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hibited from attending wearing what the princi
r. Laura Schlessinger’s apology to gays and pal considered to be girls’ clothing. This exclu
lesbians Oct. 11 has been greeted with sion followed almost two years of disciplinary
action against her for wearing girls’ clothing,
groans of “too little, too late,” Reuters reports.
Her statement was printed in a full-page starting from the time she began to identify as
advertisement published in a special “Gay Hol transgendered.
Despite acknowledging that girls who wore
lywood” edition of the entertainment trade
the same clothes Pat did
paper Daily Variety. It _______ _
were not prevented from
appeared as a signed let
attending
or otherwise
ter under the headline
disciplined, the school
“A heartfelt message
tried to justify its exclu
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from Dr. Laura Schles
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of her based on
singer” and invoked
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other students’ discom
Oct. 9’s observance of
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to ufc* »his ejçeraiur; taxfrei dirseli? to eh* fay and tobun
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fort. The court rejected
Yom Kippur.
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this argument, holding
“While 1 express my
tr.d tttfeiach i t k x k t C ’i the : ridien ti femdr. .r. ralicitvf above ftyi
lfi¿ -«ibuMo. y>T.< et my word; vere poorly rAoitn. Mtny ptçpie
that prohibiting her
opinions from the per
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from wearing girls’
spective of an Orthodox
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clothing was akin to
Jew and a staunch
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*hcw baiti ci take
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“the stifling of plaintiff’s
defender of the tradi
gay anr Uih »r !ú:e:veri, »any »■he e u t ir.
with their tendit:.
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selfhood merely because
tional family, in talking
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it causes some members
:»b vz*r p;er.ts
;© Men*. and TJs¿ ! kavs iafc. embrace and
about gays and lesbians,
tuîcHiîc " » hivr reíd parer.« rcr.v*tep.:h- that il; people
of
the community dis
some of my words were
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thin ir.yd-dfaiencit bc*.u*«n theru-
comfort.”
poorly chosen,” she
On :::t Cvv cl Aw ness« r.;, -fat ¿;e tca’sniitiei ;c> ucl. f.:i*«vertfi
The court affirmed
wrote. “Many people
rfesr. i tifie have Hun ! c.çp.\ rejan 4.x h-:: thu
that transgendered stu
perceive them as hate
.¿•¿sed the fiv *r»i
dents
need the same
speech. This fact has
[, I ')
support and protection
r/ft.
been personally and pro
.■ V
for their safety as other
fessionally devastating
' a LRÀ-C ÏCHtcSSisaEU
students.
It further rec
to me as well as to many
ognized that “exposing
others. Ugly words have
children to diversity at
been relentlessly repeat
an early age serves the important social goals of
ed and distorted for far too long.”
increasing their ability to tolerate differences”
In closing the letter, Schlessinger wrote: “On
the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to and teaches “respect for everyone’s unique per
seek forgiveness from people we may have hurt.
sonal experience.”
I deeply regret the hurt this situation has caused
the gay and lesbian community.”
ARIZONA
Leaders of several gay rights groups ques
he Arizona Rainbow Veterans have com
tioned Schlessinger’s timing. Four Canadian
pleted the “Rainbow Memorial,” the first
in the National Cemetery System to acknowl
television stations dropped her talk show, Dr.
Laura, earlier this month because of poor ratings.
edge the service of gays and lesbians.
“Laura Schlessinger once again blames oth
The memorial is being donated by the Gay,
ers for the impact of her rhetoric, refusing to Lesbian and Bisexual Veterans of America. The
take responsibility for her precisely chosen, sci Arizona Rainbow Veterans, a group of Phoenix
entifically inaccurate descriptions of gay and les gay and lesbian vets who designed and won
bian lives,” said Joan Garry, Gay & Lesbian
approval for the monument, announced that
Alliance Against Defamation executive direc the money has been raised and that they are
tor. “Schlessinger’s tepid assertion that her anti preparing for a dedication ceremony Nov. 11 at
gay words were ‘poorly chosen’ represents
the Arizona National Memorial Cemetery in
another blow to her waning credibility.”
Phtx;nix.
The sunrise service will be conducted by the
MASSACHUSETTS
Rev. Patrick Stout of the Community Church of
Massachusetts Superior Court in Brockton
Hope. Because of the Veterans Day Parade in
ruled Oct. 11 that a middle school may not
Phoenix, a small group of veterans are expected
prohibit a transgendered student from express to gather at the cemetery for the dedication.
ing her gender identity even if that expression
The memorial is a boulder-shaped, rainbow
does not conform with the sex ascribed to her at granite monument inscribed, “In memory of all
birth. In a case brought by Gay & Lesbian
who served with courage and pride.” The design
Advocates &. Defenders on behalf of a 15-year- was approved by the Department of Veterans
old who was bom male but has a female gender
Affairs in August.
identity, the court ruled that disciplining a bio
“We can never repay the sacrifices made by
logically male student for wearing girls’ clothing
America’s veterans,” said
would violate her First Amendment right of free
Wally Straughn, Arizona
expression and constitute sex discrimination.
Rainbow Veterans president.
“As the first reported decision addressing
“The best we can do is to pay
the rights of a transgendered student to express
tribute to their descendants and
her gender identity in school, it is tremen
honor their memory.” He pointed
dously important,” said GLAD staff attor
out that the memorial is intend
ney Jennifer Levi, who argued the case.
ed to be all-inclusive, not lim
“We know that a large number of trans
ited to the memory of only
gendered students face serious hostil
gay and lesbian veterans but
ity from teachers and administrators
dedicated to the service of all
who lack a basic understanding
9 veterans.
about gender identity. This case
,0
confirms that a schcxd may not exert
NATIONAL
its authority over a student simply to
ivil rights organizations roundly criticized a
enforce stereotyped ideas of how boys and girls
U.S. Senate conference committee for vot
should kxik. Nor can a schcxd’s discomfort with
ing 11-9 on Oct. 5 to remove a hate crimes pro
the fact that a biologically male student has a vision from a defense authorization hill. John
female gender identity justify enforcing a dress Warner, R-Va., Senate Armed Services Com
code in a discriminatory way.”
mittee chairman, said he recommended that the
The case was brought against the Brockton
language he stripped from the legislation to has
School Department when “Pat D>e” was pro- ten its approval.
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