Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:02:34 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 2/14/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. PBS Frontline program to air episode on anti-gay hate crimes Feb. 15 2. CO: Senate committee defeats safe schools bill, passes ten commandments posting 3. IA: Legislator gives students a lesson in homophobia 4. CA: Orange County board bans noncurricular clubs in lower grades; Poway's abstinence-only sex education policy called bigoted 5. UK: Schools may implement local form of Clause 28 if it's repealed ==================================================================================== The next PBS Frontline series will focus on "Assault on Gay America". This episode will be an examination of anti-gay violence in the U.S., including an in-depth examination of the murder of Billy Jack Gaither and the motivations of gay-bashers. Jerry Falwell has alerted readers of his news alerts that he will be appearing on the program, discussing the biblical perspective on homosexuality. Frontline will broadcast on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 10 pm EST, 9 pm CST, & 8 pm MST. From: SeanMcLaughlin@aol.com Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 14:25:58 EST Subject: program on gay bashing Tues. on PBS FRONTLINE PROGRAM ON GAYS AND HATE >From Frontline's Web site: On February 15, 2000 at 10:00pm EST (check local listings) FRONTLINE, a PBS Show, will be dedicated to gay bashing. On February 19, 1999, in Sylacauga, Alabama, 39-year-old computer programmer Billy Jack Gaither was murdered - the victim of a violent hate crime. One of the convicted killers testified he killed Gaither because he was "queer." Why have gays like Gaither and Matthew Shepard become the targets of such brutality? On February 15, nearly one year after the Gaither murder, FRONTLINE correspondent Forrest Sawyer explores the roots of homophobia in America-as a catalyst for hate crimes and as a phenomenon that permeates our society-and asks how these attitudes, beliefs, and fears contribute to the recent rise in violence against gays. ================================================================================ Denver Post, February 3, 2000 650 15th Street, Denver, CO, 80202 (Fax 303-820-1369 ) (E-MAIL: Letters@denverpost.com ) ( http://www.denverpost.com ) School-bully bill is a no-go By Mike Soraghan, Denver Post Capitol Bureau The same panel that wants to put religion back in schools wants to keep political correctness out. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ DES MOINES REGISTER, February 4, 2000 Box 957, Des Moines, Ia., 50304 (Fax 515-286-2511 ) (E-MAIL: letters@news.dmreg.com ) LESSON IN POLITICS SURPRISES STUDENTS REP. BODDICKER LINKS HOMOSEXUALITY WITH PEDOPHILIA. By Madelaine Jerousek, Register Staff Writer Three students in a Hudson High School government class got a lesson in politics and have become advocates for gay rights as a result. Students in Lynn Petersen's government class were told to choose a bill before the Iowa Legislature that interested them. They were to write to lawmakers and lobby for the bill. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] [Iowa Rep. Dan Boddicker is online at dan_boddicker@legis.state.ia.us ] ================================================================================ Los Angeles Times, February 12, 2000 Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA, 90053 (Fax 213-237-7679 or 213-237-5319 ) (E-MAIL: letters@latimes.com ) ( http://www.latimes.com ) O.C. District's New Rules for Clubs Trigger More Protests Education: Parents object to ban on groups in lower grades. By Jeff Gottlieb, Kate Folmar, Times Staff Writers The Orange school board's latest reaction to a gay support club led Friday to more questions and challenges from parents and lawyers about whether its new policies violate state regulations and might prevent other popular clubs from operating. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= Poway News-Chieftain, February 4, 2000 Poway, CA (E-Mail: editor@cts.com ) http://www.san.rr.com/pomeradonews/PowayNews Letter: Sex-ed policy called 'bigoted' I'd just like to thank the voice of reason that Sandra Brierley uses in her letter last week with regards to PUSD's abstinence-only policy. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ­ Lori M. Brickley, Poway Brickley is a former PUSD and San Diego County "Teacher of the Year." ================================================================================ BBC Online News, February 4, 2000 http://www.bbc.co.uk Schools will get their own Section 28 A county council leader has said he will maintain a ban on promoting homosexuality in schools even if the government abolishes the present Section 28 legislation. [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/