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GSA Network News
October 22, 2008
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Dear GSA Activist,
Please enjoy this edition of GSA Network News. We highlight the movie Tru Loved, have upcoming the Youth Empowerment Summit in Northern California, several GSA Leadership Trainings throughout Southern California and much more.
Best wishes from all of us at GSA Network!
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Table of Contents
In this issue of GSA Network News you'll find:
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GSA Network Highlight
TRU LOVED premieres CA this weekend and in the Bay Area on October 31, 2008
GSA Network Announcements
Celebrating Our 10 Year Anniversary - Nov. 13th, Save the Date!
1. Youth Empowerment Summit 2008!
2. Upcoming Southern California GSA Leadership Trainings and Summits!
3. Youth In Motion! More chances to get free LGBT DVDs!
4. GSAs and Allies Help Turn out the Vote!
5. 2008 Preventing School Harassment Survey
6. Be on the Youth Empowerment Summit (YES) Steering Committee!
7. Site Visits! Want someone from GSA Network to come visit your GSA?
8. Apply for GSA Network Youth Council!
9. Re-Register your GSA today - get new resources & keep informed!!
Other Announcements
Nor Cal
10. COLAGE's Family Equality Mini Film Fest! (S.F.)
11. A Speaker's Bureau Training for LGBTQ Youth (East Bay)
12. The Other Side of the Closet -- A Safe Schools Program for Teens
13. 7th annual Queer Pin@y Conference: Illuminating the Queer Diaspora
14. DeFrank Halloween Dance (South Bay)
15. Train to be a Crisis Line Counselor (Bay Area)
Central Valley
16. Defeat proposition 8 in Fresno
17. Youth Alliance Meeting (Fresno)
So Cal
18. Models of Pride (MOP 16) LGBTQ Youth Conference
19. Free Movie Screening at Crossroads School! (Santa Monica)
20. Trevor Project Youth Advisory Council
21. Project 10 Runway: a Queer Youth Fashion Show (L.A.)
22. Trick or Treat Halloween Party, Thu 10/30 7pm (L.A.)
23. Queer Friendly Haunted House (Whittier)
24. Cyber Turkey - a multicultural pre-Thanksgiving social for LGBTQ youth and their allies
Jobs and Scholarships
NEWS
25. NEWS: Students harassed for being gay win in court
26. NEWS: Movie Review: A High School Student With a Beard
27. NEWS: Coming out in adolescence
28. NEWS: Vista: School board stays out of gay marriage debate
Read GSA Network News online: www.gsanetwork.org/news/networknews.html
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GSA Network Highlight
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TRU LOVED premieres CA this weekend and in the Bay Area on October 31, 2008
 Tru Loved,
the first film ever made about a Gay-Straight Alliance, opens in Berkeley's Elmwood Theatre & San Francisco's Landmark Lumiere on October 31st.
GSA Network is proud to support TRU LOVED.
About the movie: Sixteen-year-old Tru is uprooted by her lesbian moms
from her comfortable gay-friendly home in San Francisco and moved to a
conservative, suburban community in Southern California. Tru's
only friend is a closeted football player, and even that friendship is
jeopardized when she starts the school's first Gay-Straight Alliance.
Advanced Screening - Free tickets available!
There will be an advanced screening of Tru Loved tomorrow October 23 at 7:30 pm at Embarcadero Theatre. GSA Network still has a few free tickets!
Reply to this email by Noon on Thursday, Oct. 23rd if you would like to
attend! Include your first & last name and # of tickets you would
like. Maximum 4 per person. Tickets will be given on a first come,
first served basis.
Do you have 10 or more people interested in attending the film together?
The Elmwood Theatre in Berkeley
is offering a group discount to parties of 10 or more. The discounted
rate is $7 per ticket. Take your whole GSA! You must contact Melissa
to schedule your group outing:
Melissa Hatheway
Director of Marketing and Community Relations
Rialto Cinemas Elmwood
Berkeley's Best Neighborhood Movie Theater
2966 College Avenue at Ashby
Berkeley, CA 94705
Tel 707 539-9771 Fax 707 538-0325
[email protected]
Showtimes 510 433-9730
www.rialtocinemas.com
Tru Loved Coming to Select CA Theatres this weekend!
