Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:45:24 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 7/26/99 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. NH: Gay-straight alliance approved at West High School 2. MO: School board approved nondiscrimination policy 3. RI: Student play on AIDS house gets donation ================================================================================ Associated Press, July 22, 1999 High school approves gay-lesbian support group MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - West High School on Thursday formally recognized a support group for gay and lesbian pupils. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ Reply-To: listserver@channelq.com Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 18:18:35 -0700 From: "Channel Q" Subject: GLAADAlert - July 22, 1999 GLAADAlert - July 22, 1999 The GLAADAlert is the bi-weekly activation tool of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation GLAADAlert Index: [unrelated items omitted] GLAADAlert Round-Up: The Media Respond to Regional Politicking In recent weeks, local anti-gay legislative measures across the nation have been the focus of supportive coverage in many media outlets. Here are some highlights: ...Forrest Rose's July 6 column in the Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune reflected on the local Board of Education's decision to forbid discrimination based on sexual orientation in the schools - a new policy that has not come without controversy. Rose cites board members' linking of homosexuality to bestiality and pedophilia, and quotes one as saying: "If we pass this, Christian teachers can't talk about their life with Christ ... but gay teachers can talk about the joys of anal sex!" Rose's response? "Those statements presume that straight teachers currently enjoy the right to lecture their classes on the most titillating of topics ... They don't talk about such things in class because they know they would be fired. What evidence do we have that gay teachers are stupider than straight ones?" And while Rose points out that antagonizing remarks have been made from both sides, his overall message is exemplified in the column's title: "School policy toward gays simplified: Do unto others." Please thank the Daily Tribune for providing their readers with lucidity and insight on the legislative issues facing their respective communities. Contact: ... 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Forwarding of this material should not necessarily be construed as an endorsement of the content. Some messages may be from anti-gay organizations and are forwarded as opposition research. ================================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 04:12:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Tina M. Wood" Subject: Re-send: High school drama about AIDS refuge touches community This was in one of the regional editions of the Providence Journal. 4.8.99 07:05:19 High school drama about AIDS refuge touches community One anyonomous donor has given $500 to the stage group which will be used to take the production to a New England drama festival in Maine this month. By SUMATHI REDDY Journal Staff Writer CUMBERLAND _ It is a play whose powerful images and themes have left teachers, students and other community members deeply touched and wanting to do more to ensure that the play that has captivated a community continues to live. [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/