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May 30, 2007

In this issue of GSA Network News, you'll find:

GSA Network Highlight
GSA Network Highlights 3 Exciting and Informative Activist Camps
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GSA Network Announcements
1. WIN $100!! Fill out GSA Network's Year-End Evaluation and Be Entered to Win $100
2. SB 777 Passes the Senate!
3. Where Dreams Come True - GSA Network Activist Camps! APPLY ONLINE!
4. March with GSA Network at Pride (San Francisco)
5. GSA Network and Frameline 31 Present Young, Loud, and Proud Film Festival (San Francisco)
6. Join GSA Network at the SF AIDS WALK - July 15 (San Francisco)
7. GSA Power T-shirt & More - Buy today!
8. 10th Annual Queeriosity Event (San Francisco)
Go directly to GSA Network announcements

Central Valley
9. Stanislaus PRIDE Day 2007 - Saturday, June 30th (Modesto)
10. Youth Alliance Meetings Every Friday (Fresno)
Go directly to Central Valley listings

Northern California
11. The COUNTDOWN begins for UNCHAINED! (San Francisco)
12. The Other Side of the Closet (San Francisco)
Go directly to Northern California listings

National
13. 2007 PFLAG National Convention Presented by IBM
14. New DVD: "Follow My Voice: With The Music of Hedwig"
Go directly to National listings

Jobs
15. CHALK is Hiring Young People (San Francisco)
Go directly to Jobs listings

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GSA Network Highlights 3 Exciting and Informative Activist Camps

With the end of the school year happening for so many, you may be asking yourself, "What can I do this summer?" The answer is simple. No matter where you live in California there will be an Activist Camp happening in your region. The GSA Activist Camp is a youth-planned and youth-led 3-day event that features intensive community building, skill-building, political education, and leadership training for GSA members and potential members. All LGBT and straight ally youth can apply. Youth who will be in a high school or middle school GSA next year will be given priority.

This camp allows you to gain useful information about how to be an activist in your school and your community. Some of the information you’ll be learning includes:

- Intro to Organizing
- How to Have a Kick Ass GSA
- The Role of Race, Class, Power and Privilege in our Society
- Class Inequality
- Understanding Gender and Sexuality
- How to Fight for your Rights
- How to create a Strategy Chart and build a Campaign
- The History of Queer People of Color
- Lots of Activities, Coalition Building and Roleplay

So, while you’re planning that trip to the beach, signing up for that class in summer school, or just veggin' on the couch, now is the time to sign up for GSA Network’s Activist Camp 2007!

Central Valley Camp: June 14-16, 2007 (Thurs-Sat) in Fresno at California State University, Fresno - Application deadline: Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Southern California Camp: July 27-29, 2007 (Fri-Sun) in West Hollywood - Application deadline: Friday, June 15, 2007

Northern California Camp: August 3-5, 2007 (Fri-Sun) in San Francisco - Application deadline: Friday, June 30, 2007
Check out the Northern California Myspace page! - http://www.myspace.com/activistcamp2007

Youth of color, trans youth, and low-income youth are especially encouraged to apply.

Cost: $20-$100 sliding scale - no one turned away for lack of funds; scholarships available.

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+++++++++++++ GSA NETWORK ANNOUNCEMENTS +++++++++++++

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1. WIN $100!! Fill out GSA Network's Year-End Evaluation and Be Entered to Win $100

Calling all GSA advisors, presidents, and active members! We need your feedback.
Tell us what worked this year, where you had challenges, and how GSA Network can be of help for the 2007-2008 school year.

Go online and fill out the evaluation on http://www.gsanetwork.org/yearendeval/index.php and be entered to win $100 for your GSA!

Don't miss out! The last day to turn in evaluations is June 24th, 2007!

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2. SB 777 Passes the Senate!

GSA Network is pleased to announce that SB 777 (Student Civil Rights Act) passed the Senate last week by 23-13 vote. To see how your State Senator voted, please check the list below. We have also included legislators’ office telephone numbers in case your GSA members want to call in order to say “Thanks, please keep supporting safer schools!” or “We are disappointed that you decided not to vote in favor of protecting students.”

SB 777 will now move to be considered by the Assembly. Thank you to everyone who called their Senators in the past few weeks and spoke out about the need for safer schools. We will continue to update on its progress and different ways your club can get involved.

SB 777 would update California's Education Code and ensure the strengthening and uniformity of all non-discrimination policies governing all publicly funded schools and education programs, including regular public schools, charter schools, alternative schools, and post-high school educational institutions. For more information about the bill, please visit http://www.gsanetwork.org/qyad.

Equality California is sponsoring the bill. To read their press release about the Senate victory, please visit http://www.eqca.org.

HOW DID YOUR SENATOR VOTE?

To find your State Senator directly click this link and then enter your zip code: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html

For State Senator’s Websites, to find local contact numbers, faxes and emails please go to http://www.sen.ca.gov/~newsen/senators/senators.htp

District/Senator — Region - Phone Number

1 Dave Cox (R) VOTED NO — Roseville/Placerville 916-651-4001
2 Patricia Wiggins (D) VOTED YES — Eureka/Santa Rosa 916-651-4002
3 Carole Migden (D) VOTED YES — San Francisco 916-651-4003
4 Sam Aanestad (R) VOTED NO — Grass Valley/Redding 916-651-4004
5 Michael Machado (D) VOTED YES — Stockton/Davis 916-651-4005
6 Darrell Steinberg (D) VOTED YES — Sacramento 916-651-4006
7 Tom Torlakson (D) VOTED YES — Antioch/Walnut Creek 916-651-4007
8 Leland Yee (D) VOTED YES — San Francisco/San Mateo 916-651-4008
9 Don Perata (D) VOTED YES — Oakland 916-651-4009
10 Ellen Corbett (D) VOTED YES — Fremont 916-651-4010
11 Joe Simitian (D) VOTED YES — Palo Alto/Santa Cruz 916-651-4011
12 Jeff Denham (R) VOTED NO — Merced/Salinas 916-651-4012
13 Elaine Alquist (D) VOTED YES — Santa Clara/San Jose 916-651-4013
14 Dave Cogdill (R) VOTED NO — Fresno/Modesto 916-651-4014
15 Abel Maldonado (R) VOTED NO — Santa Maria/Monterey 916-651-4015
16 Dean Florez (D) ABSTAINED — Fresno/Bakersfield 916-651-4016
17 George Runner (R) VOTED NO — Lancaster/Victorville 916-651-4017
18 Roy Ashburn (R) VOTED NO — Bakersfield/Visalia 916-651-4018
19 Tom McClintock (R) VOTED NO — Thousand Oaks/Santa Barbara 916-651-4019
20 Alex Padilla (D) VOTED YES — San Fernando Valley 916-651-4020
21 Jack Scott (D) VOTED YES — Pasadena/Burbank 916-651-4021
22 Gil Cedillo (D) VOTED YES — Los Angeles/Alhambra 916-651-4022
23 Sheila Kuehl (D) VOTED YES — Malibu/Santa Monica 916-651-4023
24 Gloria Romero (D) VOTED YES — Monterey Park/West Covina 916-651-4024
25 Edward Vincent (D) VOTED YES — Inglewood/Compton 916-651-4025
26 Mark Ridley-Thomas (D) VOTED YES — Los Angeles/Culver City 916-651-4026
27 Alan Lowenthal (D) ABSENT — Long Beach/Downey 916-651-4027
28 Jenny Oropeza (D) VOTED YES — Torrance/Redondo Beach 916-651-4028
29 Bob Margett (R) VOTED NO — Diamond Bar/Arcadia 916-651-4029
30 Ron Calderon (D) VOTED YES — E. Los Angeles/Whittier 916-651-4030
31 Bob Dutton (R) VOTED NO — Upland/Riverside 916-651-4031
32 Gloria Negrete McLeod (D) VOTED YES — Ontario/San Bernardino 916-651-4032
33 Dick Ackerman (R) VOTED NO — Fullerton/Laguna Nigel 916-651-4033
34 Lou Correa (D) VOTED YES — Garden Grove/Santa Ana 916-651-4034
35 Tom Harman(R) ABSENT —Irvine/Dana Point 916-651-4035
36 Dennis Hollingsworth (R) VOTED NO — Murrieta/El Cajon 916-651-4036
37 Jim Battin (R) ABSENT — Palm Desert/Lake Elsinore 916-651-4037
38 Mark Wyland (R) VOTED NO — Oceanside/San Clemente 916-651-4038
39 Christine Kehoe (D) VOTED YES — San Diego 916-651-4039
40 Denise Ducheny (D) VOTED YES — Chula Vista/El Centro 916-651-4040

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3. Where Dreams Come True-GSA Network Activist Camps! APPLY ONLINE!

The GSA Activist Camps are youth-planned and youth-led intense 3-day events featuring hardcore community building, skill-building, political education, and leadership training for GSA members. All youth who will be involved in a high school or middle school GSA next year are strongly encouraged to apply.

Southern California Activist Camp - West Hollywood
July 27th - July 29th, 2007

Northern California Activist Camp - San Francisco
August 3rd - 5th, 2007
Join our Camp Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/activistcamp2007

Central Valley Activist Camp - Fresno
June 14th - 16th, 2007

APPLY ONLINE! Click here to get more info and apply online: http://www.gsanetwork.org/camp/camp2007.html!

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4. March with GSA Network at Pride (San Francisco)

Once again, the GSA Network will be marching in this year’s San Francisco Pride Parade, and we’re doing it up with whistles and beads. The first 50 youth to show up will get a FREE whistle and everyone will get colorful beaded necklaces to pass out to the crowd!

Details are still being determined, but on June 24th, from 9:30-10:30 we will be directing youth from the corner of Mission and Spear Streets to our lineup spot in the march.

Bring your boas, noisemakers, whistles, signs, and wear your GSA Network t-shirts!