10/24/08
CA
Beverly Hills, Music Hall 3
9036 Wilshire Blvd.
10/24/08
CA
Pasadena, One Colorado
42 Miller Alley
10/24/08
CA
Santa Ana, So.Coast Village
1561 W. Sunflower Ave.
10/24/08
WA
Seattle, Landmark Metro
4500 9th Ave NE
10/31/08
CA
San Francisco, Lumiere
1572 California St.
10/31/08
CA
Berkeley, Elmwood Theatre
2966 College Ave.
Learn more at http://www.truloved.com
Also see the GSA Network News item #26 which is a Movie Review of this Film in the NEWS section.
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Featuring:
� Silent auction, cocktail hour and a sit-down dinner
� Special clips from the movie "Tru Loved"
� Inspiring presentations by GSA Network alumni and youth activists
� Highlights from 10 years of GSA Network organizing
� Our vision for the next 10 years of creating safer schools
TRU
LOVED, starring Jane Lynch and Alec Mapa, is the first movie ever made
about a Gay-Straight Alliance club. The film opens in theaters this
fall.
Tickets are $125 per person. We encourage any youth wishing to attend to work with their GSA Advisor or Adult Allies to find someone to help sponsor your seat. Adult Allies please visit www.gsanetwork.org to purchase a ticket for a student or in honor of a GSA Club.
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Saturday, December 6 - San Francisco, CA
 YES is a FREE conference for LGBTQQI youth activists and their allies who are dedicated to defeating homophobia and transphobia, and creating safe supportive schools for everyone. The target audience is high school and middle school students, teachers, GSA advisors and the community. The YES conference is a chance for LGBTQQI and straight ally youth to network and enjoy free workshops on activism and topics related to queer life.
Register Now! For presenter and community table faire info, please contact Kiely Hosmon at [email protected] or call 415-552-4229.
Who: LGBTQQI youth activists and their allies
Where: Everett Middle School, 450 Church Street, San Francisco,CA
When: Saturday, December 6, 2007 - 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Cost: FREE, including breakfast and lunch!
What else: The after-YES dance, 5-8pm!!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Upcoming Southern California GSA Leadership Trainings and Summits!
As part of our mission to support the growth and development of GSAs, we organize trainings for youth interested or already involved in GSA activism. Our goal this year is to have trainings in each of the 9 counties we work in SoCal. Some local trainings coming up this year:
October 25th - South Bay/Long Beach Leadership Training @ The Center, Long Beach
10am - 4pm
November 1st - Models of Pride @ Occidental College, Los Angeles
8:30am - 8:30pm
November 15th - 2nd Annual IGSBY Pride and Education Conference @ Christopher Wahl Youth Center Whittier
9am - 6pm
November 21st - 23rd - First Annual Inland Empire Q Camp @ Camp De Benneville Pines in Angelus Oaks. Applications available online at http://www.RPYA.org.
For more info on these trainings, please go to: http://www.myspace.com/socalgsanetwork or contact Daniel @ [email protected]
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4. GSAs and Allies Help Turn out the Vote!
Proposition
8 would remove the right of same-sex couples to get married by amending
the California constitution to read: "marriage is between one man and
one woman."
What can you do to help defeat No on 8?
The biggest way for GSAs to help is by getting voters to the polls on Nov. 4th to vote No on Prop 8!
To find out what campaign events are going on in your area check out the No on 8 Website: http://noonprop8.com/
Other ways to Help!
Give. The fight to defeat Prop 8 is going to be hard-won. It's going to take passion, commitment, time, and MONEY! Please Donate.
Volunteer. This
effort takes committed individuals working hard at the grassroots
level. Be part of the historic campaign to stand up for EQUALITY. With
only 40 days until the election, time is running out!
� Volunteer with the NO on 8 campaign! -Click to get plugged in right away!
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Get your entire GSA involved, even if you're located in a more rural or
outlying area. If you're interested in phone banking to call undecided
voters and persuade them to vote NO, please email: [email protected] to learn how you can phone bank from your own home.
Spread the Word!
http://www.noonprop8.com/messages
Talk.
Talk to your friends, family, coworkers, fellow church-goers,
neighbors, classmates -- anyone and everyone -- about Voting No on Prop
8. You have a wide circle of influence, use it! By simply talking to
people, you increase awareness about the issue in your community and
can help influence public opinion.
