Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 16:33:58 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 2/15/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. VA: Information on upcoming True Spirit Conference 2. More information on tonight's Frontline on anti-gay hate 3. NY: Dan Woog to speak at Skidmore College ============================================================== Reply-To: listserver@channelq.com Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 15:32:28 -0800 From: "Channel Q" Subject: GLAADLines - February 14, 2000 GLAADLines Contact: Bob Findle, GLAAD (323) 658-6775 ext. 31 findle@glaad.org http://www.glaad.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FEBRUARY 14, 2000 News and Breaking Stories about the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community [unrelated items omitted] FOURTH ANNUAL AMERICAN BOYZ CONFERENCE: American Boyz, a support and social group for people born female but who feel that is not a complete or accurate assessment of who they are, is presenting the fourth annual True Spirit 2000, a three-day conference, Feb. 18-20, in Alexandria, Va. Organizers say the conference is for all gender variant people and their associates. It will include workshops and panel discussions about health, special needs populations, employment, legal issues and more. Trey Maurer, True Spirit 2000 media coordinator, said the conference will be attended by hundreds of people from all over the United States and beyond. "The conference has steadily grown in number since its inception," Maurer said. "As the only national conference serving the social, physical, emotional, spiritual and relational health of all gender variant people on the FTM spectrum, it represents a vital resource for and about transpeople." Contact American Boyz at 410-620-2161 for more in! form ation. GLAAD, the nation's lesbian & gay media advocacy organization, promotes fair, accurate, and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. To subscribe, contact Wonbo Woo at (212) 807-1700 or at woo@glaad.org. 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Make sure that you turn off all signatures and extraneous text. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of individuals and events in all media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "GLAAD" and "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" are registered trademarks of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc. ==================================================================================== ORLANDO SENTINEL, February 15, 2000 633 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL, 32801 (Fax 407-420-5286 ) (E-MAIL: OsoInsight@aol.com ) ( http://www.orlandosentinel.com ) A provocative examination of homophobia By Hal Boedeker, The Orlando Sentinel Billy Jack Gaither sang in the church choir, lived with his elderly parents in a small Alabama town and tried several times to become heterosexual. When he was killed by two men a year ago, he became one of the most famous victims of homophobia. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] To reach TV critic Hal Boedeker, write: The Orlando Sentinel, MP-12, P.O. Box 2833, Orlando, Fla. 32802-2833. Phone: 407-420-5756. E-mail: hboedeker@orlandosentinel.com From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 07:17:02 EST Subject: PBS: "Assault on Gay America" Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 10 pm EST To: SARATOGANY@aol.com, bdm3g@gateway.net 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: Recommend this program be taped. ========================================================= PBS: "Assault on Gay America" Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 10 pm EST 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. The program will feature some information regarding anti-gay bias in schools. 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 ============================================================ This message is from GLSEN-Talk, the list-serve of GLSEN's chapter leaders. ........................................................... Please check your local listings for an important new FRONTLINE / PBS program called: Assault on Gay America Premiering February 15, 2000 on PBS stations nationwide The program will feature some information regarding anti-gay bias in schools, and will (we've been told) highlight GLSEN's public service announcement and key findings from its 1999 National Youth School Climate Survey. The producers attended and shot footage at GLSEN's 1999 national conference, Teaching Respect for All, in Atlanta. Here's some more info: "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." Produced by Claudia Pryor Malis Field Producer: Deborah Fryer Editor: Jean Tsien Camera: Hank Holton Sound: Frank Tonhazy Correspondent: Forrest Sawyer ........................................................... Visit the GLSEN Blackboard online: http://www.glsen.org/ Past GLSENTalk posts are archived on the GLSEN Blackboard: http://www.glsen.org/pages/sections/chapters/glsentalk/archive/ ........................................................... TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE You may add or remove yourself from this mailing list by going to: http://www.glsen.org/pages/sections/chapters/glsentalk/ If you have problems or questions, you can contact the list server administrator at: Reply-To: listserver@channelq.com Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:55:27 -0800 From: "Channel Q" To: Subject: Resend: "Assault on Gay America" on PBS "Assault on Gay America" airs Tuesday, February 15, 2000 at 10 p.m. EST on PBS (check local listings). On February 19, 1999, thirty-nine-year-old Billy Jack Gaither was murdered - the victim of a vicious hate crime. During the trial, one of the convicted killers testified he killed Billy Jack because he was "queer." Why have gays like Gaither and Matthew Shepard become the targets of such brutality? FRONTLINE correspondent Forrest Sawyer takes measure of the national crisis facing gay citizens and explores the roots of homophobia in America—asking how these attitudes, beliefs, and fears contribute to the recent rise in violence against gays in "Assault on Gay America." Access the film's companion Web site at www.pbs.org/frontline immediately following broadcast for a Viewer's Guide and more on this report, including news stuides on the roots of homophobia, extended interviews with the family of Billy Jack Gaither, and the latest research on the nature of homosexuality including a look at the question, "Can gays be cured or converted?" _________________________________________________________________________ This message has been distributed as a free, non-profit informational service, to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. Please do not publish or post in a public place on the Internet, copyrighted material without permission and attribution. 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. ================================================================================ From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 07:42:17 EST Subject: Dan Woog to speak at Skidmore College, 2/17/00 (free/open to public) To: SARATOGANY@aol.com, bdm3g@gateway.net Msg from: 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" ========================================================= Speaker: Dan Woog "The locker room: The last closet" Feb 17 6:30pm to 8pm Davis Auditorium (in Palamount Hall, directions at end of this message) Q and A to follow talk Sponsored by Skidmore's Student Affairs Diversity & Affirmative Action Office Student Athletic Alliance BGLAD Dan Woog is a journalist, educator, soccer coach, and gay activist. His articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Sports Illustrated and USA Today. He has written several books on gay topics. Dan's second book, as well as the evening's topic, "Jocks: True Stories of America's Gay Male Athletes" (Alyson, 1998) shined a light on one of society's last remaining closets: the sports locker room. Dan speaks nationally on gay issues to audiences as diverse as the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, the Northeast Bar Association, the New Mexico Coalition, the Anchorage Education Association and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. He is a substitute teacher at Staples High School in Westport, Conn., as well as the assistant soccer coach at Staples. Dan is also a founder and faculty adviser for the Gay/Straight Alliance, the first such organization at a public school in the state of Connecticut. For additional information Dan, visit his website, www.danwoog.com. Directions: >From I-87, the Northway take exit 15 towards Saratoga Springs (may be Skidmore sign here) follow route #50 to East Ave (next light after Stewarts, which will be on your right) turn right onto East Ave go to North Broadway (very wide street) turn right onto North Broadway go "past" the 1st Skidmore College entrance on left (has concrete Skidmore marker) go to next entrance (short distance) turn left into campus go to 1st stop sign turn right here (onto Perimeter Road) follow road and watch for road sign(s) Palamountain Hall use any of the parking lots Palamountain Hall is a greyish building with a large entrance upon entering Palamountain Hall you will see Emerson Auditorium Davis Auditorium will be down corridor just past Emerson and down to the right ================================================================================ Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu The P.E.R.S.O.N. 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