The GSA Network will also have a booth during the festival, so if you’d like to volunteer and help out (or just look pretty) let us know! Or, if you’d like to help make posters and represent your own schools GSA, come to our June 10th poster making session. Free food will be provided.

To RSVP or for more information, contact Kiely at 415.552.4229, or mailto:pride@gsanetwork.org.

Come show your PRIDE with the GSA Network!

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5. GSA Network and Frameline 31 Present Young, Loud, and Proud Film Festival (San Francisco)

Frameline31
San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
June 14-24, 2007
http://www.frameline.org
YOUNG, LOUD AND PROUD
Friday June 15 | 6:00 pm | Roxie
$9 members | $10 general | YOUN15R

Blazing a new media trail, the next generation gives us a firsthand look at what it means to be young and queer in this world in these short films by and about queer youth.

After her essay on same-sex marriage causes controversy in her middle school, a 14 year-old girl in a conservative Ohio town decides to record her views on gays and gay marriage in The Essay Assignment. Outlet tells the personal stories of the teenagers who participate in a support group offered by a Bay Area youth organization. Interviews with the group's facilitator, a young gay activist and a transgender teen address the evolution of contemporary queer issues as they're taken on by local middle and high school students. Love Is Shit explores love and life on the Christopher Street pier, and Inside Out is one lesbian teen's multimedia confessional of life on the streets and in shelters.

Queer Streets is a hip, gritty look at the reality of life on the street for kids with three strikes against them: They're young, they're gay, and they're homeless. It's like MTV's "The Real World"-without the house: the true story of seven gay, lesbian and transgender youth living on the streets in New York, who agreed to have their lives taped for one summer. Find out what happens when they stop being polite, stop hiding and tell the real story of teen homelessness.

The Essay Assignment dir Jennifer Lin 2006 USA 5 min
Outlet dir Leigh Iacobucci 2006 USA 19 min
Love Is Shit dir Ali Kennedie 2006 USA 10 min
Inside Out dir Jessica Scott 2006 USA 8 min
Queer Streets dir Alex Waterfield 2006 USA 41 min

Total Running Time: 83 min

Frameline31, the 31st San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, screening June 14-24 at the Castro Theatre, Roxie Film Center the Victoria Theatre, and at the Parkway Theater in Oakland is the oldest and largest event of its kind in the world. Tickets go on sale to Frameline members Friday, May 25. General public ticket sales begin Friday, June 1. Tickets are available at Superstar Satellite video store located at 474 Castro Street (between Market and 18th Street in San Francisco), online at http://www.frameline.org/festival, and by fax at 415-522-5543.

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6. Join GSA Network at the SF AIDS WALK - July 15 (San Francisco)

Activism doesn't end with the school year! Join GSA Network at the San Francisco AIDS Walk and help raise dollars for AIDS service organizations in the Bay Area. The GSA Network team will be walking together with thousands of other participants in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, July 15.

Not only do you get enjoy to a fun day at the park, raise $$$ for a good cause, you can also work on your fundraising skills! Once you sign up, the AIDS Walk web site will give you tips on how to raise money from your teachers, friends, and family members who will sponsor you be part of the event.

To get involved, the first thing you need to register to participate. Here's how:
1. Go to http://www.aidswalk.net/sanfran/
2. Click on "Register Now!" in the far left-hand column.
3. Select "Join a Team" and then select "GSA Network-7460"
4. Fill out the info.

See you on July 15th!

Get Moving: AIDS Walk San Francisco - July 15, 2007
Get Info: Contact Lai-San at GSA Network (mailto:lai-san@gsanetwork.org) or 415.552.4229 if you have questions

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7. GSA Power T-shirt & More - Buy today!

Another GSA Network T-shirts hot off the press... Cafepress that is.

Do you just love our GSA Power postcard? Well, now it's a shirt. Buy it today and help support GSA Network!

Order one of our three New T-shirts and help support GSA Network
* GSA Power
* A is for Ally
* Activist
* Male, Female, Other / Neither / All of the above

Also in stock
* I heart GSA
* I HELLA Heart GSA
* and our classic GSA Organizing Shirt

These new designs can ONLY be purchased at our on-line store. For every item you buy GSA Network gets a small donation ($3-$5) to keep doing all the good work we do!!!

So, help support GSAs and look cool doing it.

To Buy Today: http://www.cafepress.com/gsanetwork

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8. 10th Annual Queeriosity Event (San Francisco)

Youth Speaks is celebrating our 10th year of programming our Queeriosity event, which highlights LGBTQ youth voice and the power of the word. This year we are especially excited because we won a Horizon's grant which will allow us to do our first full day of Queer Arts programming with our 1st Annual Q. Arts-in-Education Festival. On June 15th at the LGBTQ Center we will be hosting our Q. Arts-in-Education Festival from 9 am to 3 p.m., and our 10th Annual Queeriosity event from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The Q. Arts-in-Education Festival brings communities together to create a unique educational experience positioned around queer issues and art making. The day consists of creative art making experiences fused with socio-political agenda items focused on the LGBTQ community. The Q. Arts-in-Education Festival brings people together working around youth and the significance of their voice, and the celebration of diversity and uniqueness in our world. This event provides a full day of workshops, a panel discussion and performance, inviting youth to explore and discuss issues around LGBTQ youth culture.

Queeriosity is a night of performance exploration, and a bonding of artists around issues concerning same sex relationships, questioning sexuality, queer culture, life style and conversations around society in general. This evening breaks down the barriers of differences and asks important questions about our common humanity and same-ness. Performances from the evening event will showcase youth from the Teen Poetry Slam, emerging spoken word artists such as Chinaka Hodge, Kirya Traber and Michelle 'Mush' Lee, as well as our featured performer, artistic director and LA based choreographer Christopher 'Eclipse' Brown. This evening will definitely continue the rich performance history that is Queeriosity!

Friday June 15, 2007
Q. Arts-in-Education Festival
Registration Opened to All youth ages 13-19
9-3pm
Free

To register email mailto:khalil@youthspeaks.org or call 415 255 9035 ext. 18
Friday June 15, 2007
Queeriosity: Celebrating 10 years!!!
7pm-10pm
Featuring Youth Speaks Teen Slam Poets, Susanna Myrseth, Chinaka Hodge, Michelle Lee, Kirya Traber, Terry Taplin, Khalil.Anthony, Artistic Director Eclipse and more.
Free

In collaboration with QCC, Horizons Foundation, GSA Network

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++++++++++++++++ OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ++++++++++++++++
GSA Network News is a publication of Gay-Straight Alliance Network. Events, resources, and news items listed under "Other Announcements" are not sponsored or written by GSA Network, and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of GSA Network.

Central Valley
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9. Stanislaus PRIDE Day 2007 - Saturday, June 30th (Modesto)

Celebration to be held from 2:00 to 8:00 PM at Graceada Park in Modesto

The Stanislaus PRIDE Center (SPC) hosts the area's second pride celebration on Saturday, June 30th: Stanislaus PRIDE Day 2007, sponsored by Barefoot Wine. Guests of this family-friendly event can expect entertainment throughout the afternoon and evening on the Mancini Bowl stage, and approximately fifty (50) vendors throughout the park area.

Admission to Stanislaus PRIDE Day 2007 is FREE! However, a special $50 VIP ticket package includes access to an exclusive wine- hosted PRIDE kick off party at the Queen Bean Coffee House from 7:00 to 10:00 PM on Tuesday, June 26th; express line to the beer-and-wine garden at Graceada Park on Saturday, June 30th; early access to an after-party at the Queen Bean Coffee House when things wind down at Graceada Park (beginning at 7:00 PM); and a commemorative event t-shirt.

Josh Zuckerman headlines packed entertainment line-up

With the assistance of female impersonator "Breathless" (from Tracy CA), Modesto native and Mr. Gay USA 2007 - Grant Ermis, will preside as Master of Ceremonies for the on- stage entertainment line-up. National gay singing star Josh Zuckerman headlines the event.

The schedule of entertainers also includes the following...Female impersonator Imperial Grand Duchess XXXIII Ms. Kiki Peru of Modesto and other members of the Owl Empire of Stanislaus County Inc (OESCI); Chico-based female band Peech (which also includes a Modesto native, Megan Osborn); Ceres-based aggressive dance, indie/techno beats band Static Stereo; Merced singer Moon Trent; Stockton/Modesto all-lesbian band Addaline; and Red Bull's DJ Maurice and DJ Tony Sapp.

For more information, please visit: http://www.spcpride.org

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10. Youth Alliance Meetings Every Friday (Fresno)

What: Youth Alliance-A group for GLBTQI Youth
When: Every Friday evening.
Time: 7:30pm
Where: Fresno Center for Non-violence, 1584 N Van Ness, corner of Van Ness and McKinley.

This group has been serving youth for 19 years. There is an hour between 6:30-7:30pm that is the TEEN Hour. This hour is reserved for high school age youth only. The hour or so after the TEEN Hour is open to teens and young adults!!! So check it out and meet some new people!!!

For info go to http://www.communitylinkfresno.com.

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Northern California
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11. The COUNTDOWN begins for UNCHAINED! (San Francisco)

Only 18 days remain until two of the largest events for queer youth sashay into town! UNCHAINED and The Young Women's Health Fair continue a tradition of queer youth conferences that
LYRIC pioneered in 1995, with the first Young Women's Health Fair event!

HERstory: About the Young Women's Health Fair
This year marks the 12th anniversary of LYRIC‚s Young Women‚s Health Fair. As the only conference of its type in the Bay Area, it is important to recognize what has come to shape this
event today.

Over a decade ago, the fair began as "Out of the Closets and Into the Sheets." It was a progressive and sex positive conference that provided an opportunity for young women to come
together to talk and learn about sex and controversial topics that were not discussed anywhere else.