Write. One of the most
effective ways to create change and influence people is by telling your
personal story. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper,
or submit an article to a newsletter or blog and tell your community
why Prop 8 is so harmful to you and those you love.
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5. 2008 Preventing School Harassment Survey
Take the 2008 Preventing School Harassment Survey
We need your help! You can make a difference in only 20 minutes by improving our understanding of safety and discrimination in our schools.
If you are a student, you can help by filling out the survey yourself and promoting participation among your friends, classmates, and student groups. Take the survey online now!
In partnership with the Gay-Straight Alliance Network, the California Safe Schools Coalition is surveying high school and middle school students across California -- with a focus on LGBT students -- to learn more about safety, discrimination, and harassment in schools. The 2008 Preventing School Harassment Survey is a vital tool for local and statewide efforts to make schools safer for all students by ending discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Please take the survey online today -
For this effort to be successful, we need hundreds of participants from schools all across California. You can help by getting your friends, classmates, GSA and other student groups to participate. It only takes about 20 minutes to complete the survey.
Go to www.casafeschools.org to take the survey online or download a hard copy of the survey. If you have any questions, please contact us at (415) 552-4229 or [email protected].
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Ever wondered what it would be like to help organize a huge one-day LGBTQA youth conference? Think you have a fabulous idea for a workshop or keynote speaker? Did you attend last year and wonder why you weren't put in charge of the dance decorations?
If you answered YES (haha, get it? GET IT?) to any of these questions, then you should be a member of the YES Steering Committee!
What the heck is the YES conference you ask? Good question, here's the answer-
The Youth Empowerment Summit (YES) will be held December 6, 2008 from 9 am-5 pm at Everett Middle School in San Francisco, followed by a youth-only dance from 5 pm-8 pm. YES is a FREE conference for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, and straight ally youth dedicated to fostering safe schools and youth activism. YES is structured to focus on giving youth organizers the tools to combat homophobia and transphobia in schools.
The aim of YES is to provide a safe space in which students may come together to explore the multiple oppressions faced by youth, help teachers become advocates and form partnerships with LGBTQQI youth, and become armed with the tools needed to change the world! As a YES participant, you will make new friends, be exposed to a wealth of valuable resources, feel empowered and supported, and have fun!
Those who are interested in becoming members of the YES steering committee should be able to
1) attend monthly meetings (and at least twice a month when the conference is a month away)
2) be dedicated and dependable and show up consistently to meetings
3) follow through on responsibilities, be ready to engage in a fun and educational planning process
4) walk and chew bubble gum at the same time. : )
If you're interested, please contact Kiely, the NorCal Program Coordinator, at 415.552.4229 or [email protected].
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7. Site Visits! Want someone from GSA Network to come visit your GSA?
Is your GSA running out of ideas for meetings? Is it lacking members? Does your GSA want a peer-led training on pretty much anything GSA related? Or do you just want someone cool and totally fun to come and sit in on your meeting and share resources?
Well then time to contact the GSA Network!
Here at the GSA Network there are 3 Program Coordinators for every region of CA (Kiely, Daniel, and Robin) that would love to come and visit your GSA and provide resources, feedback, or your own personalized mini training!
Due to budget and time restraints, program coordinators can only travel a certain distance. However, if we can't make it to your school because it's too far, we're more than happy to answer any questions by phone or email. We love talking with GSA members!
And our mini trainings are freakin' awesome! These trainings are youth led, so what's better than learning about GSA organizing from another experienced GSA member?
So if you want to be like all the cool youth who are doing it, be sure to contact your local GSA Network Program Coordinator today!
Northern California
For more info contact [email protected] or call 415-552-4229
Central Valley
For more info contact [email protected] or call 559-268-2780
Southern California
For more info contact [email protected] or call 213-482-4021
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8. Apply for GSA Network Youth Council!
GSA Network is accepting applications for new Youth Council members. Please contact the appropriate contact person for an application.
The GSA Network Youth Council is a diverse group of youth leaders from GSAs all over California. As a member of the Youth Council you will learn skills to become a stronger activist and work towards creating a safer climate at your school for LGBTQ youth and straight allies. You will get support around mounting a campaign, event planning or starting a GSA club on your campus. In addition Youth Council members are responsible for giving input and helping guide the programs of the GSA Network. Moreover, under the guidance and mentorship of a region-specific Program Coordinator, Youth Council members are also required to launch one of GSA Network's (or one of their own) campaigns on their campuses.
