http://glbteen.frenchwithsubtitles.com/news.php GLBT News and local Southern Arizona events en-us http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-jennings/mean-spirited-meddling-an_b_43691.html American Taliban Restricting GSAs Again
Here's a posting by GLSEN Executive Director, Kevin Jennings, about
legislation Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. last week signed into law
that imposes new rules on high school student clubs including
provisions on how groups can form, what they can discuss in their
meetings, who can join, and what a principal must do if rules are
violated are addressed.
So who is the mean-spirited Moron behind this? Meet State Senator
D. Chris Buttars, the man the Salt Lake City Weekly named
"BEST INSANE POLITICIAN" and a longtime foe of Gay-Straight Alliances
who has been introducing bills for years designed to restrict or
eliminate them and got lucky with this one
More in-depth coverage available on the New York Times online Sat, 18 Mar 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070224/ts_nm/usa_gays_suit_dc_1 U.S. court upholds same-sex teaching to children
Reuters News Service (via Yahoo! News) posts this fantastic news
about a federal judge in Boston has dismissed a suit by two families
who wanted to stop a Massachusetts town and its public school
system from teaching their children about gay marriage, court
documents show.
The judge pretty much says, "that public schools
are 'entitled to teach anything that is reasonably
related to the goals of preparing students to become
engaged and productive citizens in our democracy.'" Sat, 24 Feb 2007 http://inthelifetv.org/inthelife/when_its_on/index.php In The Life
In The Life is a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender
and allied supporters television news and information
magazine on PBS (and online and podcasts).
This episode, "The Principles of Youth"
on KUAT (Tucson Public Broadcasting Service Channel 6)
features our favorite Righteous Babe, Ani DiFranco.
This episode is dedicated entirely to stories about
LGBT youth. Sat, 24 Feb 2007 http://www.tri.org/events/camping.html Camping.OUT
Camping.OUT is a safe and unique opportunity for gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgender and allied youth to participate in a traditional summer camp
and be engaged in how they can become leaders in their community. While
the camp's primary focus will be the types of fun activities you would expect
from a summer camp, campers will have the opportunity to participate in
group discussions, workshops and activities designed to improve their
skills as community leaders.

Early bird registration ends March 1, 2007 and full scholarships are available. Check the Camping.OUT site for more details. Sounds like a helluva lot of fun! Sun, 11 Feb 2007 http://www.pflagtucson.org/scholarinfo.htm PFLAG of Tucson -- Gene Moore Scholarship
This year PFLAG Tucson will present seven $1,000.00 scholarships to
seven LGBT persons to attend an institution of higher education. The
application deadline is March 31, 2007. (Please note that the
deadline date is incorrect on the PFLAG Tucson web site.)

Must be a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender person, and must be
accepted to an institution of higher education for the period for
which the scholarship is requested to apply.

You can download an Adobe Acrobat version of the PFLAGScholarship2007.pdf
(PC users: right-click on the link and select "Save Link As" in the
option menu, otherwise Adobe Acrobat Reader will try to open with this file.)
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 http://www.sazlulacylc.org/applications.htm#Art%20Contest From LULAC Youth Art Contest
Artwork is based on what the theme "
The Key To Success Is Through Education: Goal One—Graduate!"
means to you. The contest is open to middle and high school age youth.
Great Prizes will be awarded to the winners. The recipient of the
Grand Prize will have their work used for the promotion of the
18th Annual LULAC Youth Leadership Conference and 18th Annual
Educators Awards Banquet. Winners and their parents will be
invited as honored guests to attend the LULAC Educators Banquet dinner
at the Tucson Convention Center, time and date TBA. Students must complete
the application forms (see the link above for information and application)
and submit required materials in order to be considered
for the awards. Win some great prizes - including
refurbished laptops and $300 scholarships to Pima.

All applications and materials must be postmarked or delivered by
5:00 p.m. Friday, February 16, 2007.

