Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 17:21:30 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 11/18/99 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news, pt. 2 1. New Zealand: Teen perceived as gay brutally murdered 2. England: Effort begun to overturn anti-gay Clause 28 ================================================================== Subject: NZ: Effeminate boy 14 beaten and stomped to death (teen, not school) Msg fwd by: The Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS, PO Box 2345, Malta, NY 12020 Email to: saratogany@aol.com "The Actual or Perceived GLBT Student Protection Project" CSS-NYS Note: The following articles depict the brutal murder of a 14 year old boy who was perceived to be gay by his attackers. BEWARE, the attack description and trauma is horrible and graphic. Could this happen here to a young teenager? I suggest you view the Judy Shepard/MTV 30 second public service announcement, PSA, at http://www.glsen.org. (If anyone has this PSA on videotape we would appreciate a copy for educational use.) Teen anti-gay hate is festering and in some cases rampant in many of our schools. In these schools it is the product of inept school administrators and teachers. These people are charged with the health, safety and mental/physical well being of children. They must be held accountable for their blatant disregard and inaction.They are institutional child abusers. ========================================================= This message has been distributed as a free informational service for the expressed interest of non-profit research and educational purposes only. The Dominion, October 19, 1999 PO Box 1297, Wellington, New Zealand (Fax: +64-4-474-0350 ) Murder accused laughed at how victim bled - witness The two men accused of killing 14-year-old Jeff Whittington laughed about how much he bled, Wellington District Court was told yesterday. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================= Wellington Evening Post, October 19, 1999 PO Box 3740, Wellington, New Zealand (Fax: +64-4-474-0536 ) (Email: editor@evpost.co.nz ) ( http://www.evpost.co.nz/ ) New Zealand's First Gay Murder Accused jumped on victim's head, family told Jason Meads jumped up and down on the head of l4 year-old Jeff Whittington, his co-accused told members of his family, according to statements handed in as evidence in Wellington District Court yesterday. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] John Myers ================================================================================== Newcastle Journal, October 20, 1999 Newcastle, England ( http://www.the-journal.co.uk/ ) Activists fight for gay rights Gay activists launched a national campaign in the North-East last night against a controversial law forbidding schools to promote homosexuality. [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/