These campaigns are:
* Take It Back: A Manual for Fighting Slurs on Campus
* Beyond the Binary: A Toolkit for Gender Identity Activism in Schools
* The "Make It Real" AB537 campaign.
* SB 71 Campaign for LGBTQ inclusive sex-ed
* LGBTQ Inclusive Curriculum Campaign
Finally, Youth Council members will represent the needs of GSAs and youth activists from their geographic region as well as plan events and lead peer to peer workshops, leadership trainings, advocacy trainings and activist camps.
As a member of the youth council you will have monthly opportunities to
1. Network with youth from throughout your region.
2. Get peer and staff support and feedback on your ongoing campaign, action or event.
3. Give input on GSA Networks programs, policies and curriculum development.
In addition you may have an opportunity to
1. Help plan and run a youth led conference or present workshops at local conferences.
2. Plan and participate in GSA Network social activities like Pride.
3. Apply to become a peer-to-peer youth trainer.
4. Discuss emerging trends in the LGBTQ and greater social justice movement.
5. Provide occasional technical assistance to other GSAs.
Requirements
1. Willing to commit to serve on the Youth Council for one year.
2. Committed to creating change for LGBTQ youth and fighting homophobia and transphobia in schools.
3. Interested in developing and suggesting ideas to strengthen the GSA Network.
4. A commitment to launching at least one campaign on your campus during the 2008-2009 school year.
5. A student in a public or private middle or high school in California.
Southern California
For more info contact [email protected] or call 213-482-4021
Central Valley
For more info contact [email protected] or call 559-268-2780
Northern California
For more info contact [email protected] or call 415-552-4229
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Before you plan any events for your GSA, remember to register or re-register your group with the GSA Network. Do it NOW to make sure you receive our student resource sheets, FREE posters, other resources, and notifications of future GSA Network or LGBT-related events. (Mailings will go out only to California GSAs in middle and high schools.)
Register online at http://www.gsanetwork.org/register/index.php
If you have any questions or concerns contact:
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GSA Network News is a publication of Gay-Straight Alliance Network. Events,
resources, and news items listed under "Other Announcements" are not
sponsored or written by GSA Network, and do not necessarily reflect the views
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10. COLAGE's Family Equality Mini Film Fest! (S.F.)
Here at COLAGE we have been hard at work spreading the word of Family and Marriage equality. We have held Phone Banks, Action Parties and spoken at Press Conferences on behalf of the No on 8 Campaign. While these have all been really great and successful events we thought we should do something to bring out the personal side to this issue. We would like to invite all of you to view stories of people of our community who are just like you and your family! 
*Sunday, October 26th from 3-5pm please join COLAGE at the Variety Preview Room @ 582 Market St. suite 101 in the Hobart Building in San Francisco
We will be showing a variety of short films centered on Marriage and Family Equality.
We would love to see you there. Please join us in spreading the message of diversity, tolerance, family and EQUALITY!
For more information about this event and other future events please contact Paulie Schreck at [email protected] or 415-861-KIDS
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11. A Speaker's Bureau Training for LGBTQ Youth (East Bay)
Speak out! Create Change! Let your voice be Heard!
Be a part of the team that goes into schools and organizations to speak out and educate others to help fight homophobia, transphobia and LGBTQ violence in the East Bay.
When: November 8-9 11am-4pm
Includes Free Lunch both days!
Where: Pacific Center
2712 Telegraph Ave. @ Derby Berkeley
RSVP: Rachel Kadner, Youth Services Program Manager. 510-548-8283 x514
[email protected]
Be a Leader and Fight Oppression!
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12. The Other Side of the Closet
A Safe Schools Program for Teens
By Ed Roy & Directed by Sara Staley
Touring Northern California from October 27th - December 11th 2008
The following tour dates are still available for the 2008 tour:
Mon 11/10, Tues 11/11, Tues 11/18, Wed 12/3, Mon 12/8, Tues 12/9, Wed 12/10 or Thurs 12/11
Harassment based on actual or perceived sexual orientation remains persistent in schools all over the country. The Other Side of the Closet by Ed Roy is a drama for teens that is produced by the New Conservatory Theatre Center's YouthAware Educational Theatre program, based in San Francisco. This program has been touring to Northern California middle and high schools every fall, since 2000, to educate young people about homophobia, diversity, discrimination, hate crimes, verbal & physical harassment, and about the California School Safety Act (AB-537).
