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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 2003)
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V,fA stop restricting him from talking about his family with other students. fo tta » f h a d « p ro b le m tri “1 was concerned w hen the VMmf 1 *|M c a pc a assistant principal called and told me my son had said a word so had that he didn’t want to repeat it over the phone," said Sharon H uff the W h a t hj»ppe»fU b f m u a r 1 d.ti Ï Jtd second-grader’s mother. “But that ! -i G • i was nothing compared to the shixrk 1 felt when my little hoy came I ¿tioulft rio» home and told me that his teacher had told him his family is a dirty word. N o child should ever hear that, especially not from a teacher W h » l » n u ll! h » v f iw ttf i f I m . n r »t>»< I «hnutti t i * w d nr he misted and respected.” NA'ixd b e r \v v : - y * Marcus McLaurin was waiting in T line to go to recess Nov. 11 at Ernest Gallet Elementary School when a f n m i tv t a lk lo >ou »I I m y p i«» I* »« k a n é k • Munta» p r t fb ic in n e t t u m c classmate asked him about his l l i a t * »**» $*m I r*r«J lo »1 b i*vk to u»*me«fta te tv mother and father. He responded soutient Sijmaturr that he didn’t have a m other and 5 U' A ÎA . father; instead he has two mothers. f e a t h e r S ig n a tu r * Furent .Vijf W hen the other child asked Forent i ammanti why, McLaurin said it was because his m other is gay. T he other child then asked what that meant, and A 7-year-old boy had to fill out this student behavior he explained, “Gay is when a girl contract form for talking about his lesbian moms likes another girl.” ARIZONA U pon hearing this, M cLaurin’s teacher he Undergraduate Student Governm ent scolded him in front of his classmates, telling him that “gay” is a had word and that he should !S enate at Arizona State University passed never say it at schixrl, then sent him to the prin two hills Nov. 18 in support of queer issues on campus. The resolutions call for a certificate to cipal’s office instead of letting him go to recess. The following week the schix>l required him to he issued for gay and lesbian studies and for attend a special behavioral clinic at 6:45 a.m., “gender identity and expression” to he included where he was forced to repeatedly write “1 will in the schcxd’s nondiscrimination policy, never use the word ‘gay’ in sch(x>l again.” Senators argued that the certificate program, which was proposed by a faculty group, “would in y o m in g enrich the ASU community by increasing student fter two girls were marched out of a home- knowledge about gay and lesbian issues.” In addi- tion, it would “teach students to...be understand coming dance by police, the American ing of the gay and leshian community” and “help Civil Liberties U nion sent a letter to schixtl offi inform other students and members of the com cials Nov. 20 demanding that they allow same- munity in order to spread this understanding.” sex couples to attend the functions. The hills come after a recent increase in “I couldn’t believe that our schtx>l was so harassment, graffiti and verbal abuse expressed threatened by the idea of two girls going to the homecoming together that they had police offi to the queer community at ASU. The next step is for the resolutions to be cers waiting for us," said Amanda Blair, a senior at Big Piney High in niral western Wyoming. “It’s presented to administrators really sad that this is the kind of attitude that les- tor approval, hian and gay students at my sch<x)l will face when “We appreciate that the they want to bring a date to a schcxil dance.” USG Senate has taken these Blair, an honor student who participates in steps to help make this cam swimming, hand, basketball, track and choir, pus more inclusive," said Sam Holdren, facilitator for the had listed a female friend as her homecoming date when she signed up for the Sept. 12 dance. LGBTQ Coalition at ASU. Sam Holdren “Now that we have the sup Schtxtl officials told her that same-sex dates port of the undergraduate student kxiy, the aren’t allowed at dances. administration must follow through and address Blair is heterosexual, hut she and her friend the needs of the leshian, gay, bisexual, transgen decided to attend together in order to help gay der and queer community on campus." and lesbian students in her district who might want to bring dates to schixtl dances in the future. CALIFORNIA W hen she and her date arrived the next evening n eighth-grader in Banning has resolved a they were met by police officers, who then escort lawsuit filed after she was forced to sit in ed them off the premises without any explanation. The ACLU is demanding that the illegal pol- the principal’s office during physical education icy he lifted, citing a 1980 Rhode Island case in class because her gym teacher heard she was a which a federal judge mled that students who leshian, the N ational C enter for Leshian Rights want to bring same-sex dates to dances are not announced Nov. 20. only protected under the free expression provi- Ashly Massey registered the complaint against sions of the First Amendment hut that schtxils the Banning Unified S c F kx >1 District and four of its must take steps to ensure their safety. In the 25 employees Dec. 20. 2002, in federal court in River- years since Fricke vs. Lynch was decided, students side. Attorneys alleged that the sch<x>l’s actions thnxightxit the United States have brought same- violated her constitutional right to equal protec - sex dates to sch<x>! dances without incident. tion and her rights under the Student Safety and A hhi Nl,l° T A 1126 SW PARK AVENUE 503-228-7219 When an ordinary Realtor simply won’t do... Celebrate Christm as Eve W ith U s 5:30 p.m. Family Service Children arc invited to play actors in a retelling nf the Christmas Strrry. 10:00 p.m. Concert 10:30 p.m. Candlelight Service wrww.dimbatree.com O 314^ SE Belmont Portland. OH 97214 office: 503-238-7617 A traditional evening service o f carols, anthems, scripture and sermon. Rev. Dr. Patricia Ross preaching. W e are an O p e n Ok A ffirm in g ch u rch w here everyone is w elcom e, in c lu d in g straig h t, leshian, gay, bisexual a n d tra n sg e n d e r people. ______ I A m