As the years moved on, the conference has remained true to its roots and has added more elements of health and communities to its workshop list. In 2002, the title of "Out of the Closet
and Into the Sheets" was dropped in favor of rotating the theme every year. The most recent themes have been "Where the girls Are," "girls.being.girls," and "Easy Access."

The mission of the fair is grounded in the belief that young queer women should have equal access to information about their sexuality and bodies as their heterosexual peers.
Not only do we intend to provide access to issues so rarely discussed in mainstream health education, but we also intend this year‚s conference to be a platform of comfort and
empowerment where we can all gain access to support from one another as well as from resources within our communities.

We hope that you will be able to join us this year!

127 Collingwood St.
San Francisco, CA 94114
415-703-6150 x.15
mailto:derrick@lyric.org

UNCHAINED & Young Women's Health Fair

Saturday
June 16th, 2007
10am-6pm

SF State
Cesar Chavez
Student Center
1650 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA

MUNI Lines
M,17,28,29

Daly City BART
to MUNI line 28

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12. The Other Side of the Closet (San Francisco)

The Other Side of the Closet by Ed Roy

A hard-hitting play for teens about diversity, homophobia and safety in schools.

Touring Northern California Schools and Communities from October 23rd -December 14th 2007.

Verbal and physical harassment based on actual or perceived sexual orientation remains persistent in schools all over the country. The Other Side of the Closet by Ed Roy is a drama for teens that explores the sources of homophobia and harassment in schools and gets young people to think about ways to move past their intolerance. This play has been touring to Northern California middle and high schools every fall, since 2000, to educate teens about diversity, acceptance and about the California School Safety Act (AB-537), which prohibits harassment in school based on actual or perceived sexual orientation. The Other Side of the Closet supports a safe school curriculum where students, teachers and parents can learn about differences and respect in an innovative and engaging format. Each performance includes a discussion with the cast, and handouts are provided for teachers to continue discussion in the classroom. This is a great program for your school's GSA or other diversity club to sponsor on campus, and we are also available to present community performances of this program on Monday and Tuesday evenings during the run of the tour.

For more information on how to bring a YouthAware Educational Theatre tour to your school or community call (415) 694-6149 or mailto:sara@nctcsf.org. Or look at the wesbite: http://www.nctcsf.org/YouthAware

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13. 2007 PFLAG National Convention Presented by IBM

October 11-14, 2007

***Register now for special student discount rates!***

Join us in Washington, D.C. this October for the launch of our new program “Straight for Equality.” Be there to network, gain leadership and advocacy skills, and see the sights of our nation’s capitol!

Register as a student (with valid student ID) and save up to $85 by with our early bird specials. Hurry! Special rates are limited!

Visit http://www.pflag.org for more information and to register.

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14. New DVD: "Follow My Voice: With The Music of Hedwig"

WATCH THE TRAILER or BUY THE DVD HERE: http://www.wolfevideo.com/products.asp?id=1326

"GLORIOUS . . . a film everyone should see!" - The Huffington Post

"Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig" showcases the courageous stories of four students at New York City's Harvey Milk High School for LGBTQ youth, alongside the creation of the star-studded Hedwig tribute album, "Wig in a Box." The amazing roster of performances includes: Rufus Wainwright, Cyndi Lauper, Sleater-Kinney, Ben Folds, Yoko Ono, The Breeders, Yo La Tengo, John Cameron Mitchell, They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Richman and more!

Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig combines inspiring portraits of queer youth and an all-star cast performing music from John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's legendary show, "Hedwig and The Angry Inch." The film is entertaining, intimate and addictive - a vibrant combination of behind-the-scenes expose', student video diaries, and rare in-studio scenes of musicians recording tracks.

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Jobs:
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15. CHALK is Hiring Young People (San Francisco)

**DEADLINE: FRI. JUNE 1, 2007 at 8PM**

Work 8-20 hours/week on a flexible schedule that includes some nights, weekends, and holidays.

No prior experience necessary. Youth Funding Youth Ideas will train you.

Trainings may continue through summer and the beginning of fall semester of school

Applicants must be 14-17 years old and live in San Francisco. Pay rate is $10.00/hr.

We are hiring 12 youth for two positions: 6 Program Officers and 6 Youth Evaluators

Position One: Youth Funding Youth Ideas Program Officer

Position Description: Program Officers are responsible for making funding decisions and providing support to young people who apply for a grant or who get funded. Participate in paid training on topics, such as, public speaking, diversity, philanthropy, communication, teamwork and safety.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Attend ongoing training and meetings
2. Public Speaking - Present information about YFYI
3. Facilitate meetings and workshops
4. Assist with the designing and scheduling of YFYI presentations and workshops
5. Assist young people in developing their project ideas
6. Read and review grant applications
7. Work with fellow Program Officers and Youth Evaluators to make funding decisions
8. Work one-on-one with young people who have been awarded funding for their ideas to ensure the success of their projects
9. Conduct site visits and collect data to monitor projects
10. Interview applicants
11. General office work
12. Other duties as assigned

Position Two: Youth Funding Youth Ideas Youth Evaluators

Position Description: Youth Funding Youth Ideas Evaluation and Data are responsible for maintaining information, evaluating outcomes, making funding decisions and providing support to young people who apply for a grant or who get funded. Participate in paid training on topics, such as, public speaking, diversity, philanthropy, communication, teamwork and safety.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Attend ongoing training and meetings
2. Document project activities and progress
3. Constant update of data in to the computer
4. Use data to document outcomes in effort to improve YFYI
5. Create forms and systems for collecting data and providing feedback
6. Create forms to help program office
7. Collect demographics from applicants/grantees
8. Conduct site visits and collect data to monitor projects
9. Use data gathered to document project activities and progress
10. Read and review grant applications
11. Interview applicants
12. General office work
13. Other duties as assignedCHALK is Hiring Young People 14-17!!! $10 per hour

For more info please contact: Marquez Gray at mailto:Gray@chalk.org or (415) 977-6949 ext.302

Website: http://www.chalk.org & http://www.youthline.org

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May 23, 2007

In this issue of GSA Network News, you'll find:

GSA Network Highlight
Come Celebrate PRIDE with the GSA Network!
Go directly to GSA Network highlight

GSA Network Announcements
1. WIN $100!! Fill out GSA Network's Year-End Evaluation and be entered to win $100
2. Update on SB 777-Please Call Your State Senator
3. GSA Network Activist Camps! APPLY ONLINE!
4. GSA Network and Frameline 31 Present Young, Loud, and Proud Film Festival (San Francisco)
5. Join GSA Network at the SF AIDS WALK - July 15 (San Francisco)
6. GSA Power T-shirt & More - Buy today!
7. 10th Annual Queeriosity Event (San Francisco)
8. Free Resources for New or Re-Registered GSAs!
9. GSA Network Youth Council Wants You! (Statewide)
Go directly to GSA Network announcements

Other Announcements
Southern California
10. LifeWorks Bowling (Glendale)
11. Prom in Wonderland (Rancho Mirage)
Go directly to Southern California listings

Central Valley
12. Youth Alliance Meetings Every Friday (Fresno)
Go directly to Central Valley listings

Northern California
13. GSA Summit Tomorrow! (San Jose)
14. Love and Justice Queer Youth Focus Groups (San Francisco)
15. Pirates and Pixies Pre-Pride Party (Palo Alto)
16. "Hella Gay" Prom (Santa Rosa)
17. The Other Side of the Closet (San Francisco)
Go directly to Northern California listings

National
18. LGBT Students! Speak Out about Your Schools!
19. Venturer Going Global to Generate GenV Buzz
Go directly to National listings

Scholarships
20. Gay Asian Pacific Alliance George Choy Scholarship
21. $10,000 to Lesbian Writers!
Go directly to Scholarships listings

Jobs
22. CHALK is Hiring Young People (San Francisco)
Go directly to Jobs listings

News
23. NEWS: 2 Black Students to Receive $40,000
24. NEWS: Gay Youths Find Place to Call Home in Specialty Shelters
25. NEWS: Student Who said 'That's So Gay' is Out of Luck
Go directly to News listings

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Come Celebrate PRIDE with the GSA Network!
It’s that time of year again! Bust out the glitter, boas, whistles, and signs and get ready to participate in Queer Pride events in your area!

Central Valley-Doin’ it up Fresno style!
The month of June generally represents the kick-off to LGBTQI celebrations. In Fresno, the heart of the Central Valley, many will gather to begin this celebration on Saturday, June 2. If you would like to help the Central Valley GSA Network with this very exciting event here are some ways you can get involved:

- Pride Parade Organizing Event on Friday, June 1 from 3pm-6pm at the CV GSA Network office, 928 North Van Ness, Fresno, 93728

- GSA Network movie night at Reel Pride's Night Out Screening - Friday, June 1 from 8pm-10pm - all youth who attend the Parade organizing meeting will be given a free ticket to the Reel Pride film at the Tower Theater and a free Reel Pride t-shirt

- Pride Parade and Festival on Saturday, June 2 at 9:30am - meet at the SE corner of Palm and Olive to march with the CV GSA Network - we will be dressing up as Rainbow Fairies, so create your best Rainbow Fairy costume - if you would like to march with our group and want more information, please contact mailto:sara@gsanetwork.org or mailto:robin@gsanetwork.org - you may also call the office at 559-268-2780

To top off the action, we are proud to announce that two members of the CV GSA Network are being recognized by the 2007 Fresno Pride Parade and Festival planning committee - these individuals have been selected as Grand Marshals and will be given special recognition during the parade. Because we don't want to take the surprise announcement away from the committee we will give you a few hints. If you are curious who was selected you might want to read through previous Fresno Bee or GSA Network News articles: one person was nominated as Prom King, and the other is a group of dedicated youth who worked hard to get their GSA club recognized by their high school and school board.