The Other Side of the Closet supports a safe school curriculum where students, teachers and parents can learn about acceptance and respect in an innovative and engaging format. This is a great program for your GSA or other diversity based club to sponsor on campus. We are also available to present community performances of this program on Monday and Tuesday evenings during the run of the tour. Each performance includes a facilitated discussion with the cast and handouts are provided for teachers to continue discussion in the classroom
You may download a preview copy of the script at http://www.nctcsf.org/other.html
Email today to reserve a date for your school before the 2008 tour is booked up!
Sara Staley
YouthAware Program Director
New Conservatory Theatre Center
25 Van Ness Ave. (@ Market St.)
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 694-6149 (415) 861-6988 (fax)
www.nctcsf.org
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13. 7th annual Queer Pin@y Conference: Illuminating the Queer Diaspora
Berkeley, CA
All Day, UC Berkeley campus
FREE! Lunch and dinner provided!
This year UC Berkeley will be hosting the 7th annual Queer Pin@y Conference: Illuminating the Queer Diaspora. QPC is a conference that was created in 1999 at UCLA to bring together queer Pilipino/Americans and their allies to discuss issues relevant to our communities
If your school, organizations, friends and etc would like to come to QPC please REGISTER ONLINE NOW.
We are also looking for PERFORMERS, WORKSHOP FACILITATORS, and ARTISTS for our first ever QPC Art Gallery. We will also be hosting a Biyuti Pageant so let us know if you are interested in vying for the pageant crown! Please Contact us if you are interested in contributing your skills, knowledge, and talent to this conference in any way!
You can visit the QPC 2008 website at qpc2008.wordpress.com for more details about the conference. Please email the planning committee at [email protected] if you have further questions. We look forward to seeing you on November 1!
the QPC 2008 Planning Committee
Web: qpc2008.wordpress.com
Facebook: Group and Event
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ucbqpc
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Friday Oct. 24th
8pm-Midnight
There will be costumes, snacks and a dance mix to die for. Also, each ticket comes with a free entry to win a new I-Pod Nano.
Tickets: $5 (on one turned away for for lack of funds)
For Youth Ages 13-20 only.
School or State ID required for Entry.
Also: This is a drug/alcohol/smoke free event. Bags, backpacks and purses must be checked at the door. No in and out privileges.
More Info here!
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Are you good at listening?
Want to gain more supportive skills & healing practices?
Get trained and certified in crisis counseling for:
Community United Against Violence
As a crisis line counselor
Next training starts October 30th, and November 1&2, 8&9, and 15&16
Provide support for our LGBTQQI callers who experience queer Hate Violence & queer Domestic Violence
On a weekly or biweekly on-call basis
Upon completion of our 64-hour training you will receive the California Domestic Violence Peer-Counseling Certification
Good for a year and is renewable with monthly in-services!
For more information and application: www.cuav.org
24-hour Crisis Line [email protected]
170A Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 415-777-5500 extension 314
24-Hour Crisis Line: 415-333-HELP (4357)
javy songng�n l˘u
Crisis Line Program Manager
Community United Against Violence
170A Capp Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: (415) 777-5500 ext. 314
Fax: (415) 777-5565
24-hr Crisis Line: (415) 333-HELP
www.cuav.org
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16. Defeat proposition 8 in Fresno
Date : 25 October 2008
Location : GSA Network Office, 928 N. Van Ness Ave., Fresno, CA 93728
Join us this Saturday or Sunday to defeat prop 8 in Fresno!
You can make a difference and support equal justice
We'll train you and then we'll go out canvassing at stores, speaking with voters about proposition 8 and encourage them to vote NO.
Join us this SATURDAY and/or SUNDAY at 9:45am or 12:15pm to defeat proposition 8.
We meet at the GSA Network Office:
928 N Van Ness Ave
Fresno, CA 93728
For more information please email [email protected]
You may also phone the Fresno No on 8 Volunteer team at (559) 862-4559.
