NEW SCHOOLS
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Announcing the NEW SCHOOLS email mailing list!!

This list is primarily used for information which will help the advancement
of
queer-friendly primary and secondary schools in North America by:

1) advancing equality for sexual minorities within primary and
   secondary schools in North America

2) bringing groups and individuals together to work on strategies
   to bring a halt to homophobia in primary and secondary schools

3) resisting religious right and far-right political and legislative
   initiatives against queer youth in primary and secondary schools,
   and in colleges and universities.

We hope, through this list, to bring existing groups with useful models
into contact with each other, and to bring individuals into contact
with those groups. A national network of individuals and organizations
is the best chance we have for counteracting the message of the Radical
Religious Right and bringing change within our educational institutions.

===================    Postings we encourage    =====================

1) Introductions from new list members
2) Notices about new informational materials - pro and con - that
   discuss issues relating to sexual orientation and schools- books,
   movies, URLs, newspaper articles, you name it.  If you want to
   forward whole articles from news clipping services, go ahead.
3) Alerts regarding TV shows, periodicals, or statements by government
   or school officials relating to the topic at hand that require an
   immediate response.
5) Copies of letters to politicians and the media which you have sent
   on related topics.


===============  Postings we actively discourage  ==============


1) debates about the general wisdom of pushing this message,
2) personal conversations,
3) insults or harassement against other list members,
4) terminology debates: radical right vs reactionary right etc.
       queer vs. gay vs. sexual minority vs. GLBT etc.
5) discussion of unrelated topics,


People engaging in minor infractions will receive a warning.  Major
infractions or repeated warnings will result in expulsion.

If you receive harassing email as a result of participation on this
list, please let the list owner know immediately, but do not be
surprised if it happens.  We have no fool-proof method for screening
initial subscriptions.

List owner reserves the right to refuse or cancel membership to the schools
list for any reason.

As with any email list, *DO* *NOT* chain your local mailing list to
SCHOOLS.  Instead, announce the existence of SCHOOLS on your
list and let people subscribe directly -- Bad Things happen when lists
get chained together.



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