Across >> the Fruited Plain," the 1998 Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay Transgender >> College Conference from February 20-22. Finally, the American >> Boyz-sponsored True Spirit Conference for all gender variant people on the >> FTM (Female-to-Male) spectrum will also take place February 20-22 in >> Laurel, Maryland. For more information contact Karen Bullock-Jordan >> (OutWrite) at (617) 262-6969; National Diversity Conference for Youth at >> (303) 221-1827; David Barnett (MLGTCC-98) at (312) 413-9862; and American >> Boyz Coordinator-in-Chief Gary Bowen (True Spirit) at (410) 392-3640. >> >> To report events that merit media coverage, or news stories breaking in >> your area, please contact us. >> The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is the only national >> lesbian & gay multimedia advocacy organization. GLAAD promotes fair, >> accurate, and inclusive representation as a means of challenging >> discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. To subscribe >> contact Don Romesburg at (415) 861-2244 or at romesburg@glaad.org. "GLAAD" >> and "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" are registered trademarks >> of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc. >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) >> glaad@glaad.org >> >> TO REPORT DEFAMATION IN THE MEDIA - Call GLAAD's Alertline at >> 1.800.GAY.MEDIA or go to the GLAAD Web Site at www.glaad.org and report >> through our Alertline Online. >> >> TO JOIN GLAAD AND RECEIVE GLAAD's DISPATCH AND QUARTERLY IMAGES MAGAZINE, >> call 1.800.GAY.MEDIA or join on the Web today at >> www.glaad.org/glaad/join/join-about.html >> >> TO SUBSCRIBE TO GLAAD-Net, GLAAD's electronic mailing list, send e-mail to >> majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Subscribe GLAAD-Net" >> >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message >> "Unsubscribe GLAAD-Net" >> >> GLAAD is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive >> representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual >> orientation or identity. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> "GLAAD" and "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" are registered >> trademarks of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc. > >-- >Randy G. Herrera > >Radio Science Systems Group > >ph (818)393-0664 >rgh@godzilla.jpl.nasa.gov >fax (818)393-9282 > >************************************************************** > >"...and, remember my son, one man's noise is another man's >data," said the wizened old man from his perch high above the >arid plateau. > >************************************************************** > > Bart Verry Director of Student Services, Occidental College 1600 Campus Road Los Angeles, CA 90041 (213) 259-2531 office (213) 341-4984 fax http://www.oxy.edu/departments/orgl/ ================================================================== Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) CHECK OUT OUR INFO-LOADED WEB PAGE AT: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/