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LGBTQ Youth Conference
Saturday November 1, 2008
Occidental College
1600 Campus Rd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041
8:30 am to 8:30 pm
Free one-day conference
Youth, Ages 14 to 23
Models of Pride is a free one-day event, scheduled for Saturday, November 1, 2008, for young people, ages 14 to 23. The focus of the conference is on LGBTQ issues and will be held at Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd., Los Angeles.
Over 600 youth are expected to attend!
We will be offering workshops, guest speakers, icebreakers, roundtables, FOOD, entertainment, a fabulous resource faire, and a dance finale.
DOWNLOADABLE FLYERS
Visit the MOP 16 web site and download flyers for the conference.
ONLINE REGISTRATION
NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUTH, ages 14 to 23 and their adult chaperones. Go to Registration to sign up.
Online registration closes 12 midnight, Thursday, October, 30, 2008.
Onsite registration will be available.
ADULT WORKSHOP
facilitated by Dr. Judy Chiasson, will be offered to adults who work with LGBT youth in school and community settings. CEUs and all materials will be offered for a $25 fee (participants must stay for the entire workshop). Click on Adult Workshop for more information and to download a registration form. Pre-registration is required as space will be limited.
Walk-ons cannot be guaranteed a space in the workshop. A late fee of $35 will be charged, check or cash only.
TRANSPORTATION
will be provided, free, from the Pasadena Goldline, Highland Park Station, to Occidental College, from 8 to 10 AM (Look for the MOP 16 Volunteer at the Station).
Transportation from Occidental College to the Pasadena Goldline, Highland Park Station, begins at 7 PM and ends at 9 PM.
Call the Friends of Project 10 office about conference sponsorships at 626.577.4553.
Media kits are available. Contact [email protected]
or
[email protected]
for more information.
You may also call 626.577.4553.
Go to the MOP Web site at: http://modelsofpride.org/mop
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19. Free Movie Screening at Crossroads School! (Santa Monica)
As part of Crossroads School's queer film series, sponsored by FLAG (our gay/straight alliance), we will be having our FIRST movie screening of the year on Friday, Oct. 24th, from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. We invite you to join us for a great event!
We'll be screening the hilarious, outrageous, award-winning movie, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (see description below). We'll also be starting the evening with a short film guaranteed to get you in the right mood.
Students and advisors from Gay/Straight alliances are welcome. It's a great way to meet new friends, or see old ones. We expect students from many gsa's will be attending--come meet them!
The movie is FREE and free pizza and drinks will be provided! But please reply and let us know if you might come, so we have an idea of how much pizza to get.
**When you reply, make sure to include your name and the school (if any) you are from, as well as how many people you are bringing-this helps a great deal.
Directions are below. Please email us at [email protected]
If you have any more questions, please feel free to e-mail and ask. Hope to see you there.
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20. Trevor Project Youth Advisory Council
The Trevor Project is developing a new program called The Youth
Advisory Council (YAC). The YAC serves as a liaison between youth
nationwide and The Trevor Project, as it relates to young people and the
issues surrounding suicide, sexuality and gender identity. The YAC
submits recommendations to The Trevor Project in an effort to increase
Trevor visibility and best serve the LGBTQ youth population.
The YAC is a program of the Trevor Project comprised of 20 young people
ages 16-24, (to convene monthly via conference call and one time a year
in person) that will advise the organization on outreach and
programmatic efforts targeted at LGBTQ youth. Participants in the YAC
will have the unique opportunity to have their voices and opinions heard
and implemented into the strategies of a national organization.
To apply, contact [email protected]
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21. Project 10 Runway: a Queer Youth Fashion Show (L.A.)
Join us October 23rd for a fierce fashion show featuring LGBTQ youth ages 14-24 as the runway models! Check out the website and contact Dinorah Garcia if you want more information - 310-724-6300 or [email protected].
If you're coming to the show you can also support LifeWorks by printing
out a coupon and bringing it in - Bloomingdale's will donate money to
LifeWorks for every coupon they receive, and you get a 15% discount on
purchases! Click here for more information.
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22. Trick or Treat Halloween Party, Thu 10/30 7pm (L.A.)
Free LGBT Youth Halloween Party
LifeWorks and Bienestar are coming together again for another awesome Halloween party. Free candy and pizza, a dance party with an awesome DJ, and a costume contest with prizes! Time to dust off that wig girl. You don't want to miss this one.
