Voting information

 

 Important Midterm Election Information:  

 Nov. 2, 2010 is the big day!  Voter registration information and forms are available to download and mail at http://sos.ca.gov . 

 Your voice will not be heard unless you register to vote and VOTE in the upcoming election. 

 Registration forms are DUE BY OCT. 18! 

 Download and mail your registration form today and apply to permanently vote by mail by obtaining that form at http://sos.ca.gov as well.

 If your questions are not answered on the website, call 800-345-8683. 

 No more missed opportunities on election day. 

 

 Thank you all for taking part in the democratic process. 

  PFLAG San Diego

SD Asian Film Festival online ticket sales

Subject: SD Asian Film Festival -- Online tickets for sale

Hello all! We're excited to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the San Diego Asian Film Festival this October 21-28.  Once again, we've got a great lineup of queer-themed films.  Too often, queer asian content is absent in film, and we continue to strive to offer a platform for aspiring directors and their projects.  If you buy your ticket online, you can get it at a discounted rate.  Online sales run through October 17th.  Check out our lineup at www.sdaff.org.  See you at the show! Standing Queer -- Friday, Oct. 22th, 7:10 PM From Prop 8 punishment and military closet busting -- to a memorable one-nighter, it's time to take a Stand in our popular short film program.  Reception with food and beverage to follow.  http://tinyurl.com/2eug6m7 Fool for Love -- Sunday, Oct. 24th, 6:40 PM A poor bathroom clerk looking for love in Vietnam captures the attention of a Sugar Daddy in this romantic comedy.    http://sdaff.bside.com/2010/films/foolforlove_sdaff2010_sdaff2010 Michael Chen San Diego Asian Film Festival

Safe schools improvement act and students non discrimination act

 

Here is the basic information.  If you need to read the actual bill, use the links in this short brief.

 

Family Equality Council is working to pass the Safe Schools Improvement Act and theStudent Non-Discrimination Act, two billSue:

 

Here is the basic information.  If you need to read the actual bill, use the links in this short brief.

 

Family Equality Council is working to pass the Safe Schools Improvement Act and theStudent Non-Discrimination Act, two bills currently in Congress that together would prohibit bullying, harassment and discrimination of students because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or because they have LGBT parents or friends.  Studies show that LGBT children and children of LGBT parents are among the most vulnerable to bullying, harassment and discrimination in schools. Without comprehensive protections that specifically list sexual orientation and gender identity, these students are denied equal educational opportunities and are subjected to unhealthy and unsafe school environments on a daily basis. We must take action to stop our children from dying.

Today – October 5, 2010 – is National Safe Schools Day. To ensure that all children have the same opportunity to thrive – which requires that they feel safe, supported and valued in school – help us to pass the Safe Schools Improvement Act (in the Houseand Senate) and the Student Non-Discrimination Act (in theHouse and Senate) bycontacting your legislators and asking them to co-sponsor both of these bills today! 

If your child has been the victim of bullying, harassment or discrimination in school, please let us know. Submit your story. Real stories help us to convince legislators that action is desperately needed.

Senator Lautenberg also introduced a new bill that includes specific wording about cyberbullying, making cyberbullying a crime with consequences.  I haven't seen that yet, but it is on the news this morning.  Dr. Phil may discuss it this afternoon on his NBC program on this subject, which is being broadcast from the Capitol.  It is on at three o'clock here.

 

Dave Parker, Secretary
PFLAG Greensboro, NC

 

 

 

From: Sue Null [mailto:suenull@rice.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 9:22 PM
To: Dave Parker
Subject: SVPA and SNDA

 

On 10/6/2010 5:36 PM, Dave Parker wrote:

 

Joan and I are scheduling lobbying visits with our legislators this month; we will be emphasizing the School Violence Protection Act and the School Non-Discrimination Act.  All the current press should help!!  NOW is the time to push these laws!!

