Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 17:08:06 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 7/3/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. IL: Review of play featuring LGBT youth 2. NC: Article on suicide of gay teen ======================================================== 1. IL: Review of play featuring LGBT youth Chicago Tribune, July 2, 2000 435 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611 (Fax 312-222-2598 ) (E-MAIL: ctc-tribletter@tribune.com ) ( http://www.chicagotribune.com ) About Face Youth teater troupe proclaims its talent loudly By Chris Jones, Special to the Tribune Profound changes in American society -- especially those relating to power, tolerance and equality -- tend to happen gradually. But even though it defies logic, there are times when huge transformations in society get up on stage and smack you right in the face. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] Where: About Face Theatre, 3212 N. Broadway When: Through July 23 Call: 773-549-3290 ================================================================================ 2. NC: Article on suicide of gay teen From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 03:47:31 EDT Subject: NC: Point of View: Bad days for gay teenagers (teen suicide on Father's Day) 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" =================================================================== Raleigh News & Observer, June 30, 2000 Box 191, Raleigh, NC, 27602 (Fax 919-829-8924)(E-MAIL: forum@nando.com ) ( http://www.nando.net/nao/ ) Point of View: Bad days for gay teenagers By T. SHAWN LONG RALEIGH -- Someone I know committed suicide this past Father's Day. His dad had kicked him out of the house because he was gay. He was just a kid, a teenage boy, on the way to becoming a young man. He liked horror and action movies. He moved around and lived with friends. He worked various low-income jobs to get by. [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. PRIMER WEBSITES GLSEN --- Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network www.glsen.org Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund www.lambdalegal.org Safe Schools Coalition of Washington www.safeschools-wa.org The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project Home Page www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays www.pflag.org Empire State (NY) Pride Agenda www.prideagenda.org "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) ============================================================================== 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/