>>OUR OFFICERS:
President: Liane
Vice Prez: Marshy
SpokesPerson: Dice
Secretary: Laura
Historian: Bunnie
Treasurer: Kate
Our Sponsor and Prez do the 5K Walk for the Homeless in Washington DC Nov. 10th, 2007
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>>MEETINGS:
Wednesdays in Room 144b (Ms. Fuhrman's room)
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>>RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY:
The Rainbow Youth Alliance. It meets the 1st & 3rd Sundays 4-6PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville: 100 Welsh Park Drive.
>>IN THE NEWS:________________
 Ms. Fuhrman and Liane do the 5K 20th Annual Fannie Mae Foundation Help the Homeless Walkathon for the Homeless in DC November 17th!
Montgomery County, MD Passes Transgender Rights
Montgomery County has approved a law that bars discrimination against transgender residents and workers, overcoming objections raised by several conservative groups.
FBI Reports Eight Percent Increase in Hate Crimes in 2006
Article about PFOX flyer handed out in Montgomery Blair High School (also to be distributed at QO).
"Flyer About 'Ex-Gays' Ignites Firestorm At School"
Some parents, students and school officials say they are outraged after flyers they say are homophobic and inappropriate.
>>IMPORTANT DATES:
Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20, 2007
-The Transgender Day of Remembrance is held in November each year to memorialize
those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. Although not
every person represented during the Day of Remembrance self-identified as
transgender, each was a victim of violence based on bias against transgender
people. The list of deaths available at http://www.rememberingourdead.org only contains those deaths known to the transgender community or that have been reported to the media.
Click here to see the photos and read poems from our club's "Open Mike" for this day. |
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The Day of Silence
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008
What are you doing to end the silence??
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click on the book to read more |
2nd Annual "It's All Good" conference for LGBT and allied youth: March 8, 2008 |
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National Coming Out Day: October 11, 2007.
This day is important because by "coming out" as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, we can work to achieve recognition and equal rights. ( "Coming out" is the term used when a GLBT person tells others about their sexual orientation.) For more information about coming out and the history of this day click here. |
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LAST DECEMBER (2006) Out poet, writer, editor and filmmaker Michelle Sewell was a guest speaker during lunch. This amazing DC based artist just recently edited and published an anthology called Growing Up Girl. It is an anthology of stories written by girls, "voices from marginalized spaces".
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Fun atFun day at Starbucks on a rainy day that got us all wet from head to toe! :)
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>>Links:
Click on the graphics to check these links out.
>>Contacts:
Club Sponsors: Ms. Fuhrman & Mrs. Jones
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