[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

"make sure that our materials cover the full gamut"

All, ONLY as long as the "gamut" is "correct" according to the fascists in charge at any given time. Lies, half truths, and ommissions mean nothing to the PC. Peace and love, George.

[EdReform]

BTTT for later...

[Budge]

If someone, anyone doesn't put an end to this highly communistic "political correctness" bull**** it will completely destroy the United States of America! If you doubt it, look what it has already done to education.

If you doubt "political correctness" is NOT rooted in Marxism, I suggest you obtail the VCR tape "Political Correctness: The Frankfurt School Story"

You may check this site out: http://www.cofcc.org

This is the Consertive Citizens Foundation site
P.O. Box 221683
St. Louis, MO - 63122

[LiteKeeper]

archive

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The following is an excerpt from an article printed in the Chicago Tribune. Any opinions either stated or suggested are not necessarily those of GLSEN or its members.

By V. Dion Haynes

Tribune staff reporter, July 26, 2001

Los Angeles-- A new California plan aimed at protecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and staff from harassment in public schools is creating controversy as administrators prepare for a new school year.

Moving to enforce a 2-year-old law that prohibits schools from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or sexual [sic] identity, the California Department of Education in August will send all 8,500 public schools a dozen recommendations for making classrooms less hostile and more hospitable to gays and lesbians.

The recommendations call for schools to use textbooks and classroom materials that feature gays positively; to discuss the contribution of gays in all subject areas, from kindergarten to grade 12; to include books on the gay lifestyle in high school libraries; and to consider alternative restroom and locker room accommodations for transgender youths.

In the wake of recent school shootings sparked by bullying, public school officials nationwide are faced with making campuses safer.

The recommendations, issued by a state Department of Education task force, have not been mandated by the Legislature or state superintendent of public instruction. Nevertheless, the task force recommendations have propelled California into the forefront of the emerging gay education movement--and at the epicenter of debates over free speech and religious rights of other students and over whether the state is pushing schools into social advocacy.

Schools taking steps

Around the country, some elementary school teachers have introduced gay themes through videotapes, such as "That's a Family," that show traditional families, single parent-headed families and families with either two mothers or two fathers. Some middle school teachers have delved into James Baldwin's homosexuality through his writings. And some high school campuses have invited gay activists to speak and allowed students to establish clubs for gay and lesbian students.

Seeking to expand the movement, the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, drafted a proposal encouraging schools to develop materials addressing the needs of gay and lesbian students. But, facing strong opposition from within its ranks, the union withdrew the proposal early this month and opted to establish a committee to study sexual orientation issues.

"This is often a polarizing issue," said Dennis Meyers, assistant executive director of the Association of California School Administrators, which represents the principals and superintendents in the state. Referring to the recommendations, he said: "I expect some controversy."

Some of the recommendations could be more controversial than others, he added. "If the schools are required to have separate showers [for transgender students], people are going to wonder, Who is going to pay for that? And how will we fit that into our campus?"

California is among a handful of states, including Massachusetts, Vermont and Wisconsin, that approved laws adding sexual orientation to the classifications--race, gender, religion and national origin--on the basis of which schools are prohibited from discriminating. Illinois does not have such a law. The laws were passed in the wake of research showing gays as victims of widespread discrimination in schools.

Reinforcing civil rights

The 1999 California law, aimed mainly at spurring a cultural shift in the schools, offers no new protections for gay and lesbian students but reinforces civil rights contained in other laws.

"We'd like to see every one of the recommendations implemented over time," said Mike Marshall, interim executive director of the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center Project and co-chairman of the task force.

Some observers, while supporting the concept of school safety and tolerance for all students, say the recommendations go well beyond the 1999 law.

"Fat kids, kids with pimples, kids who wear glasses and kids who play in the band are all harassed," said Dick Carpenter, education policy analyst for Focus on the Family, a Colorado Springs-based organization that promotes conservative values.

The California recommendations "are setting up a structure where some students are more equal than others," added Carpenter, whose organization rallied many teachers against the National Education Association proposal.

Randy Thomasson, executive director of the Sacramento-based Campaign for California Families, said he fears schools will use the recommendations to quash the free-speech rights of religious students who oppose homosexuality.

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November 4, 2002
GLSEN Announces Launch of New Online BookLink

Welcome to the new GLSEN BookLink!

The new BookLink (formerly The GLSEN Bookstore) is GLSEN’s link to the highest-quality resources for students, educators, families and community allies working to end anti-LGBT bias in K-12 schools!

Click on link to see recommended reading for grades K-6.
http://www.glsen.org/templates/booklink/index.html?section=2

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[Lorianne]

No stories with snow in them. They discriminate against children who live in warm climates.

[Exit148]

There shouldn't be any Mommies or Daddies or Grandpas or Grandmas or puppies or kittens in any story, because not everyone can be a Mommy or Daddy or be a Grandparent ---- and not all kids can have pets.

And definitely no stories where a family has both a boy and girl, as not all families can be gender balanced.

No girls with curly hair, unless there is a kid with straight hair.

No Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs -- or has that been banned already? Bambi?--FORGET IT! (remember that gun?!)

Think of all the possibilities this group can ban for the good of "THE CHURLREN"!

[Exit148]

Just who are these 'activist tgroups'? I'd like to know the individual names and their background.