Gay And Lesbian Lifestyles

The answer I give may surprise you, but I feel that gay friendly schools are not needed. The schools that we have should be fine for any child to attend whether they are gay or straight. The idea of building and making schools for a special cause is ridiculous. Who is going to learn respect and acceptance if they are allowed to choose a school to attend? Blacks, gays, straights, Asians, Spanish, Jamaican, Hmong and any other child should go to school in their school district and be taught to accept all of their peers.

Allowing schools to discriminate or to allow discrimination in schools is where the problem lies. Stop the schools from overlooking the need for acceptance of all. Building schools where only straight and gay students that get along with each other is not the answer. Making the schools we have more acceptable of all kids is what is needed. Train teachers and principles to be teach children respect and acceptance. Send letters out to parents, (the ones that care anyways) saying that kids will have to get along and accept each other or face detention or possible expulsion.

Teachers, parents and principles, take back control of the schools and teach respect and acceptance instead of looking for any easy way out. Work for your money (principles that is).

Justine is a normal teenager with a love of sports and has a very open personality. She is able to be legally adopted by a suitable family. She wants to go to a family that will keep her motivated in sports. Justine is white, follows the rules of the home, and does her chores. She is into weightlifting and basketball. Justine belongs to the Gay Straight Alliance at school. Justine is going to attend college where she would like to seek a degree in fitness and sports. She wants a two-parent home that can give her the love she needs. The family does not have to have other children in it. Applicants must go through the Massachusetts parenting training and have a in home interview with a social worker.

I hope that Justine does find a family to call her own. The fact that they felt it necessary to say that she belongs to the GSA, may turn off heterosexual couples who have closed minds. She is a normal kid that belongs to an organization and that does not make her any less of a person. You do not even know if she is gay or straight, but some people will immediately jump to the conclusion.

To learn more about Justine, you can call 617-542-3678, the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange or visit www.mareinc.org.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin was the place that Westboro Baptist Church and Shirley Phelps decided to protest on Friday, October 10, 2008. They were protesting at Hamilton High School against the Gay Straight Alliance. Many parents chose to keep their children out of harms way, but police say that the protest had no arrests only exchanges of words. There were protesters from Westboro on one side of the street and protesters against the Westboro church on the other side.

This video is what Shirley Phelps is all about. The actual video from yesterday’s protest is not available at this time. This is the same woman that protests soldiers funerals and accepts killings as the work of God for the people that sin or agree with sinners. She has proved to the world to be mentally unstable not religious.

The video is a classroom project done by Judah Travis in 2006. The statistics have changed, but the same reason is always the same. Gay and lesbian teens feel alone. They feel they have nowhere to turn or no one to talk to. Teens need to have support. The Gay Straight Alliance is needed in every school. Early education that teaches that being gay or lesbian is needed so that kids like this one do not feel all along and isolated. Isolation kills in one way or another. Acceptance is what must be. Everyone is created equal no matter what anyone thinks.

This video is from 2006. The reason I think it is important is because the school did nothing to help this mans son. The son was being harassed at school because his father is gay. It is a little long, but after you hear what this man has to say, it will give you a better idea about why schools need to have the GSA for support and teaching acceptance.

This is an inspirational video that tells a girls story from starting the Gay Straight Alliance at her school and what she went through to get changes in the way the school recognized the group. This is very well put together and won 2nd place in the 2007 NCAC contest.

I would expect there to be more, but this is a list of what I was able to find as of today.

Arizona

Gay & Lesbian Parent Support Network
P O Box 66823
Phoenix, AZ 85082-6823
602 256 9173

Arkansas

Families United Against Hate
P O Box 3272
Fayetteville, AR 72702
http://www.fuah.org

California

CaSSM: Californians for Same-Sex Marriage
P O Box 46336
Los Angeles, CA 90046
http://www.samesexmarriage.org/

Family Diversity Project Spectrum Institute
P O Box 65756
Los Angeles CA 90065
213 258 8955 ext, 707
213 258 8099

Gay & Lesbian Parents
P O Box 1332
EL TORO CA 92630
714 720 9460

Gay & Lesbian Parents of Los Angeles
7985 Santa Monica, Suite 109-346
WEST HOLLYWOOD CA 90046
213 654 0307

Gay Fathers
P O Box 51
CARMICHAEL CA 95609-0051
916 924 3237

Gay Fathers of Long Beach The Center
2017 E Fourth Street
Long Beach CA 90814

Our Family Coalition
The SF Bay Area Gay & Lesbian Family Group
870 Market Street, Suite 872
San Francisco, CA 94102
415 981 1960
http://www.ourfamily.org

Rainbow Flag Health Services
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~blandon/rainbow.html

L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
1625 N. Schrader Boulevard, 4th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90028-9998
213 993 7607

Colorado

Gay & Lesbian Parents
P O Drawer E
Denver CO 80218
303 937 3625

District of Columbia

Gay & Lesbian Parenting Coalition of Metropolitan Washington
14908 Piney Grove Ct
NORTH POTOMAC MD 20878
301 762 4828

Gay Fathers Coalition of Washington, DC
P O Box 19891
Washington DC 20036-0891
301 871 4780 (Hotline)
http://members.aol.com/MDLambda/gfcdc/index.htm

Hawaii

Marriage Project
P O Box 11690
Honolulu, HI 96828
808 261 4568
808 262 9509 (fax)
http://members.tripod.com/~MPHAWAII/

Indiana

Gay & Lesbian Parents
P O Box 831
Indianapolis, IN 46206
317 926 9741

Maryland

Gay Fathers Coalition of Baltimore
241 West Chase Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410 583 0438
http://members.aol.com/MDLambda/gfcbalt/index.htm