Southern California- WeHo(pe) you’re Fabulous!
For those in the Southern California region, on the morning of June 10, 2007, GSA Network will be marching in the CSW Pride Parade in West Hollywood (WeHo). So make sure to bring out your most faaaaabulous outfits! Although we're still in the process of figuring out the details for the day, we're currently building a list of interested participants. Please spread the word in your GSAs and to anyone else that you think might want to march with us!

Also, please e-mail Carlos Cabrera, the Southern California Program Coordinator, at mailto:carlos@gsanetwork.org to make sure you're added to the e-mail list and that you don't miss out on any important details. We're excited to be participating again this year!

Northern California-San Francisco, ‘nuff said!
Once again, the GSA Network will be marching in this year’s San Francisco Pride Parade, and we’re doing it up with whistles and beads. The first 50 youth to show up will get a FREE whistle and everyone will get colorful beaded necklaces to pass out to the crowd!

Details are still being determined, but on June 24th, from 9:30-10:30 we will be directing youth from the corner of Mission and Spear Streets to our lineup spot in the march.

Bring your boas, noisemakers, whistles, signs, and wear your GSA Network t-shirts!

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1. WIN $100!! Fill out GSA Network's Year-End Evaluation and be entered to win $100

Calling all GSA advisors, presidents, and active members! We need your feedback.
Tell us what worked this year, where you had challenges and how GSA Network can be of help for the 2007-2008 school year.

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2. Update on SB 777-Please Call Your State Senator

A couple of weeks ago, GSA Network reported that the CA Senate was scheduled to vote on SB 777 (Safe Place to Learn Act). Many folks across the state called their Senators and voiced their support. Thank you for doing so.

Since then, the vote has been rescheduled several times as the Senate works its way through a lengthy list of bills. But, the latest reports indicate that a vote is likely to take place this week or early next week.

Therefore, there is still a little time left for your GSA to get calls into your Senators. Please organize with your club members, classmates, friends, and allies and call this week. Directions are below.

Calls are especially needed to go to Senator Alex Padilla's (district #20-San Fernando Valley) office. His office is getting a lot of opposition calls from anti-LGBTQ rights groups who have targeted SB 777 because they say it's all about promoting homosexuality in schools and discriminating against straight folks. What SB 777 is really about is helping to ensure that all students in state-funded schools and educational programs here in CA are equally protected from harassment and discrimination.

To reach Senator Padilla's office in Sacramento, just call 916-651-4020.

Directions & tips for calling are below:

It's very simple to find out how to call your Senator's office in Sacramento. Just go to http://www.legislature.ca.gov/port-zipsearch.html. Type in your zip code, and you will be taken right to your lawmaker's telephone number.

Suggestions for what to do when you call:

As always, it's best to be polite, friendly, and stick to the point.

1. Call the office and greet whoever answers the phone. Introduce yourself as a constituent (aka you live in the Senator's district) and a student at XXX school.
2. Tell them you want to talk about SB 777 because you know the Senator will be voting on it soon. You want him/her to vote YES on the bill.
3. If there is time, talk a little about why this bill is important to a student like you. Relate a brief story from your experiences.
4. If there are no follow-up questions from the staff member, just ask them to please pass along your request to the legislator.
5. Thank them for their time and say good-bye.

Please email Lai-San Seto, GSA Network's Advocacy Coordinator, at mailto:advocacy@gsanetwork.org if you have questions or you want to share how your call went. For more info about SB 777, please visit http://www.gsanetwork.org/qyad.

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3. GSA Network Activist Camps! APPLY ONLINE!

The GSA Activist Camps are youth-planned and youth-led intense 3-day events featuring hardcore community building, skill-building, political education, and leadership training for GSA members. All youth who will be involved in a high school or middle school GSA next year are strongly encouraged to apply.

Southern California Activist Camp - West Hollywood
July 27th - July 29th, 2007

Northern California Activist Camp - San Francisco
August 3rd - 5th, 2007

Join our Camp Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/activistcamp2007

Central Valley Activist Camp - Fresno
June 14th - 16th, 2007

APPLY ONLINE! Click here to get more info and apply online: http://www.gsanetwork.org/camp/camp2007.html!

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4. GSA Network and Frameline 31 Present Young, Loud, and Proud Film Festival (San Francisco)

Frameline31
San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
June 14-24, 2007
http://www.frameline.org
YOUNG, LOUD AND PROUD
Friday June 15 | 6:00 pm | Roxie
$9 members | $10 general | YOUN15R

Blazing a new media trail, the next generation gives us a firsthand look at what it means to be young and queer in this world in these short films by and about queer youth.

After her essay on same-sex marriage causes controversy in her middle school, a 14 year-old girl in a conservative Ohio town decides to record her views on gays and gay marriage in The Essay Assignment. Outlet tells the personal stories of the teenagers who participate in a support group offered by a Bay Area youth organization. Interviews with the group's facilitator, a young gay activist and a transgender teen address the evolution of contemporary queer issues as they're taken on by local middle and high school students. Love Is Shit explores love and life on the Christopher Street pier, and Inside Out is one lesbian teen's multimedia confessional of life on the streets and in shelters.

Queer Streets is a hip, gritty look at the reality of life on the street for kids with three strikes against them: They're young, they're gay, and they're homeless. It's like MTV's "The Real World"-without the house: the true story of seven gay, lesbian and transgender youth living on the streets in New York, who agreed to have their lives taped for one summer. Find out what happens when they stop being polite, stop hiding and tell the real story of teen homelessness.

The Essay Assignment dir Jennifer Lin 2006 USA 5 min
Outlet dir Leigh Iacobucci 2006 USA 19 min
Love Is Shit dir Ali Kennedie 2006 USA 10 min
Inside Out dir Jessica Scott 2006 USA 8 min
Queer Streets dir Alex Waterfield 2006 USA 41 min

Total Running Time: 83 min

Frameline31, the 31st San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, screening June 14-24 at the Castro Theatre, Roxie Film Center the Victoria Theatre, and at the Parkway Theater in Oakland is the oldest and largest event of its kind in the world. Tickets go on sale to Frameline members Friday, May 25. General public ticket sales begin Friday, June 1. Tickets are available at Superstar Satellite video store located at 474 Castro Street (between Market and 18th Street in San Francisco), online at http://www.frameline.org/festival, and by fax at 415-522-5543.

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5. Join GSA Network at the SF AIDS WALK--July 15 (San Francisco)

Activism doesn't end with the school year! Join GSA Network at the San Francisco AIDS Walk and help raise dollars for AIDS service organizations in the Bay Area. The GSA Network team will be walking together with thousands of other participants in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, July 15.

Not only do you get enjoy to a fun day at the park, raise $$$ for a good cause, you can also work on your fundraising skills! Once you sign up, the AIDS Walk web site will give you tips on how to raise money from your teachers, friends, and family members who will sponsor you be part of the event.

To get involved, the first thing you need to register to participate. Here's how:
1. Go to http://www.aidswalk.net/sanfran/
2. Click on "Register Now!" in the far left-hand column.
3. Select "Join a Team" and then select "GSA Network-7460"
4. Fill out the info.

See you on July 15th!

Get Moving: AIDS Walk San Francisco - July 15, 2007
Get Info: Contact Lai-San at GSA Network (mailto:lai-san@gsanetwork.org) or 415.552.4229 if you have questions

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6. GSA Power T-shirt & More - Buy today!

Youth Speaks is celebrating our 10th year of programming our Queeriosity event, which highlights LGBTQ youth voice and the power of the word. This year we are especially excited because we won a Horizon's grant which will allow us to do our first full day of Queer Arts programming with our 1st Annual Q. Arts-in-Education Festival. On June 15th at the LGBTQ Center we will be hosting our Q. Arts-in-Education Festival from 9 am to 3 p.m., and our 10th Annual Queeriosity event from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The Q. Arts-in-Education Festival brings communities together to create a unique educational experience positioned around queer issues and art making. The day consists of creative art making experiences fused with socio-political agenda items focused on the LGBTQ community. The Q. Arts-in-Education Festival brings people together working around youth and the significance of their voice, and the celebration of diversity and uniqueness in our world. This event provides a full day of workshops, a panel discussion and performance, inviting youth to explore and discuss issues around LGBTQ youth culture.

Queeriosity is a night of performance exploration, and a bonding of artists around issues concerning same sex relationships, questioning sexuality, queer culture, life style and conversations around society in general. This evening breaks down the barriers of differences and asks important questions about our common humanity and same-ness. Performances from the evening event will showcase youth from the Teen Poetry Slam, emerging spoken word artists such as Chinaka Hodge, Kirya Traber and Michelle 'Mush' Lee, as well as our featured performer, artistic director and LA based choreographer Christopher 'Eclipse' Brown. This evening will definitely continue the rich performance history that is Queeriosity!

Friday June 15, 2007
Q. Arts-in-Education Festival
Registration Opened to All youth ages 13-19
9-3pm
Free

To register email mailto:khalil@youthspeaks.org or call 415 255 9035 ext. 18
Friday June 15, 2007
Queeriosity: Celebrating 10 years!!!
7pm-10pm
Featuring Youth Speaks Teen Slam Poets, Susanna Myrseth, Chinaka Hodge, Michelle Lee, Kirya Traber, Terry Taplin, Khalil.Anthony, Artistic Director Eclipse and more.
Free

In collaboration with QCC, Horizons Foundation, GSA Network

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8. Free Resources for New or Re-Registered GSAs!

Before you plan any events for your GSA, remember to register or re-register your group with GSA Network. Do it NOW to make sure you receive our student resource sheets, FREE posters, other resources, and notifications of future GSA Network or LGBT-related events. Please note that mailings will go out only to California GSAs in middle and high schools.

