[Bryan]

Two of the presenters of the two workshops mentioned in the article are employees of the Massachusetts Department of Education AIDS/HIV Program, which is not funded by Massachusetts taxpayers, but by the CDC.

CenterRight has hit the nail on the head. If the public is providing money in any way, shape or form to support the event, it's a public event. Whether the money comes from the state government or the federal government is immaterial.

[EdReform]

Does the conference take place at a state-funded institution? Does GLSEN (a PRIVATE organization) pay a fee for use of the facilities? Or does the state give them a free ride? If they don't pay any fees for using the facilities, then indeed, taxpayer monies are being used to support the GLSEN conferences.

On other threads, madg has complained about how the BSA, as a private organization, is not intitled to free use of public facilities, so neither is GLSEN. I'd like to know if GLSEN has used public facilities at no charge for their conferences or meetings at any time during the past 12 years.