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Angela Here's the summary of the report that came out of our state: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/Resources/OrganizingTactics/gov-report.html Here are a few more sites that will help http://archive.aclu.org/issues/gay/safe_schools.html http://www.aclu.org/safeschools/Statistics.html http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/library/record/1413.html Let me know if you need anything more. Johanna >Hi Johanna. I would LOVE to get my hands on the DOE report >regarding gay/lesbian harassment. It would be great ammunition to >anyone wanting to challenge a book dealing with this subject. Do >you remember where you got this report? Any help would be greatly >appreciated. Thanks! > >>>> Johanna Halbeisen <johanna.newsong@RCN.COM> 03/30/04 10:47AM >>> >May I add my experience as a K-4 librarian? Several years ago I had >a run-in with parents and administration over trying to address >homophobic name calling in the fourth grade. I couldn't read a book >to these fourth grade classes that had the syllable "gay" (as in the >name Gaylord), without getting titters and snorts. "Gay" was a very >common put down. This kind of name calling not only hurts the kids >who are not heterosexual, or whose parents are gay or lesbian. The >limits of acceptable behavior for boys are being tightened when they >fear being called "gay" by their classmates. Read Oliver Button is a >Sissy, by Tomie dePaola. A fourth grade girl who I first mistakened >for a boy acknowledged being teased a lot. And I heard she attempted >suicide later on in middle school. Which reminds me, we are talking >life and death here. One third of the teenagers who attempt suicide >are gay or lesbian. > >To quote from the letter I sent to my administration during the bruhaha: >Some people think that gay and lesbian issues should not be discussed >until middle school or high school, but this contradicts both the >Department of Education guidelines and current research which shows >that by seventh grade acts of discrimination on the basis of sexual >orientation are firmly entrenched in our educational environment and >harming both the victims and the perpetrators. By seventh grade, the >harm has already been done. Name calling by elementary school >students leads to physical and verbal harassment and abuse by seventh >grade. We need to address the issues at preschool and elementary >levels in order to prevent this harm at the middle school level. > >I'm in a conservative community. My emphasis in book selection is on >presenting families with two moms or two dads. Most of the books >don't use the words "gay" or "lesbian". This is NOT about sex, any >more than talking about a family with one mom and one dad is. It is >about making ALL children feel affirmed. Not so many years ago, you >never saw stories about parents getting or being divorced. Kids >whose parents were divorced were quiet about it, fearful of what >others would say. I try to do the same thing for single parent >families, for kids being raised by their dads, their grandparents, in >foster families. For me, it is an issue about name-calling and about >different kinds of families. > >Here's another link for bibliographies: >http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/booklink/index.html > >Johanna >-- >Johanna Halbeisen, Library Media Teacher >Woodland Elementary School (K-4) >80 Powder Mill Rd, Southwick, MA 01077 >johanna.newsong@rcn.com > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- >All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. >To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu >In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL >3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. >LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ >Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ >EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ >LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-