Register online at http://www.gsanetwork.org/register/index.html

For more info, email Tanya Mayo at mailto:tanya@gsanetwork.org or call 415-552-4229

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9. GSA Network Youth Council Wants You! (Statewide)

GSA Network is accepting applications for new Youth Council members.
Go to the website and apply: http://www.gsanetwork.org/about/ycapp.html

The GSA Network Youth Council is a diverse group of youth leaders from GSAs all over California. As a member of the Youth Council, you will learn skills to become a stronger activist and work toward creating a safer climate at your school for LGBTQ youth and straight allies. You will get support around mounting a campaign, planning events, and starting a GSA club on your campus. In addition, Youth Council members are responsible for giving input to GSA Network and helping to guide our programs. Youth Council members will represent the needs of GSAs and youth activists from their geographic region, as well as plan events and lead peer-to-peer workshops, leadership trainings, advocacy trainings, and activist camps.

As a member of the Youth Council, you will have monthly opportunities to
* Network with youth from throughout your region
* Get peer and staff support and feedback on your ongoing campaign, action, or event
* Give input on GSA Network's programs, policies, and curriculum development.

In addition, you may have an opportunity to
* Help plan and run a youth-led conference
* Present workshops at local conferences
* Plan and participate in GSA Network social activities, like Pride
* Apply to become a paid peer-to-peer youth trainer
* Discuss emerging trends in the LGBTQ and greater social justice movements
* Provide occasional technical assistance to other GSAs.

Requirements
* Willingness to commit to serving on Youth Council for one year
* Commitment to creating change for LGBTQ youth and fighting homophobia and transphobia in schools
* Interest in developing GSA Network and suggesting ideas to strengthen it
* Must be a student in a public or private middle or high school in California.

Southern California
For more info, email mailto:carlos@gsanetwork.org or call 213-534-7162.

Central Valley
For more info, email mailto:robin@gsanetwork.org or call 559-268-2780.

Northern California
For more info, email mailto:marco@gsanetwork.org or call 415-552-4229.

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This weekend is LifeWorks Bowling!!! It's this Saturday night in *Glendale* - so all you valley folks who have been waiting for a chance to meet some other lgbtq young people, the time is now!

It's 100% free so bring a friend or three for a super fun night out!

RSVP if you can by emailing mailto:ddumont@lifeworksmentoring.org or by calling 310-724-6300.

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11. Prom in Wonderland (Rancho Mirage)

Anti Prom (Prom in Wonderland) is being held Saturday May 26 in Rancho Mirage

Call Greg Wetmore for more information to 760 328-8700.

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12. Youth Alliance Meetings Every Friday (Fresno)

What: Youth Alliance-A group for GLBTQI Youth
When: Every Friday evening.
Time: 7:30pm
Where: Fresno Center for Non-violence, 1584 N Van Ness, corner of Van Ness and McKinley.

This group has been serving youth for 19 years. There is an hour between 6:30-7:30pm that is the TEEN Hour. This hour is reserved for high school age youth only. The hour or so after the TEEN Hour is open to teens and young adults!!! So check it out and meet some new people!!!

For info go to http://www.communitylinkfresno.com.

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13. GSA Summit Tomorrow! (San Jose)

Unite the South Bay GSAs! GSA members and leaders are invited to an enlightening GSA Summit to discuss issues, share ides, and meet new people. This event is intended for GSA advisors, students, and allies.

- FREE FOOD
- Meet up with other GSA activists
- Celebrate our success this year
- This Summit features a special discussion on "Straight-laced" a documentary on gender and homophobia

WHEN: Thursday, May 24
TIME: 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Billy DeFrank Center
938 The Alameda, San Jose
COST: FREE

For more information, contact:
Cassie Blume
Youth Programs and Volunteer Coordinator, Billy DeFrank Center
408-293-3040 X 111
mailto:youthprog@defrank.org

Join South Bay GSA email list
To join visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/defrank_gsa

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14. Love and Justice Queer Youth Focus Groups (San Francisco)

Who: Community United Against Violence (CUAV) and Queer Youth

What: Two queer youth focus groups talking about youth outreach, and hate violence and relationship violence amongst LGBTQQ youth. Share your stories, experiences, and ideas. Refreshments provided.

When: The week of July 2-6, 2007

Where: CUAV, 170A Capp Street @ 16th St. San Francisco

How: If interested please contact Carolina at 415.777.5500 ext.319 or mailto:carolina@cauv.org include your name, contact info, which dates July 2-6 work best for you, and morning or afternoon

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15. Pirates and Pixies Pre-Pride Party (Palo Alto)

You are invited to Outlet's Pre-Pride Party/Dance on June 1!!!

Pirates and Pixies Pre-Pride Party
Come in costume or not - be comfortable!
Free admission
7:30-11:30pm
Mitchell Park Community Center
3800 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto

Raffle prize
Life Size Stand-up Cut outs of
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow!!
$1 per ticket

Belly Dance Performance by an Outlet youth!

Free Food and drinks!
Open to ALL lgbtqq youth AND ALLIES/Friendly people!!
14-20 years old - please bring an ID
This is an alcohol and drug free event.

For more information contact Outlet at mailto:outlet@chacmv.org/650-965-2020 x22
And check out Outlet's myspace - http://www.myspace.com/projectoutlet

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16. "Hella Gay" Prom (Santa Rosa)

Positive Images Presents…
The P.I and G.S.A “Hella Gay” Prom

You are cordially invited to our Queer evening
“Over the Rainbow”

May 25th 2007
Disc Jockey spinning’ House, Funk, Hip-Hop and More
~Light Food, and Music 7:00-8:00pm~

Crowning of King and Queen Royal Court & Drag Show!
Those who choose to do so, may perform to a short piece of music, this will allow them to enter the Drag Show starting at 8:00pm
The Crowning of King and Queen to follow performances

Location: The Prom will be held at Club 509 in Santa Rosa Calif., at the Chop’s Demeo Center: 509 Adams Street, Santa Rosa California, 95401.

This Prom is a community based event in an attempt to influence “us” as a people to celebrate our diversities and to become a more understanding, stronger and united society…

Please RSVP by Friday May 10th, 2007 to mailto:posimage@sonic.net

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17. The Other Side of the Closet (San Francisco)

The Other Side of the Closet by Ed Roy

A hard-hitting play for teens about diversity, homophobia and safety in schools.

Touring Northern California Schools and Communities from October 23rd -December 14th 2007.

Verbal and physical harassment based on actual or perceived sexual orientation remains persistent in schools all over the country. The Other Side of the Closet by Ed Roy is a drama for teens that explores the sources of homophobia and harassment in schools and gets young people to think about ways to move past their intolerance. This play has been touring to Northern California middle and high schools every fall, since 2000, to educate teens about diversity, acceptance and about the California School Safety Act
(AB-537), which prohibits harassment in school based on actual or perceived sexual orientation. The Other Side of the Closet supports a safe school curriculum where students, teachers and parents can learn about differences and respect in an innovative and engaging format. Each performance includes a discussion with the cast, and handouts are provided for teachers to continue discussion in the classroom. This is a great program for your school's GSA or other diversity club to sponsor on campus, and we are also
available to present community performances of this program on Monday and Tuesday evenings during the run of the tour.

For more information on how to bring a YouthAware Educational Theatre tour to your school or community call (415) 694-6149 or mailto:sara@nctcsf.org. Or look at the wesbite: http://www.nctcsf.org/YouthAware

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18. LGBT Students! Speak Out about Your Schools!

Tell us about your experiences in school by completing GLSEN's 2007 National School Climate Survey on-line!

The National School Climate Survey is a crucial tool in documenting the problem of anti-LGBT bias and harassment in K-12 schools across the nation. It is also a chance for LGBT youth to speak out about their experiences and inform education policymakers and the public about what is really going on in our schools.

If you were in high school or middle school during the past school year (2006-2007) and are 13 or older, please go to:
http://www.glsen.org/2007survey

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19. Venturer Going Global to Generate GenV Buzz

Dream it. Do it. World Tour
Venturer Going Global to Generate GenV Buzz

Venturer Kyle Taylor is about to launch an exciting around-the-world tour to spread the word about our global movement for youth led social change - GenV - and to spotlight young changemakers launching ventures just like you!

Did you know that there are thousands of young people all over the world who are part of this movement? Join Kyle's awesome 11 country two-month journey on http://involve-ashoka.org/ct/fpLOzzE16REs/. Kyle will be posting daily blogs, videos and photos of his adventures as he captures the spirit of the GenV movement. Join the blog, make comments, and create your own profile.

"Better yet," says Kyle, "why don't you send me questions to ask the changemakers I'll be meeting around the world." A great idea!

Get connected, and stay connected, with other young people who are interested in changing their world! Go to http://involve-ashoka.org/ct/fpLOzzE16REs/

At last, young changemakers like YOU have an online community to call your own!

Youth Venture's NEW global online community and movement to connect ALL civic-minded young people who are looking to:

Dream it - Develop and share ideas for creating positive change - made super easy with http://involve-ashoka.org/ct/fpLOzzE16REs/ interactive online resource guides and tips.
Do it - Build, launch, manage and promote YOUR community-benefiting Ventures through your own profile-style web pages. You can blog, add video, photos, even music! This is your space!
Grow it - Learn creative and useful ways to maintain your Venture's success so it can go on improving lives in your community.

You have the power to change your world. You are generation venture. You are the GenV movement.

Tour Dates

May 7th-11th
New Hampshire, USA

May 12th-21st
Argentina

May 22nd-27th
Brazil

May 28th-June 11th
France

June 12th-16th
Germany

June 17th-July 21st
Belgium

June 22nd-July 8th
South Africa

July 9th-18th
India

July 19th-Aug 2nd
Thailand

Aug 3rd-Sept 1st
India

Sept 2nd-8th
Mexico

Visit http://involve-ashoka.org/ct/fpLOzzE16REs/ to follow Kyle's Trip.

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Scholarships
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20. Gay Asian Pacific Alliance George Choy Scholarship

This year's GAPA (Gay Asian Pacific Alliance) George Choy Scholarship application is due in 10 weeks, postmarked by July 31 2007, and available for downloading from the GAPA website: http://www.gapa.org/Scholarship/

Feel free to email at mailto:hao@gapa.org if you have any questions.

