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kids is very damaging to these students, who
already face harassment and violence,” said
Heather Sawyer, Lambda senior staff attorney.
“The arbitrator’s decision sends a message that
rejects discrimination against gay students.”
Glendon also found that the district discrim
inated against Chiumento and Salbenblatt
because of their sexual orientation. “It is pau !-
ly apparent that [the superintendents] real rea
son for ordering grievants to take down these
displays was that they themselves are gay,” he
said in his ruling.
In direct response to the removal of the dis
play, students formed a gay-straight alliance at
their school. The club since has thrived and
now has 25 members.
“Clearly, the school districts actions with
held important and necessary information from
these students,” said Ruth Harlow, Lambda legal
director. “The school administration should
now put this behind them and commit to a truly
respectful learning environment.”
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he state Suprc; ¡. Court in Kings County
heard argument bee. 10 in a lawsuit chal
lenging a new housing rule that makes.it easier for
landlords to harass and evict many lesbian and gay
couples if they do not divide expenses equally.
Brooklyn Housing v. Lynch seeks to overturn
a broad array of anti-tenant regulations, includ
ing one prohibiting any rent-stabilized tenant
not named on a lease from paying more than a
“proportionate share" of the rent. The rule
affects thousands of people in New York City and
Nassau, Westchester and Rockland counties.
According to Lambda Legal Defense and
Education Fund, the regulation makes lesbian
and gay couples vulnerable, because like many
married couples it is common for only one part
ner to he named on the lease and for partners to
co-mingle finances and divide rent based on
ability to pay. If the partner whose name is on
the lease pays less than half the rent, a landlord
may try to rely on the rule to evict the couple.
Lambda further argues that before issuing the
regulation, the state Division of Housing and
Community Renewal failed to comply with
New York law requiring it to consider the
impact it would have on different groups of ten
ants, including lesbian and gay couples. The
agency also didn’t give sufficient advance notice
about the rule and consequently denied the pub
lic its legal right to comment.
“It would be ffice if we could all live like tele
vision’s Will & Grace, but the reality is that
many lesbians and gay men struggle financially,”
said Adam Aronson, Lambda staff attorney.
“We have the same money problems that non
gay people do and need housing protections.”
Aronson noted man led couples are exempt
ed from the regulation. “This is one more reason
why lesbian and gay relationships need full legal
recognition,” he added.
Before the Roommate Law was enacted in
1983, leases could prohibit tenants from living
with anyone other than “family members."
Landlords regularly used these restrictions to
evict unmarried couples, including lesbian and
gay couples.
The state Legislature passed the Roommate
Law specifically to prohibit landlords from
evicting these families based on their marital
status. In issuing the new “proportionate share”
rule, Aronson says the housing agency is trying
to exploit its regulatory authority.
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xisting welfare policies as well as proposals
advocated
by
Bush
administration
appointees could devastate sexual minority fam
ilies and individuals, according to a report
released Dec. 10 by the Policy Institute of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
Don Eberly is one of several conservative
Bush administration appointees who are
helping enact policies that could devastate
sexual minority families, a new report says
Welfare reform proposals effectively could
bar children of gay, lesbian, bi or trans parents
and single or unmarried heterosexual parents
from eligibility for benefits like access to Head
Start programs and low-interest student loans.
Other initiatives could ban sexual minorities
from adopting or accessing fertility clinics, make
divorce much harder to obtain and stigmatize
queer youth in the nation’s schools.
“Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender peo
ple are placed at grave risk by welfare reform,”
said Lorri L. Jean, NGLTF executive director.
“These initiatives are fundamentally about fam
ily policy— about promoting particular kinds of
families while penalizing and stigmatizing oth
ers. Welfare is an issue of concern to all of us
because how we treat the most vulnerable in our
society says a lot about who we are.”
Featured prominently is the so-called “chari
table choice” faith-based initiative. It threatens
to hand over entire social service sectors— $80
billion over 10 years— to anti-gay religious
providers who legally can discriminate against
sexual minorities and people of other religions
and who can engage in sectarian proselytizing
with tax dollars.
The welfare reform act of 1996, officially called
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportuni
ty Reconciliation Act, is up for reauthorization in
2002. The outcome surely will be influenced by
former prominent conservative movement leaders
who now hold key policymaking positions within
the Bush administration, such as Wade Horn, Don
Eberly and Andrew Bush.
Leaving Our Children Behind: Welfare Reform
and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Community documents their reactionary agenda
to change social service provision in the United
States. Although measures such as fatherhood
initiatives, marriage initiatives, abstinence-only
education and charitable choice might stem
from good intentions, they make for bad public
policy, according to the report.
Some of the more extreme proposals include:
• Prioritizing the children of married hetero
sexual parents over other low-income children
in the distribution of limited-supply benefits like
Head Start slots and financial aid. Only if any
thing is left over would the kids of single parents
and same-sex couples be allowed to access these
benefits.
• Forcing lesbian and bi women temporarily
relying on welfare to allow their children’s bio
logical fathers to co-parent or else risk losing
benefits.
• Outlawing adoption and the use of fertili
ty clinics by same-sex couples and unmarried
individuals.
• Ending no-fault divorce and requiring
mutual consent of both spouses before divorce is
granted.