Attention:
LULAC Youth Art Contest
P.O. Box 7671
Tucson, AZ 85725

If you have questions or need help with this application, please call (520) 909-6173 or email ttolbert@wingspan.org Sun, 11 Feb 2007 http://www.glbtcolorado.org From National Queer Youth Survey
GLBT Youth ages 13-21 are invited to participate in the
National Queer Youth Survey being coordinated by Rainbow Alley —
a program of The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community
Center of Colorado that provides services to sexual minority youth.

When you participate, you also have the opportunity to win one of
ten $25.00 gift certificates! Sun, 11 Feb 2007 http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/207682/ From Provo Daily Herald
Here's an article from a Provo Utah paper with coverage of
what the homophobic bigots in the Utah Ligislature are up to again.
They're pushing to make it as difficult as possible for the founding
and continued existence of any Gay-Straight Alliances in the state of Utah.
You know, it's because all those GSA students talk about is sex at those
pro-homo agenda meetings, thinly disguised as the Gay Movement Recruitment
of our vulnerable, innocent straight students. Sickening! Wed, 24 Jan 2007 http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2006/12/27/4 Note: Articles from PlanetOut may be blocked by your school district's Internet content filtering system.

Here's an article from PlanetOut on their continuing coverage of White County, Georgia, schools now having to permit the formation of Gay-Straight Alliance, pay the attorney fees of the students who brought the law suit against the District, and provide an anti-bullying program for ninth-graders.
Queer students rule! See what awesome things students can accomplish! Wed, 27 Dec 2006 http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid40546.asp http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/1220hatefolo-ON.html Here's an article The Advocate about a beating two gay men endured outisde a restaurant in Scottsdale, AZ. on Sunday, 12/17/06. The two men, aged 19 and 28, were allegedly beaten by seven men.

A local, Paradise Valley Town Councilman has offered $10,000 for information about the attack that is being classified as a hate crime. Wed, 20 Dec 2006 http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TheTaskForce Here's a link to a YouTube page for the National Gay Lesbian Task Force,Creating Change Conference with videos of speeches and presentations. Check out a student made video, We Belong, on the Seeds of Tolerance contest page. The link to the We Belong (Flash Video) video is on bottom right. Wed, 29 Nov 2006 http://www.idahomophobia.org/index.php3?lang=en Prof. Louis-Georges Tin, president of the International Committee for IDAHO—International Day Against Homophobia announced the launching of a global petition campaign for a proposed United Nations resolution in favor of the universal decriminalization of homosexuality.
"With more than 70 countries in the world still making homosexuality a crime by law — and punishable by death in twelve of them — this is a legal scandal which the petition for a proposed U.N. resolution decriminalizing homosexuality gives people a concrete way to fight," Tin said.
The International Committee for IDAHO coordinates world-wide annual observances of the Day Against Homophobia each May 17 — and in this, its second year, IDAHO was marked by events in over 50 countries and endorsed by the European Parliament. Thu, 7 Dec 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/us/15studds.html 10/15/2006
Here's an article on the New York Times about the passing of Congressman Gerry Studds, the first openly gay member of Congress and a demanding advocate for New England fishermen and for gay rights, died early Saturday at Boston University Medical Center, his husband said. Sun, 15 Oct 2006 http://thetaskforce.org/media/release.cfm?releaseID=981 Massachusetts state Supreme Court deciding to let same-sex couples from neighboring Rhode Island to get married in Massachusetts. Sat, 30 Sep 2006 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/news/local/113005a1_gay_teens_1a Here's an older article about local Tucson GLBT teens from the Tucson Citizen. Additional coverage about the Doolen Middle School students working to form a GSA and quotes from Amanda, past CDO GSA President. Wed, 30 Nov 2005 http://news.yahoo.com/s/po/20060823/co_po/banonschoolbiaspassescalifassembly California Assembly bill, sponsored by out Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, was needed to expand the anti-discriminatory protections now afforded minorities based on race, gender, and religion. Tue, 22 Aug 2006