So if you are, or know of any students who:

* are self-identified as an Asian/Pacific Islander; (at least 25% API ancestry); priority will be given to those self-identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, or involved in the l/g/b/t community);
* are in the process of applying to, or are currently attending, a post-secondary undergraduate institution (college, university, or vocational school) in one of the nine-Bay Area counties; (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Napa, Sonoma, and Solano);
* have a grade point average (GPA) of 2.75 or better.

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21. $10,000 to Lesbian Writers!

Deadline: Friday, June 29, 2007 (for receipt in Astraea's office)

The Lesbian Writers Fund of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

Warm greetings from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice! If you are a poetry or fiction writer, we hope you'll consider applying!

For emerging lesbian poets and fiction writers within the U.S. First place awardees and two runners-up in the poetry and fiction categories will receive cash awards ($10,000 for
awardee, $1,500 for runners-up).

Thanks to Skip's Sappho Fund, at least one grant will be awarded to a lesbian writer who is based west of the Mississippi River.

Guidelines and application forms are available online at: http://www.astraeafoundation.org/PHP/Grants/DeadlinesAllGrants.php4.

For more information, or a copy of guidelines and application for the above, please contact us at: 212-529-8021, ext. 22 or via email at: mailto:grants@astraeafoundation.org.

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22. CHALK is Hiring Young People (San Francisco)

CHALK is Hiring Young People 14-17!!! $10 per hour

CHALK is hiring youth to run YFYI (Youth Funding Youth Ideas) which is a youth-led program that seeks to foster young San Franciscans with the opportunity to expand on their leadership goals by funding their project ideas.

Deadline is May 25th at 8pm.

For more info please contact: Marquez Gray at mailto:Gray@chalk.org or (415) 977-6949 ext.302

Website: http://www.chalk.org & http://www.youthline.org

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23. NEWS: 2 Black Students to Receive $40,000

2 Black Students to Receive $40,000
Settlement with Visalia Unified comes after allegations of harassment.

May 12, 2007
The Fresno Bee
By Tim Bragg

Two black students who filed a federal lawsuit over alleged racial harassment at Golden West High School have reached a settlement with the Visalia Unified School District.

While the settlement provides the students with $40,000, their attorney said the district also agreed to improve its policies against discrimination and to augment its staff and student diversity education programs.

A federal judge is expected to make a final approval of the settlement in the suit brought by brothers Keith and Kevin Pankey next week, said their attorney, Douglas Hurt.

The lawsuit contended the teenagers were called racially offensive names on a regular basis in public areas and classrooms at Golden West High School, and that administrators and teachers at the campus did nothing to stop it. The lawsuit also says the Pankeys were physically threatened and told they would be lynched by fellow Golden West High School students.

Hurt said he and the boys' family believe the school district is making a lot of progress in preventing incidents similar to what the Pankeys experienced.

"We don't want what happened to the Pankeys to happen to anyone else," Hurt said. He said winning a monetary judgment against the district wasn't the focus of the lawsuit, but deemed the money awarded through the settlement "satisfactory."

This is not the first time Golden West High School has been the target of a harassment lawsuit.

Former Golden West student George Loomis sued the district in 2001, alleging that a teacher and classmates harassed him in fall 1999 because he is gay. Loomis was awarded $130,000, and the settlement forced the district to conduct anti-harassment training.

To read the full story, visit:
http://www.fresnobee.com/270/story/47285.html

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24. NEWS: Gay Youths Find Place to Call Home in Specialty Shelters

May 17, 2007
The New York Times
By IAN URBINA

One girl said she started living on the streets after her mother beat her for dressing like a boy. Another said she ran away from home after her father pulled a gun on her for hanging around with so many “tomboys.” A third said she left home after a family acquaintance raped her because she was a lesbian and he wanted to “straighten her out.”

But gathered at Ruth’s House, a 10-bed emergency shelter for gay homeless youths here in east Detroit, they all said that for the first time they felt safe.

Ruth’s House is one of a small number of shelters for gay youths that have opened around the nation in the past four years, reflecting an increasing awareness among child welfare advocates of the disproportionately high number of gay youths in the homeless population and the special problems they face.

Five years ago, such shelters were rare, but now there are more than 25 nationwide.

Many experts estimate that while gay men and lesbians make up 3 percent to 5 percent of the general population, more than 20 percent of homeless youths under age 21 in many urban areas are gay, according to recent surveys of street youths and shelter workers published in peer-reviewed academic journals, and a study released in January by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Coalition for the Homeless.

Once on the streets, advocates and researchers said, gay youths may be avoiding group homes, shelters and the foster care system because they are afraid they will face violence and harassment.

To read the full story, visit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/us/17homeless.html

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25. NEWS: Student Who said 'That's So Gay' is Out of Luck

Student Who said 'That's So Gay' is Out of Luck
Judge: Mormon teen who was disciplined, teased doesn't deserve damages

May 17, 2007
The Associated Press

SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A judge ruled Tuesday that a high school student who sued after being disciplined and then mercilessly teased for using the phrase "That's so gay" is not entitled to monetary damages.

Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Elaine Rushing said she sympathized with 18-year-old Rebekah Rice for the ridicule she experienced at Maria Carrillo High School. But, the judge said, Rice's lawyers failed to prove that school administrators had violated any state laws or singled the girl out for punishment.

To read the full story, visit:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18723965/

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May 16, 2007

In this issue of GSA Network News, you'll find:

GSA Network Highlight
Is Your School Providing You With the Right Info? What SB 71 Means When it Comes to Sex Ed and You
Go directly to GSA Network highlight

GSA Network Announcements
1. This Weekend! GSA Network Leadership Training (San Diego)
2. GSA Network Activist Camps! APPLY ONLINE!
3. "Dear Governor" Postcards are on the Way to the GSAs!
4. GSA Power T-shirt & More - Buy today!
5. 10th Annual Queeriosity Event (San Francisco)
6. Free Resources for New or Re-Registered GSAs!
7. GSA Network Youth Council Wants You! (Statewide)
Go directly to GSA Network announcements

Other Announcements
Southern California
8. Free Movie Screening (Santa Monica)
9. LGBTQ Youth Prom, Sponsored by Friends of Project 10 Inc. (Los Angeles)
Go directly to Southern California listings

Central Valley
10. Youth Alliance Meetings Every Friday (Fresno)
Go directly to Central Valley listings

Northern California
11. Movie Nite at the Pacific Center (Berkeley)
12. This weekend! Workshops Organized Against Homophobia (WOAH) 2007 (Antioch)
13. 10th Annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards (Santa Cruz)
14. SAVE THE DATE: UNCHAINED & Young Women's Health Fair: Together Again! (San Francisco)
15. "Hella Gay" Prom (Santa Rosa)
16. GSA Summit! Unite the South Bay GSAs! (San Jose)
17. The Other Side of the Closet (San Francisco)
18. Join the Stockton LGBT YahooGroup (San Joaquin)
19. Press Conference for Students Who March for Peace! (San Francisco)
20. DJ Project Summer Cycle (San Francisco)
Go directly to Northern California listings

Scholarships
21. Models of Excellence Scholarship
Go directly to Scholarships listings

News
22. NEWS: No Damages In 'That's So Gay' Case
23. NEWS: Crowning Moment
24. NEWS: Aptos Preschool Teaches Grown-up Subject of Gender Identity
25. NEWS: Few School Districts Have Rules on Transgender Students
Go directly to News listings

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Is Your School Providing You With the Right Info? What SB 71 Means When it Comes to Sex Ed and You

Is your health teacher willing to answer when students ask questions in class about homosexuality, abortion, or masturbation?

In that same health class, are students provided accurate information about contraceptive methods that help prevent pregnancy and STIs AND cover the needs of all students, including LGBTQ youth?

Are you allowed to learn about sexual health without first bringing in a permission slip from your parents/guardians?

If you answered no to any or all of the above questions, and you are a student in a California public school, you might not be receiving the sexual health education that you need and deserve under law.

The California Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Act of 2004 (aka SB 71) became law a few years ago and clarified the state’s laws on sexual health education. It’s there to make sure that sex ed speaks to the needs of everyone. As a student in a California public school, you have the right to sexual education that is medically-accurate, comprehensive, age-appropriate, and unbiased. This means that if your school offers sex ed, you have the right to get your questions answered and to get the information you need to make healthy decisions for yourself. To learn more about the law itself, please read GSA Network’s resource sheet which can be found http://www.gsanetwork.org/resources/index.html

You might have heard that other states still require “abstinence-only” sex ed in their classrooms, and that this policy is being pushed by the White House. The law is different here in California, but that doesn’t mean that it is being implemented at all schools. In fact, GSA Network has received reports from several clubs across the state from students who say they are not getting the education they need and deserve. Some clubs, like the GSA in Rancho Bernardo for example, decided to study up themselves and present their own sex ed workshop after school. Other GSAs are talking to their teachers, school administrators, and member of their schools board. What should you do if you think your school isn’t following the law? Here are some possible steps you can take with your GSA at your school:

1. Know what your rights are—read GSA Network’s SB 71 resource sheet and review what’s going on in your health classes—and start educating other students. This could be the first step in a SB 71 implementation campaign at your school or planning a sex ed workshop of your own.

2. Reach out for help—contact the GSA Network closest to you and get connected with a Program Coordinator who can talk with you about action you can take. We can give you tips on how to launch a SB 71 implementation campaign! Local offices of organizations like Planned Parenthood (http://www.plannedparenthood.org) or BIENESTAR in Southern California can also provide you with speakers, brochures, and other resources.

