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May, 2007
| GLBT Campus Matters … |
| Challenging oppression with a gender rebel By By Chicora Martin I am hopeful. Not because I paid my taxes on time this year, or that a new presidential election is near. My hope does not come specifically because marriage might be a right available to all in the near future, and not because more and more people believe quality, affordable health care is a right we all deserve. I’m not saying that these are not reasons to be hopeful, but they are not where I find my greatest source of comfort and hope. |
| From the Editor When this newsletter first came out two years ago, our main concern was campus safety for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students. Today, worries about safety and harassment on campus still rank high. Although there has been progress in understanding GLBT issues, there remain ingrained prejudices against those who strive to come to terms with sexualities and gender identities that are not the norm. |
| PFLAG, other groups, urge passage of hate crimes legislation Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) has challenged federal legislators to pass the recently introduced hate crimes legislation. |
| Fresh campus leaders honing skills in GSAs This is where the new campus leaders will come from: The 40,000 to 50,000 junior high and high school students who are active in Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) nationwide. Carolyn Laub, executive director of the Gay-Straight Alliance Network, provided that estimate in an interview with GLBT Campus Matters. Of that, about 10,000 students are in high schools in California. “We are consistently hearing that there is a burgeoning movement of GSAs on junior and high school levels” nationally, said Laub. |
| Beyond the Binary: A tool kit for educators Beyond the Binary: A Tool Kit for Gender Identity Activism in Schools is a project of the Gay-Straight Alliance Network (www.GSAnetwork.org), the National Center for Lesbian Rights (www.nclrights.org), and the Transgender Law Center (www.transgenderlawcenter.org). The following excerpts have been selected and edited by Campus Matters. |
| Q and A: Directions in GLBT campus advocacy GLBT Campus Matters asked the questions about issues on campus, ways to deal with these issues and in what direction GLBT campus advocacy is headed. The following professionals participated in the email question and answer roundtable: |
| GLAAD website holds media ideas for programming The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) website is a wonderful resource for GLBT programmers looking for media ideas for presentations. The site, at www.glaad.org, offers a comprehensive and up-to-date slate of stories in the news, and how they are handled. |
| Opportunities for identity development in LGBTQA student leaders By By Adrea L. Jaehnig LGBT Resource Center professionals and others who work with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, ally (LGBTQA) students provide many opportunities for students to develop leadership skills, to grow and develop as individuals, and to develop their identity as a leader or activist. |
