Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:05:51 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 2/29/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news, pt. 2 1. CT: Students coming out at earlier ages 2. Time Magazine article: Fear of a Gay School 3. Excellent transgender resource website 4. NY: State lobby day is March 13 ========================================================= Hartford Courant, February 20, 2000 285 Broad St., Hartford, CT, 06115 (Fax 860-241-3865 ) (E-MAIL: letters@courant.com ) ( http://www.courant.com/ ) Refusing to hide in the closet Sexual identities "coming out" much sooner DANIELA ALTIMARI; Courant Staff Writer Midway through eighth grade, Rob Dias handed his best friend a note. On one side, the teenager from Beacon Falls scrawled the phrase, "Please don't hate me,'' over and over. On the other side, he revealed that he is gay. His friend embraced him. But when word of his homosexuality began circulating among his middle-school classmates, he became the target of uneasy stares and taunts. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ Time Magazine, February 21, 2000 Time & Life Bldg.-Rockefeller Ctr., New York, NY, 10020 (Fax 212-522-0601 ) (EMAIL: letters@time.com ) ( http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/ ) Fear of a Gay School As gay-straight alliances proliferate, so do virulent protests and legal battles against their existence By Harriet Barovick El Modena High has a nickname. Students at neighboring schools in Orange County, Calif., call it "Homodena," splitting out the syllables with all the cruelty and attitude that high school rivalry can disgorge. And a battle is being joined in El Modena, a battle over the right to form a student club on campus similar to ones that have become increasingly popular and controversial nationwide. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ­ Reported by Dan Cray / Orange ================================================================================ Point your browser to "Gender Identity 101," an excellent resource site: http://www.users.uswest.net/~ajgoodrum/gender101.htm ================================================================================ From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 19:38:21 EST Subject: NYS: Lobby Day 2000, Monday, March 13, General and Registration info To: SARATOGANY@aol.com, bdm3g@gateway.net Message from: The Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS Lobby Day 2000 Monday, March 13 Albany, NY Coordinated by: Empire State Pride Agenda, ESPA Please join CSS-NYS, GLSEN and other organizations in Albany on this day by going to the following website for the Empire State Pride Agenda. Sign up to be a participant in this year's lobby day and let your voice be heard. http://www.prideagenda.org/lobbyday/lobbyday2000.html Join hundreds of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people and their allies from across New York State to fight for our rights and lobby state legislators on critical family, civil rights, and funding issues that affect us all: Transportation info at above website. This year we will demand that our state legislators: pass the Dignity for all Students Act pass the hate crimes bill stop the anti-gay marriage bill pass a civil rights bill increase funding for LGBT health and human services ================================================================================= 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/