Thursday October 30th, 6:00-10:00pm
Bienestar Hollywood
4955 Sunset Blvd.
(near Normandie)
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The Christopher Wahl Youth Center 4th Annual Haunted House!!!
Four Nights of Insanity!
Tuesday, October 28 7 - 9 p.m.
Wednesday, October 29 7-9 p.m.
Thursday, October 30 7-9 p.m.
Friday, October 31 6-8 p.m.
$3 Admissions---Free Candy at the end!!
Hot Dogs, Soda, Nachos--For Sale, to benefit the Christopher Wahl Youth Center and their awesome youth-oriented events.
The Christopher Wahl Youth Center is located
12401 Slauson Ave.
Whittier, CA 90606
For more information please contact the Christopher Wahl Youth Center at
562-693-2247
[email protected]
http://www.myspace.com/cwyc
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"CYBER TURKEY" is our annual pre-Thanksgiving social for LGBTQ Youth & their allies (14-24).
EVENT INFO
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008
Location: West Hollywood Park Auditorium
Address: 647 N. San Vicente
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Flyer: Attached
Alcohol & tobacco-free event
http://www.cityx1.com/thanx
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25. NEWS: Students harassed for being gay win in court
by Bob Egelko
San Francisco Chronicle
October 11, 2008
School officials in California must investigate complaints of anti-gay harassment and take action to protect the victims, a state appeals court ruled Friday in upholding $300,000 in damages to two San Diego County students who said administrators ignored their reports of name-calling, vandalism and death threats.
Evidence supports a jury's conclusion that the principal and assistant principal of Poway High School were "deliberately indifferent to the ongoing anti-gay peer harassment" that Joseph Ramelli and Megan Donovan suffered in their years at the school, said the Fourth District Court of Appeal in San Diego.
Even after Ramelli reported in his junior year that he was being called names every day and had been spat on and shoved into lockers, had food thrown at him and found a threatening note on his car, the administrators failed to investigate and instead advised him to "minimize his interaction with the general school population," the court said.
"They just told me to stay out of the quad," said Ramelli, now 22 and living in Santa Cruz. Instead of looking into their complaints and acting to protect them, he said, the school decided that he and Donovan should spend their senior years in a home-study program.
To read the full story, visit:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/11/BA5O13F5Q5.DTL
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26. NEWS: Movie Review: A High School Student With a Beard
By NATHAN LEE
October 17, 2008
New York Times
Tru (Najarra Townsend) has two mommies - one black (Cynda Williams), one white (Alexandra Paul), both lesbians - and they're all living happily ever after. Or were, at least, until they left San Francisco.
Transplanted to a conservative suburb in Southern California, Tru is suddenly confronted with a local phenomenon as unfamiliar as year-round sunshine: homophobia in her high school. She starts a relationship with Lodell (Matthew Thompson), the handsome high school quarterback who turns out to be, whaddya know, a gay man on the down low. To shield Lodell from his bigoted peers, or at least his own ego issues, Tru grudgingly agrees to be his beard.
Drama ensues as Tru, living up to her righteous name, establishes a gay-straight alliance at school where assorted bi-curious types mingle, along with an actual gay named Walter (Tye Olson) and the superhot, suspiciously stylish but only apparently gay Trevor (Jake Abel).
To read the full review, please visit:
http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/movies/17tru.html?ref=movies
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27. NEWS: Coming out in adolescence
by Brian van de Mark
Gay and Lesbian Times
Oct 9, 2008 - Part One
Study shows teens are coming out at younger ages - but are our schools equipped to keep them safe?
http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=13256
Oct 16, 2008 - Part Two
Some students pioneer on campuses; transgender children face different set of challenges
http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=13273
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28. NEWS: Vista: School board stays out of gay marriage debate
Trustees decide against taking a stance on Prop. 8
By STACY BRANDT
October 17, 2008
North County Times
VISTA ---- In a lively meeting that drew more than 100 people, the Vista Unified school board decided Thursday night to stay out of the debate over same-sex marriages.
By a 3-2 vote, school district trustees declined to take a position on Proposition 8, an initiative that would amend the state constitution to define marriage as only between a man and a woman.
Board President Jim Gibson asked trustees to pass a resolution in support of Prop. 8 and board member Stephen Guffanti joined him in backing the resolution. The rest of the panel said the board shouldn't take a position on any proposition.
To read the full story, visit this link.
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