Massachusetts

Family Diversity Projects Inc.
P O Box 1209
Amherst, MA 01004-1209
413 256 0502
http://www.familydiv.org/

Freedom To Marry Coalition of Massachusetts
325 Huntington Avenue, Suite 88
Boston, MA 02115-4401
http://www.ftmmass.org/

Gay Fathers of Greater Boston
P O Box 1373
Boston, MA 2205
617 742 7897
http://www.gayfathersboston.org/

Lesbian/Gay Family & Parenting Services
Fenway Community Health Center
7 Haviland Street
Boston, MA 2115
617 267 0900

Michigan

Gay & Lesbian Parents Association
P O Box 2694
Southfield, MI 48037-2694
313 891 7292
313 790 2440

Minnesota

Gay and Bisexual Fathers Group
2442 Grand Ave So #1
Minneapolis, MN 55405-3435
612 874 6368
http://home.earthlink.net/~atolson/

Rainbow Families
310 East 38th Street, Suite 204
Minneapolis, MN, 55409
612 370 6651
rainbows@visi.com

Nevada

Gay Youth Outreach
University of Nevada
Mailstop 058
Reno, NV 89170
702 784 1944

New Hampshire

Rainbow Families, NH
c/o 4 Cross Street
Dover, NH 03820
603 740 4908
http://www.geocities.com/newhampshirerainbowfamilies/

New Hampshire Gay Parents
P O Box 5981
Manchester, NH 3108
603 527 1082

New York

Freedom to Marry Coalition
120 Wall Street, Suite 1500
New York, NY 10005
212 809 8585
212 809 0055 (fax)
http://www.ftm.org/

Gay Fathers
P O Box 2553
Church Street Station
New York, NY 10008-7727

Gay Fathers
P O Box 2483
PATCHOGUE NY 11772-0879

Gay Fathers Coalition
Westside Station
P O Box 404
BUFFALO NY 14213
716 633 2692

Gay & Bi Fathers’ Forum of New York
208 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
516 815 9120
http://www.GayBiDads.org

Gay Fathers Group
P O Box 25525
ROCHESTER NY 14625
Marriage Equality
New York, NY
http://www.marriageequality.com/

Ohio

Gay & Lesbian Parenting Group Of Central Ohio
PO Box 10814
Columbus, OH 43201
614-265-7503
http://www.geocities.com/glpgco

Momazons (Lesbian parents)
Box 02069
Columbus, OH 43202
614 267 0193

New Roots
760 E Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43205
614 267 3638

Pennsylvania

North Coast Rainbow Families
Erie, PA
814 868 0069

CALM: Custody Action for Lesbian Mothers
Box 281
Narberth, PA 19072
215 667 7508

Western Pa Freedom to Marry Coalition
P O Box 81253
Pittsburgh, PA 15217-4253
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/scotts/ftp/wpaf2mc/

Texas

Austin Rainbow Parents
http://www.geocities.com/AustinRainbowParents

Gay, Bisexual & Questioning Fathers of Austin
1915 Wells Branch Pkwy # 302
Austin, TX 78728
http://www.ecchurch.org

Gay Fathers/Fathers First of Houston
P O Box 981053
Houston TX 77098-1053
713 782 5414

Houston Gay & Lesbian Parents
9955 S Post Oak Road
PMB #263
Houston, TX 77096
713 284 4939
http://www.hglp.org

SAGL Parents
P O Box 15094
San Antonio, TX 78212
512 828 4092

Vermont

Vermont Freedom to Marry
P O Box 1312
Middlebury, VT 05753
802 388 2633
http://www.vtfreetomarry.org/

Washington

Legal Marriage Alliance
1122 E. Pike, PAB 1190
Seattle, WA 98122-3934
206 464 3009
http://www.lmaw.org/default.htm

Wisconsin

Gay & Lesbian Parents Coalition
P O Box 93503
Milwaukee, WI 53203

Here is some link luv for today.

30 Something and Searching

Wanda Sykes was at pridefest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2008. She has a way to make the audience laugh and have fun. She not only makes you laugh, Wanda believes in gay and lesbian equality. She feels that everyone has the right to marry, adopt and live a happy life.

Wanda Is a comedian that plays on the sitcom, Old Christine on Tuesday nights. She has never said if she is gay or not, but she puts on a comedy show that everyone can enjoy. In this video, Sykes made everyone laugh. You will see how she uses her talent to make everyone laugh and enjoy the times.

Here is some link luv for today.

30 Something and Searching

Chicago has decided to build a school for gay students to avoid any problems within the school system among gay and straight students. I am not sure if all parents and students promote this idea, but does going backwards with segregation really solve anything? Shouldn’t schools promote acceptance and peace instead of segregation? The school system should be looking for a way to promote equality instead.

It is starting to look as if home schooling is the only way for children to get an education and learn about how to accept people for who they are instead of being taught the opposite in the public school systems. That is the problem with the world today. Instead of looking for ways to encourage acceptance and promote respect, they look for the easy way out. Back to the old days of segregation for gay students in Chicago, Illinois.

Do you think segregation is a healthy way to raise children?

I just got word that one school in the city I live in will be having some great things going on this year. It seems that the leader of the group when away this summer to attend a leadership training and learned a great deal. She is working on some very interesting things for the coming year besides the Day of Silence, World Aids Day and Ally Week.

To start the school year out the GSA placed a table out for freshman orientation and donated raffle bags. The brochures and other reading materials will tell the freshman coming into the school all about the group. The group seems to have everything taken care of and should have a good year and some new members.

I look forward to talking to her and finding out what some of the other things are that she has planned for the school year.