Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 06:13:25 -0800 From: jessea@uclink2.berkeley.edu (Jessea NR Greenman) Subject: Removal of LGBHM Display: San Diego CA [By way of background, on Dec. 1, 1992, the San Diego (CA) Unified School District Board of Education unanimously supported including sexual orientation in the district's anti-discrimination policies for staff & students. ] On Sept. 29th, after following San Diego Unified School District practice for reserving display cases at the Education Center, an employee put up a display in honor of LGBHM. One case contained the banner "Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual History Month" & the subtitle "Enriching the World." It contained photos of local, national, & historical figures w/their names & area(s) of contribution & a number of books including "The Gay 100," Breaking the Surface," "Uncommon Heroes," "Serving in Silence," & several biographies from the Lives of Notable Gay Men & Lesbian series. The second display case was titled "Symbols of Pride." It contained short descriptions of the significance of lambda, lavender, freedom rings, pink triangle, rainbow flay, & labrys along with a sample of each. The display also included photos of k.d. lang, Melissa Ethridge, & Amanda Bearse & several other books from the Lives servies. Student work (creative writing) was to be added--but had not yet been received. Sometime between 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 6, & 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, the display was removed. Monday morning, in its place, a new & supposedly, according to district "grapevine" sources, permanent display was being put up dealing with district "Teachers of the Year." Please write to the following officials and major newspaper with your thoughts on this: Superintendent Bertha Pennelton SDUSD Education Center 4100 Normal St. San Diego CA 92103 phone= 619-293-4492 Mrs. Yvonne W. Larson Member, California State Board of Education P.O. Box 80456 San Diego, CA 92138 Professor Jerry Treadway, member, California Curriculum Commission San Diego State University School of Education 5401 College Avenue San Diego, CA 92182 President, Board of Education San Diego County Office of Education 6401 Linda Vista Road San Diego CA 92111-7399 FAX 619 467 1549 San Diego Union-Tribune, P. O. Box 191,San Diego,CA,92112-4106 -(Fax 619-293-1440, print run 424,500) *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ YOU MAY RE-POST. Jessea Greenman The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project*; ph/fax: 510-601-8883, 586 62nd St. Oakland, CA 94609-1245 Gopher to "gopher.outright.com" Action Alerts and Organizing Manual: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/ http://www1.usa1.com/~furball/glb/person.html/ (Children's Animated Television) Organizing Manual: http://www.pride.net/pridenet/person The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project is *always* looking for volunteer organizers. Please cc us (for our files) on correspondence you send or receive re our action alerts. *P.E.R.S.O.N. stands for Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally.