Dear Safe Schools members and friends ...

1. Radio interview 9/3 with Linda Baker
2. New Book on Growing Up with GLBT Parents
3. GLSEN offers youth scholarships for national convention (due August 25)
4. Student writing magazine looking for contributions from queer girls (due August 25)
5. Social service magazine devotes issue to trans youth
6. School survival guide for LGBT youth and allies is online

Radio interviews

Coalition member Linda Baker (PFLAG Seattle) was recently interviewed by Esther "Little Dove" John, talking about the Safe Schools Coalition. The interview will air:

Sept 3rd on 98.9FM at 6 am AND on 11.50AM at 7am.

Linda says, "Dove was very easy to be with." The interview opens with a song by Steve Schalchlin (who will be featured at the 9/16 benefit concert). Linda describes the experience:"[The song was] something like 'Why does it take 5 big guys to beat up one little queer' - i just about cried, actually I did. So, that lent to emotion in the interview. She was happy enough to invite me back to talk about PFLAG."

(2) New Book on Growing Up with GLBT Parents

"Out of the Ordinary :Essays on Growing Up With Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents" by Noelle Howey (Editor), Ellen Samuels (Editor), Margarethe Cammermeyer, Dan Savage (Preface)

Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

(3) GLSEN offers youth scholarships for national convention (due August 25)

GLSEN National Conference - Teaching Respect for All 3-Tiered Youth Scholarship Program (23 years of age and under)
Apply Online: http://www.glsen.org/pages/sections/news/calendar/conference/2000/youthaid
Scholarship Deadline:August 25th, 2000 (Applications received sooner will be considered first)
GLSEN is proud to announce its exciting 3-tiered Youth Scholarship Program for the 4th Annual GLSEN National Conference; Teaching Respect For All 2000 in Chicago, IL Oct 6-8. Teaching Respect for All is the premiere national summit for those working to end anti-gay prejudice in America's K-12 schools. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of need, commitment, and interest. All scholarships must be applied for. All participants are responsible for their own meals.

(4) Student writing magazine looking for contributions from queer girls (due August 25):Seeking short fiction & poems by girls and young women ages 18 & under, representing lesbian, bi and questioning viewpoints.

Writings will be considered for a book of fiction and poetry by girls from a variety of backgrounds. They may also be considered for publication in Merlyn's Pen, the National Magazine of Student Writing. (Check it out at http://www.merlynspen.com) Deadline is August 25th, 2000. Guidelines:

Send submissions to:
girl book project
40 fourth st. #121
petaluma, ca 94952

Writings may also be sent as email (not as attached documents, please) to: rainbow_editor37@hotmail.com
(5) Social service magazine devotes issue to trans youth:
FYI, the newest issue of the Journal of Gay end Lesbian Social Services (volume 10, numbers ?, 1999 - why it is 1999 is beyond me) is dedicated to social services with transgendered youth. the journal is published by haworth press (http://www.haworthpressinc.com).

Articles in the journal are:
Knowledge for Practice with Transgendered Persons - Gerald P. Millon
Ethical Issues in the Mental Health Treatment of Gender Dysphoric Adolescents - Stephanie Swann and Sarah E. Herbert
Internal and External Stress Factors Associated with the Identity Development of Transgendered Youth - Christian Burgess
Practice with Transgendered Children - Gerald P. Millon
Practice with Female-to-Male Transgendered Youth - Sophia Pazos
Reflections of an Emerging Male-to-Female Transgendered Consciousness - Wendell D. Glenn
Group Work Practice with Transgendered Male-to-Female Sex Workers - Rebecca Klein
Practice with Transgendered Youth and Their Families - Ken Cooper
A Call for Organizational Trans-Formation - Gerald p. Millon

(6) School survival guide for LGBT youth and allies is online:

Youth Enrichment Services of the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center has just finished an online SIGNS School Survival Guide for LGBT Youth and their Allies, available at:

phone:(212) 620-7310 fax:(212) 924-2657
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