Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 17:09:40 -0800
From: Doug.Case@sdsu.edu (Doug Case)

I'm passing along this information at the request of Laurie McBride,
executive director of LIFE, California's Gay/Lesbian and AIDS Lobby.  She
informs me that LIFE has received a matching grant that will match up to
$3,000 any money sent to LIFE to defray the costs of sending youth to the
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered Youth Lobby Day.  Make your check
payable to LIFE and mail it to 926 J Street, Suite 522, Sacramento, CA
95814.   They also are trying to identify G/L/B/T youth (24 or younger) to
participate in the lobby day.  Your help would be apprecicated.
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QUEER YOUTH LOBBY DAY IN CALIFORNIA'S STATE CAPITOL

Wednesday,  January 3rd, 1996
A Day to empower the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered & Questioning
(LGBTQ) Youth of California...

California State Capitol
Sacramento, California

Sponsored by LIFE: California's Lesbian/Gay and AIDS Lobby

Background:  In 1995:

          The California State Assembly Committee on Education failed to
pass AB 1001,an important bill which would have prohibited sexual
orientation discrimination in all of California's public schools.  Despite
the horrific statistics of queer youth suicide, despite eloquent testimony
from teens about the harassment and discrimination they face, the bill
failed.  Assemblymembers voting against the bill insisted that there isn't
"enough" of a problem to justify passing a law. ( A conclusion they reached
despite the vitriolic testimony of some opponents who actually insisted
that "discrimination is the price of sin".)

          The California State Senate stalled SB 101, a bill to provide
age-appropriate HIV
prevention education to 5th and 6th grade public school students.  Can we
afford NOT to educate youth about HIV and AIDS ???  The facts are:  by
1994, 14,000 boys and men between the ages of 13 and 25 were diagnosed with
AIDS.

     All LGBTQ and concerned straight youth as well as adults who care about
the future of our youth are invited to participate in this event.   This is YOUR
chance to inform your elected officials that this type of denial and
delay is not acceptable.

Check-in begins at 8:30am at the State Capitol

Rally at the Capitol Steps at 11:30am

Join:      CHASTITY BONO
             ASSEMBLYMEMBER SHEILA KUEHL
             and LGBTQ YOUTH from around the state!

E-Mail:   lmCAgayLOB@aol.com for more info.

NOTE:    We're organizing buses from the Bay Area, and have a block of
airline tickets from Los Angeles.  We're fundraising to help students
defray travel costs.

IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND, but want to sponsor a student, let us know !!!