Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:45:34 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 6/13/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. VT: A mother tells of anti-gay harassment against her son 2. OH: Students across state work for LGBT tolerance ================================================================== 1. VT: A mother tells of anti-gay harassment against her son Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:29:17 -0500 From: "J.L.S.E." Subject: A Letter Forwarded by Pro-GLSEN Laredo Letter to the Editor Sunday, April 30, 2000 By SHARON UNDERWOOD For the Valley News (White River Junction, VT/Hanover, NH) As the mother of a gay son, I've seen firsthand how cruel and misguided people can be. Many letters have been sent to the Valley News concerning the homosexual menace in Vermont. I am the mother of a gay son and I've taken enough from you good people. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] =================================================================================== 2. OH: Students across state work for LGBT tolerance From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 21:33:34 EDT Subject: Cleveland, OH: Gay high school students active in promoting sexual tolerance 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" =================================================================== Akron Beacon Journal Website (www.Ohio.com) 5/15/00 Gay high school students active in promoting sexual tolerance CLEVELAND (AP) -- Gay, lesbian and bisexual high school students have become increasingly active in promoting sexual tolerance. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ==================================================================== This message has been distributed as a free informational service for the expressed interest of non-profit research and educational purposes only. "The Actual or Perceived GLBT Student Protection Project" A project of: Coalition for Safer Schools of New York State John Myers Director of Operations and Programs PO Box 2345 Malta, NY 12020 (518) 587-0176 Email: saratogany@aol.com (To subscribe or unsubscribe (CSS-NYS Email List) send request to saratogany@aol.com) CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER, May 15, 2000 1801 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44114 (Fax 216-999-6209 ) (E-MAIL: letters@plaind.com ) (http://www.cleveland.com/news ) To stop slurs against gays Student alliances are spreading to try to discourage harassment, name-calling and isolation many endure By JENNIFER GONZALEZ, PLAIN DEALER REPORTER Rebecca Richards has heard the slurs before. Faggot. Dyke. Queer. "You hear them 25 or 30 times a day," said Richards, 18, a student at Kent Roosevelt High School. "You hear it in the hallways. In the classrooms. In the cafeteria." [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/