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According to Besen,
“Upon further examina­
tion, it appears that Jim
West may have gotten a
This film clip showing two boys cuddling allegedly got a West Linn
raw deal at the hands of High student transferred from his school.
‘soft’ homophobia, pruri­
ent reporting and maybe political revenge.”
Yet Flyte, who is straight, questions whether the
consequences would differ if the same-sex cuddle
Brokeback High
scene in his film had been between a male and
A student at West Linn High School claims on
female.
his blog that he was expelled for showing a video
“One has to wonder if any of this would’ve
project with queer content, but administrators say
happened had the two characters snuggling in my
the report does not tell the whole story.
film been male and female,” he said. “We’re led to
Brandon Flyte says he was expelled from the
believe that diversity is encouraged in schools, but
school March 6 because of the “serious gay love
when a 17-year-old straight kid makes a serious gay
story” he filmed as an English class assignment. As
love story and is expelled for it, it just begs the
of March 14, he clarified that he was actually being
question of exactly what kind of policy was the
forced to transfer to another school but, after meet­
administration following.7”
ing with administrators, was told he’d be allowed
Vice principal Tim Fields said he was legally
back in the school and could graduate with his
restricted from discussing Flyte’s case with anyone
classmates in the spring if he passes his classes and
but his parents. He did say there was only one
expulsion
in the past month at West Linn High,
has solid attendance.
According to Flyte: “I’ve never been a model
and that was due to fighting.
“There is much more to the story,” Fields
student. My attendance hasn’t been perfect, and by
that I mean it’s been pretty irregular.”
said.
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Awareness Week with a panel discussion March 13
about the states of various organizations providing
health services to queer Oregonians.
In attendance were Grace Hague of Elder
Resource Alliance; Jan Dillon of Hambleton
Project; Salvador Candela of Cascade AIDS
Project’s Apoyo Latino; R.E. Szego of Breath
Free, a program of the Sexual Minority Youth
Resource Center; Llewyn Maire McCobh of
Outside In’s Trans Identity Resource Centre;
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