3. Figure out who the players are & who has the power—Look around, ask around, and determine who in your school is making the decisions that are leading to you not receiving an adequate education. If your health text book is sketchy with the info, then maybe it’s time to talk to the school board because they’re the folks who decide which books to buy. If your teacher reluctant to answer your questions, perhaps it’s time to talk to the head of the health department at your school or to the principal.

4. Go to the top—The California Department of Education is the state agency in charge of making sure schools follow SB 71. It might be beneficial to enlist their help and notify somebody at the state level. Send an email to them at mailto:schoolhealth@cde.ca.gov or call them at 916-310-0914. Explain what’s going in you school and ask for help.

GSA Network is working to respond to GSAs’ concerns about sex ed and LGBTQ youth in schools. In fall 2007, we will be rolling out new materials focused on this issue with more suggestions about how you can campaign for change—just in time for the beginning of the school year!

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1. This Weekend! GSA Network Leadership Training (San Diego)

You are invited to a GSA NETWORK LEADERSHIP TRAINING!

This FREE event will be held on May 19, 2007 from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. It includes breakfast and lunch!

So what is a GSA Network Leadership training?
Youth from various GSAs come together for a FUN, interactive, peer-to-peer training that provides students with the skills to fight homophobia and transphobia in schools. Led by other GSA leaders from California, the training will show students how to start and run a kick-ass GSA.

Topics include
* How to run a GSA meeting
* Outreach, membership building, and diversity
* Understanding gender and sexual orientation
* Understanding laws that protect LGBTQ youth in schools
* How to take action against slurs, harassment, and discrimination in your school.

Young people become activists because they respect themselves and other people too much to let anyone be treated like a second-class citizen. They believe in the basic worth of all human beings, including themselves. That's why so many students, including straight allies, are coming together to fight sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination at their schools. The goals of a student activism group include winning concrete improvements in people's lives, making students aware of their own power, and altering the relations of power. GSAs in California are leading the fight for social and justice.

This is a great opportunity to network with other GSAs in your area while learning some new skills to strengthen your club.
WHO: GSA members, potential members, and GSA advisors
WHEN: Saturday, May 19, 2007, 11am-5pm
WHERE: The San Diego LGBT Center * The training will take place in Room 201*
3909 Centre Street
San Diego, CA 92103
619-692-2077
COST: Free!

GSA Network values the participation of adult allies in our fight against oppression and injustice in schools, and thus welcomes GSA Advisors and other adult allies to the leadership training. That being said, we ask that they help us to maintain the youth focus of this training.

For more information or to RSVP, please contact:
Carlos Cabrera, GSA Network Southern California Program Coordinator, at 213-534-7162 or mailto:carlos@gsanetwork.org

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2. GSA Network Activist Camps! APPLY ONLINE!

The GSA Activist Camps are youth-planned and youth-led intense 3-day events featuring hardcore community building, skill-building, political education, and leadership training for GSA members. All youth who will be involved in a high school or middle school GSA next year are strongly encouraged to apply.

Southern California Activist Camp - West Hollywood
July 27th - July 29th, 2007

Northern California Activist Camp - San Francisco
August 3rd - 5th, 2007

Join our Camp Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/activistcamp2007

Central Valley Activist Camp - Fresno
June 14th - 16th, 2007

APPLY ONLINE! Click here to get more info and apply online: http://www.gsanetwork.org/camp/camp2007.html!

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3. "Dear Governor" Postcards are on the Way to the GSAs!

GSAs all over California have been calling their State Senators these past couple of weeks to voice their support for SB 777 (Student Civil Rights Act) which is expected to be voted on by the Senate any day now. We will update with the results of the vote as soon as we hear.

As GSAs continue to support SB 777 and AB 394 (Safe Place to Learn Act) by reaching out to legislators, we need also to remember the Governor's role in the process. Both bills will end up on his desk for his consideration if they make it through the Legislature. He needs to hear from us too!

In order to help make sure the message of SAFE SCHOOLS FOR ALL is loud and clear, GSA Network is sending "Dear Governor" postcards to all of the GSA clubs this week. They're super-easy to use, and we've even pre-addressed them for you. Fill them out during your next club meeting and send them right to the Governor's office at the Capitol!

Each club is being mailed a bunch of postcards this week to get started. If you need more postcards because your friends, classmates, teachers, and family members also want to send their thoughts to the Capitol, please send an email to mailto:advocacy@gsanetwork.org or call us 415-552-4229 and we'll send you more free postcards. For more info on the legislation, please visit http://www.gsanetwork.org/qyad.

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4. GSA Power T-shirt & More - Buy today!

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6. Free Resources for New or Re-Registered GSAs!

Before you plan any events for your GSA, remember to register or re-register your group with GSA Network. Do it NOW to make sure you receive our student resource sheets, FREE posters, other resources, and notifications of future GSA Network or LGBT-related events. Please note that mailings will go out only to California GSAs in middle and high schools.

Register online at http://www.gsanetwork.org/register/index.html

For more info, email Tanya Mayo at mailto:tanya@gsanetwork.org or call 415-552-4229

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7. GSA Network Youth Council Wants You! (Statewide)

GSA Network is accepting applications for new Youth Council members.
Go to the website and apply: http://www.gsanetwork.org/about/ycapp.html

Southern California
For more info, email mailto:carlos@gsanetwork.org or call 213-534-7162.

Central Valley
For more info, email mailto:robin@gsanetwork.org or call 559-268-2780.

Northern California
For more info, email mailto:marco@gsanetwork.org or call 415-552-4229.

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As part of Crossroads School's queer film series, sponsored by FLAG (our gay/straight alliance), we will be having our next—and last of the year-- movie screening on Wednesday, May 23rd, from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. We invite you to join us for a great event!

We'll be screening the funny and sexy, award-winning movie, Get Real.
SPECIAL BONUS: We’ll also be starting the evening with a sweet and funny short film, called Little Black Boot.
EXTRA SPECIAL BONUS: If that wasn’t enough, we’ll also have the co-Director of Quinceañera with us, along with a surprise guest!

Students and advisors from Gay/Straight alliances are welcome. It's a great way to meet new friends, or see old ones. We expect students from many gsa's will be attending--come meet them!

The movie is FREE and free pizza and drinks will be provided! But please reply and let us know if you might come, so we have an idea of how much food pizza to get.

**When you reply, make sure to include your name and the school (if any) you are from, as well as how many people you are bringing—this helps a great deal.

Reply to mailto:flag2@xrds.org
Directions are below.

Get Real
DIR: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794960/
Simon Shore, 1998
Steven is 16, gay, and ready for love. Life changes for the soft-spoken teen when he locks eyes on John, the school's handsome super-jock. The two are attracted to each other, but John's fears threaten to tear apart their tentative relationship. Get Real is a coming-of-age story infused with charm, humor, and honest emotion.

Little Black Boot
DIR: Colette Burson, 2004
Tomboy Cindy’s crush on the most popular girl in school receives a boost when her fairy godbrother transforms her into the beau of the prom. This queer take on the Cinderella story is sure to have you smiling.

Directions:
Crossroads is at 1714 21st St. in Santa Monica, at the corner of 21st St. and Olympic Blvd. The screening room we're meeting in is on the 2nd floor of the Arts Building.
Here's what you do--when you turn onto 21st from Olympic, take an immediate right onto a driveway-looking street and find a place to park. You'll see our "quad" which looks like a parking lot or an alley, and which we call (of course) the alley. Walk to the end of the alley to the tall building on the left, enter and climb the stairs to the 2nd floor. You should see people.

For more information, please contact mailto:flag2@xrds.org

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9. LGBTQ Youth Prom, Sponsored by Friends of Project 10 Inc. (Los Angeles)

This annual event is held in May of each year at the Friendship Auditorium in Los Angeles (near Griffith Park).

This year's prom will be held on Friday, May 18, 2007.

Prepaid tickets are $30 and tickets bought at the door at $40 (CASH ONLY), which includes free parking, dinner, beverages, DJ, and live entertainment.

Visit http://www.modelsofpride.org for prom details and ticket application. Contact us at mailto:project10@hotmail.com or 626-577-4553 for more information.

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10. Youth Alliance Meetings Every Friday (Fresno)

What: Youth Alliance-A group for GLBTQI Youth
When: Every Friday evening.
Time: 7:30pm
Where: Fresno Center for Non-violence, 1584 N Van Ness, corner of Van Ness and McKinley.

This group has been serving youth for 19 years. There is an hour between 6:30-7:30pm that is the TEEN Hour. This hour is reserved for high school age youth only. The hour or so after the TEEN Hour is open to teens and young adults!!! So check it out and meet some new people!!!

For info go to http://www.communitylinkfresno.com.

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11. Movie Nite at the Pacific Center (Berkley)

This Friday, May 18th!

Nothing like cuddling up to a good movie and good food on a Friday nite right?

Pacific Center is Showing Boys Don't Cry. Come watch and eat pizza with youth 13-23 from 4-6pm.

We are located at 2712 Telegraph Ave in Berkeley @ Derby across the street from Willard MS.

The 40 and 40L stop right out front. For more info Contact Erica Newport at 510-548-8283 x514 or mailto:erica@pacificcenter.org.

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12. This weekend! Workshops Organized Against Homophobia (WOAH) 2007 (Antioch)

Workshops Organized Against Homophobia (WOAH) 2007

New location: Pittsburg High School

The premier conference for queer youth and straight allies in Contra Costa County.

REGISTRATION IS FROM 12:00-12:30 pm (this conference is FREE!)

Who: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Youth. 23 and Under (Straight and Adult Allies more than welcome to attend)
What: Bringing together sexually diverse communities to network, gather resources and hook up! (Youth from all over the Bay Area should see what Contra Costa County has to offer.)
When: May 19, 2007 12pm-7pm, Dance 7:30pm-9:30pm
Where: Pittsburg High School, 250 School Street, Pittsburg, CA
Why: Because homophobia, racism, transphobia, sexism and other forms of oppression are still an issue. (Lets make our communities safe.)

