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Date Posted: 11:56:06 07/31/03 Thu
Author: juli
Author Host/IP: conm200-58-196-251.epm.net.co / 200.58.196.251
Subject: Re: Lesbians Fight Back
In reply to: Justine 's message, "Re: Lesbians Fight Back" on 00:20:32 10/12/99 Tue

>> This is an important issue I think needs to be
>> addressed and discussed very seriously. I am a firm
>> believer in human rights and women's rights and this
>> situation needs serious group input ...
>>
>> It's all over the news about schools ignoring antigay
>> harassment and lesbians are fighting back! Take the
>> case of Alana Flores, a 19 year old student at West
>> Valley Community College in Saratoga,California.
>While
>> attending Live Oak High School, Alana had
>pornographic
>> photos of mutilated
>> women stuck on her locker with the words "Dyke Bitch
>> Fuck Off" and "Die. Die. Dyke Bitch" written all over
>> her locker semester after semester. Still, the
>> authorities at the school did nothing and the locker
>> graffiti was left in place for months. At the request
>> to change lockers, her request was denied. When she
>> showed the notes to teachers, responses were "Too
>bad"
>> and another asked her "Well, is it true you're a
>> lesbian?"
>>
>> The harassments don't end there. In fact, five other
>> students have filed complaints against Live Oak High
>> School, along with Flores. Flores v. Morgan Hill
>> Unified School District will be the first school
>> sexual harassment lawsuit filed by lesbians and the
>> first by multiple plaintiffs. The trial is scheduled
>> this summer.
>>
>> A large majority of Americans don't understand why a
>> 10 year old needs to be taught to respect everyone,
>> regardless of whether he/she is gay or straight. In
>> fact, the first reaction is, "That child shouldn't be
>> thinking about sexual orientation anyway!" However,
>> according to the New York-based Hetrick Martin
>> Institute for Gay Youths, the average age of coming
>> out has went from 26 (15 years ago) to 16, which
>makes
>> these teenagers a prime target for gay bashing and
>> death threats.
>>
>> The new generation of openly gay kids need to be
>> protected and those kids attending school with them
>> need to be educated and disciplined. However, who is
>> responsible for the education and the discipline? Is
>> it the parents? The teachers? The entire school
>board?
>> The authorities? The GLBT
>> Communities? Who do you think is responsible and why?
>
>The whole world, is responsible. Parents, though, have
>oppertiunity to educate thier children not to be
>prejudiced. If a child is introduced to the reasoning
>of not disliking people for who they are when the
>child is young, it will likely stay with them.
>my daughter, will not be taught "Black, white, Man,
>woman, this is the way people are supposed to pair
>off, this
>is not"..but she will learn to see each person as I
>someday hope to..with out boundries, or
>differences..they will simply be called."person"

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Re: Lesbians Fight Back -- juli, 11:56:06 07/31/03 Thu