Tampa Bay Coalition
Posts this Newswire in Support and on Behalf
of;
Gay Lesbian Straight
Education Network
Breaking News
Day of Silence in Week of
Noise
Last Wednesday,
more than 200,000 students in 2,000 high schools participated in Day of Silence
2003, making it tthe most successful in history. In the same week, U.S.
Secretary of Education Rod Paige made some inflammatory remarks about
incorporating Christian values in public schools. At the same time, a federal
appeals court in California ruled school officials are liable for failing to
protect students from anti-LGBT harassment. GLSEN was in the middle of it all.
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On A Serious
Note
A sophomore at Concord-Carlisle High School in Concord,
MA, participated in Day of Silence 2003 and was reportedly harassed at school
because of her participation. The following evening, she was severely beaten
with a baseball bat just outside of her home. Police are investigating the
assault, and it is still unclear if the attack was related to the harassment she
faced. Please take a moment to send her a get-well message. More info http://glsen.org/templates/index.html Click Action
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Safe Schools
One Student Can Create
Change
"If
you care about making schools safe for all students, then gay-straight alliances
are a way to do that," GLSENN’s Deputy Executive Director Eliza Byard tells
today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Read this inspiring story of one student’s
determination to start the first GSA in his Pennsylvania school district.
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