Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 17:08:08 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 12/9/99 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. IA: News column on anti-gay hysteria 2. UT: Lawmakers reject message of GLSEN's safe schools booklet 3. CA: Commentary: Gay-Straight Alliances 101 ================================================================================ DES MOINES REGISTER, November 24, 1999 Box 957, Des Moines, Ia., 50304 (Fax 515-286-2511 ) (E-MAIL: letters@news.dmreg.com ) VILSACK'S ORDER KICKS ANTI-GAY HYSTERIA INTO OVERDRIVE by Rob Borsellino Stealing, cursing, fighting: none of that was a big deal when I was growing up. Everybody did it. Same thing for drinking and wife beating. Guys would get loaded and smack the old lady around a little and nobody got too crazy about it. No reason to call the cops. That was between you and the wife. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] Rob Borsellino can be reached at borsellinor@news.dmreg.com or (515) 284-8102. ================================================================================ Deseret News, November 30, 1999 Box 1257, Salt Lake City, UT, 84110 (Fax 801-237-2121 ) (E-MAIL: letters@desnews.com ) ( http://www.desnews.com ) Gay-issues booklet likely won't go far Utah schools can't teach such alternatives By Jennifer Toomer-Cook, Deseret News staff writer A booklet aimed at helping the nation's superintendents deal with issues involving gay students probably won't make much of a mark on Utah schools. That's because schools here are prohibited from teaching homosexuality or sexual relations outside marriage as acceptable or healthy lifestyles, Doug Bates, director of school law and legislation for the State Office of Education, said Monday. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= Los Angeles Times, November 30, 1999 Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA, 90053 (Fax 213-237-7679 or 213-237-5319 ) (E-MAIL: letters@latimes.com ) ( http://www.latimes.com ) COMMUNITY COMMENTARY Gay-straight alliance 101 By LUIS TORRES On behalf of the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network for Orange County, I applaud Newport-Mesa Unified School District Supt. Robert Barbot and board member Martha Flour for their favorable comments regarding gay-straight alliances ("District open to gay support club for students," Nov. 20). It is encouraging to know that students in Newport-Mesa's high schools will not encounter the blatant discrimination and inequity that students have confronted in Orange. Nonetheless, the article makes it clear that there is some misinformation and misconceptions surrounding gay-straight alliances – someone hasn't done her homework. Let's set the record straight. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] * LUIS TORRES is a public middle school teacher, co-chair of the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network for Orange County and Costa Mesa resident. The network is the largest nonprofit organization devoted to educating school communities about the effects of homophobia and making schools safe for all students, regardless of sexual orientation. Feedback to dailypilot@earthlink.net ================================================================================= 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/