REMEMBER THIS CONFERENCE IS FREE TO PARTICIPANTS!
REGISTER AT THE CONFERENCE

For more info contact Liz at 925.687.8844 x 304 or mailto:liz@chd-prevention.org

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13. 10th Annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards (Santa Cruz)

Celebrate the leadership and accomplishments of Santa Cruz County’s queer youth leaders and their allies on Saturday, May 19th at Harbor High School in Santa Cruz for the 10th Annual Santa Cruz County Queer Youth Leadership Awards.

Middle school and high school students from the San Francisco Bay Area, Central Valley, and Monterey Bay are encouraged to attend.

The full and dynamic evening includes a catered buffet dinner beginning at 6 pm, a blend of youth entertainment as a variety show combined with an awards ceremony at 8 pm, and a community dance to follow.

There are three categories of awards honoring queer youth leaders and their allies:
The Queer Youth Leadership Award
Designed to honor queer youth who are 12 to 18 years of age to acknowledge their accomplishments and the contributions to their communities, whether this be in their homes, schools, religious institutions, athletic or academic teams, or other social groups.

The Ally to Queer Youth Award
Designed to honor an ally of any age who has made significant contributions to improving the lives of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, or Intersex, and Questioning youth and youth who have GLBTIQ family members.

The Organizational Ally to Queer Youth Award
Designed to honor an organization that has made significant contributions to improving the lives of GLBTIQ youth in Santa Cruz County.

Youth tickets are $10 and Adult tickets are $25 - $45 (sliding scale) and include dinner, awards ceremony and a dance. Special group rates can be made for queer youth programs and/or GSA’s and their advisors. No one turned away for lack of funds.

American Sign Language and Spanish translations provided.

For more information, visit us at http://www.QYLA2007.org or contact us at (831) 427-4004 or mailto:info@qyla2007.org

The mission of Queer Youth Leadership Awards is to improve the lives of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Questioning youth by increasing the positive awareness of Queer Youth leadership, and increasing safe and welcoming environments in home, school, and community.

A project of the Santa Cruz County Task Force for LGBTIQ Youth, an affiliate of the Diversity Center. Co-sponsored, in part, by Santa Cruz City Schools.

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14. SAVE THE DATE: UNCHAINED & Young Women's Health Fair: Together Again! (San Francisco)

Saturday, June 16th from 10am-6pm

UNCHAINED and the Young Women‚s Health Fair is BACK!! LYRIC celebrates 12 years of LGBTQQ youth conferences with the Unchained Conference and Young Women‚s Health Fair.

Through its conferences, LYRIC has brought thousands of LGBTQQ youth and allies together to gain tools, build stronger communities and network with other folks in the fight against homo/bi/trans-phobia.

On June 16th, 2007 hundreds more LGBTQQ youth and allies will keep the groove jumpin with new workshops, hot performances, and the latest resources!

WHO: LGBTQ youth 24 & under and their allies (teachers, that includes you!)
WHAT: Two bangin events under one roof!
WHEN: Saturday, June 16th 2007
WHERE: Cesar Chavez Student Center @ San Francisco State University;
1650 Holloway Ave. San Francisco, CA 94132; MUNI lines M, 17, 28 & 29;
Daly City BART to MUNI Line 28

For more information or to find out how to get involved with Unchained and the Young Women‚s Health Fair CONTACT DERRICK, your resident CONFERENCE DIVA!

AND ADD US ON MYSPACE:
http://www.myspace.com/unchained_ywhf_07

Derrick Miller-Handley
Conference Coordinator
LYRIC
127 Collingwood Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
415-703-6150 ext. 15
mailto:derrick@lyric.org

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15. "Hella Gay" Prom (Santa Rosa)

Positive Images Presents…
The P.I and G.S.A “Hella Gay” Prom

You are cordially invited to our Queer evening
“Over the Rainbow”

May 25th 2007
Disc Jockey spinning’ House, Funk, Hip-Hop and More
~Light Food, and Music 7:00-8:00pm~

Crowning of King and Queen Royal Court & Drag Show!
Those who choose to do so, may perform to a short piece of music, this will allow them to enter the Drag Show starting at 8:00pm
The Crowning of King and Queen to follow performances

Location: The Prom will be held at Club 509 in Santa Rosa Calif., at the Chop’s Demeo Center: 509 Adams Street, Santa Rosa California, 95401.

This Prom is a community based event in an attempt to influence “us” as a people to celebrate our diversities and to become a more understanding, stronger and united society…

Please RSVP by Friday May 10th, 2007 to mailto:posimage@sonic.net

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16. GSA Summit! Unite the South Bay GSAs! (San Jose)

Unite the South Bay GSAs! GSA members and leaders are invited to an enlightening GSA Summit, where they will be encouraged to discuss issues, share ides, and meet new people.

- FREE FOOD
- Meet up with other GSA activists
- Celebrate our success this year

Participate in making a difference!

This event is intended for GSA advisors, students, and allies.

WHEN: Thursday, May 24
TIME: 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: http://www.defrank.org/about/directions.html Billy DeFrank Center
938 The Alameda, San Jose COST FREE

For more information, contact:
Cassie Blume
Youth Programs and Volunteer Coordinator, Billy DeFrank Center
408-293-3040 X 111
mailto:youthprog@defrank.org

Join South Bay GSA email list
To join visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/defrank_gsa

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17. The Other Side of the Closet (San Francisco)

The Other Side of the Closet by Ed Roy

A hard-hitting play for teens about diversity, homophobia and safety in schools.

Touring Northern California Schools and Communities from October 23rd -December 14th 2007.

Verbal and physical harassment based on actual or perceived sexual orientation remains persistent in schools all over the country. The Other Side of the Closet by Ed Roy is a drama for teens that explores the sources of homophobia and harassment in schools and gets young people to think about ways to move past their intolerance. This play has been touring to Northern California middle and high schools every fall, since 2000, to educate teens about diversity, acceptance and about the California School Safety Act
(AB-537), which prohibits harassment in school based on actual or perceived sexual orientation. The Other Side of the Closet supports a safe school curriculum where students, teachers and parents can learn about differences and respect in an innovative and engaging format. Each performance includes a discussion with the cast, and handouts are provided for teachers to continue discussion in the classroom. This is a great program for your school's GSA or other diversity club to sponsor on campus, and we are also
available to present community performances of this program on Monday and Tuesday evenings during the run of the tour.

For more information on how to bring a YouthAware Educational Theatre tour to your school or community call (415) 694-6149 or mailto:sara@nctcsf.org. Or look at the wesbite: http://www.nctcsf.org/YouthAware

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18. Join the Stockton LGBT YahooGroup (San Joaquin)

Are you interested in LGBT issues in San Joaquin County?

Please join the StocktonLGBT yahoogroups and help spread the word with your members !

The StocktonLGBT Yahoogroups is open to the public to encourage input from any community member. I moderate this online open forum to minimize inappropriate (abusive) activity. So please feel confident that this is a safe environment for discussion and exchanging ideas.

To join the group visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StocktonLGBT/ and click the Join This Group button, then just follow the instructions - OR - you can just send me a message letting me know you want to join and I'll just add you to the group. If anyone needs assistance, feel free to give me a call (209)518-9102.

Martina Virrey
mailto:martina_virrey@yahoo.com

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19. Press Conference for Students Who March for Peace! (San Francisco)

While congress votes for war, students march for peace!

5 STUDENTS WITH NOTHING BUT THEIR BACKPACKS AND FEET HIT THE PAVEMENT TO MARCH FROM SF TO DC! COME OUT TO SUPPORT THEIR COURAGEOUS EFFORTS AND KICK THEM OFF IN BAY AREA STYLE!

What: press conference at City Hall
When: Monday, May 21st at 11:00am
Why: non-violent resistance to war efforts

- As anniversaries to an illegal war tick by year after year, one small group takes an incredible stand against continued war and occupation in the Middle East. Half dozen students plan an unprecedented and courageous march from SF to DC ˆ all on foot!
- Interview these young people to find out what is fueling their determined stance and action to walk across the country, with all their supplies on their back!
- Marchers will joint them along the way. Huge rally in Omaha, NE

We are organizing a march across the United States over the summer of 2007 to raise awareness about the need for peace and to unite people in a discussion of how we can take action and solve problems nonviolently.

To these young new activists, "Marching for Peace" means marching for:
- Nonviolent resistance to war efforts
- End of genocide in Darfur and all crimes against humanity
- Civil disobedience to social injustices and orders of war
- End of nuclear weapon holding and proliferation
- Principles of sustainability and global citizenship

Not In Our Name supports their efforts because:
- Building creative resistance across the country to an ugly war for empire is more critical than ever.
- We believe that as people living in the United States that it's our responsibility to resist the injustices done by our government in our name.

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20. DJ Project Summer Cycle (San Francisco)

It is that time of year again, and we are gearing up for our DJ Project Summer cycle. I wanted to get the word out soon as possible as many of our youth are beginning to figure out just what to do this summer. And, of course, the DJ Project would love to have them.
We offer free classes in audio production, break dancing and DJing.

Depending on the availability of the instructors and pending feedback from interested youth, we MAY be able to adjust times to fit their needs. This will be addressed during interviews and based on the response we receive from the youth.

We are currently in the process of updating our website, but please feel free to visit our site for more information....http://www.thedjproject.com!

Celina Lucero
Director of Employment, Entrepreneurship and the DJ Project
Horizons Unlimited of San Francisco, Inc.

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21. Models of Excellence Scholarship

This is a reminder of the Models of Excellence Scholarship program that is offered by Friends of Project 10 http://www.project.org. We have extended
the application deadline to May 11, 2007, and we ask your help in finding appropriate candidates.

The program is open to any graduating senior high school student who plans to attend post secondary school, university, four-year college or community college. Students may apply regardless of se