Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 18:04:34 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 3/13/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news, pt. 2 1. Canada: Study to report on hate crimes against young gays 2. LA: McKinley principal approves gay-straight alliance ================================================================ London Free Press, March 4, 2000 London, Ontario, Canada (E-Mail: letters@lfpress.com ) ( http://www.canoe.ca/LondonFreePress/home.html ) Researcher 'horrified' by gay-bashing stories By Roxanne Beaubien, Free Press Crime Reporter A study of hate crimes aimed at young Londoners with alternative sexual orientations is turning up "horrifying" results, researcher Debbie Lee said yesterday. Halfway into the year-long study called Safe City Project, 83 per cent of the 48 teens and young adults interviewed reported being the target of physical, sexual or verbal abuse, she told The Free Press. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================ Baton Rouge Advocate, March 4, 2000 525 Lafayette St., Baton Rouge, LA, 70821 (Fax 504-388-0371 ) (E-MAIL: bbankston@theadvocate.com ) ( http://www.theadvocate.com ) Schools: Gay Straight club gets McKinley High approval By KRISTEN KING, Advocate staff writer After weeks of student protests, intense media attention and public debate, the McKinley High School principal on Friday officially approved a Gay Straight Alliance on the campus. [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/