Dave, would you refresh for me (and maybe others) briefly what these two acts deal with?  Is the first similar to what passed in NC last year?  Who is sponsoring them?  What are their chances since we can't even get DADT repealed and ENDA passed?

Sue Null
Brevard

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s currently in Congress that together would prohibit bullying, harassment and discrimination of students because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or because they have LGBT parents or friends.  Studies show that LGBT children and children of LGBT parents are among the most vulnerable to bullying, harassment and discrimination in schools. Without comprehensive protections that specifically list sexual orientation and gender identity, these students are denied equal educational opportunities and are subjected to unhealthy and unsafe school environments on a daily basis. We must take action to stop our children from dying.

Today – October 5, 2010 – is National Safe Schools Day. To ensure that all children have the same opportunity to thrive – which requires that they feel safe, supported and valued in school – help us to pass the Safe Schools Improvement Act (in the Houseand Senate) and the Student Non-Discrimination Act (in theHouse and Senate) bycontacting your legislators and asking them to co-sponsor both of these bills today! 

If your child has been the victim of bullying, harassment or discrimination in school, please let us know. Submit your story. Real stories help us to convince legislators that action is desperately needed.

  

 

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Prop. 8 Fact v. Fiction

The other side has submitted their arguments to the 9th Circuit Court of appeals. Help shed light on their false claims. Encourage your friend and family to get involved with the court case to overturn Prop. 8. Dear Sandi, The other side continues to twist our facts with their fiction as Prop. 8's journey to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heats up. Help shed light on their false claims by emailing at least three friends now and encourage them to sign up and get involved with our case. Groups including the National Organization for Marriage, Focus on the Family, and Concerned Women of America have filed 25 briefs which detail their arguments about why Prop. 8 should stand. Make sure your friends and family know how wrong they are. Forward this email and encourage them to get involved with the federal challenge to Prop. 8. Our brilliant legal team led by Theodore Olson and David Boies has been analyzing over 870 pages of the other side's briefs. Some of the ridiculous arguments include: The testimonies of four "ex-gays" prove that sexual orientation is changeable and LGBT people can be "cured" and "turned straight." "The ability to reproduce is what makes living things different from rocks." If marriage equality is legalized, more children will become gay. Allowing gay and lesbian Americans to marry will have unknown consequences, including opening the door to state-sanctioned polygamy. Our legal team is hard at work preparing a stellar rebuttal that counters every one of the false and inaccurate arguments. Please, encourage your friends and family to get involved with the legal challenge by signing up for updates. As the sole organizational sponsor of the Prop. 8 federal court challenge, the American Foundation for Equal Rights is the best source for insight and actions to help overturn Prop. 8 for good. We will put an end to Prop. 8 so that LGBT Americans will be able to marry the person they love.   Sincerely, Chad Griffin, Board President, American Foundation for Equal Rights American Foundation for Equal Rights ©2010 Stay Connected         Spread the word - forward this message to your friends.

Pflag Dad Sends Open Letter to Youth

 

PFLAG Dad Sends Open Letter to Youth

"You deserve to be happy, you deserve to be alive, and you deserve to be loved."

 

Washington, D.C. – John R. Cepek, national president of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) issued the following open letter to youth in light of the mounting reports of bullying, harassment, and suicide among youth:

 

Dear ___________,

 

I know it may seem strange that you're getting a letter from someone you've never met. To be honest with you, I feel a little odd writing this letter to people I've never met. But this is a difficult time, and I want to make sure that someone delivers an important message to you.

 

My wife and I have two sons. We think that they are the best kids in the whole world. They're very different, with very diverse personalities, talents, and interests. One of the other things that makes them different is that one is straight and one is gay.

 

But the important thing is this: we love them equally.

 

That's why it is so painful to us to read the reports of the kids out there who have killed themselves because somehow they felt that their lives were not equal or worth living, either because they were mercilessly bullied and teased for being different, or tortured because they were gay.

 

That's why I'm writing to you today. There have been a lot of people out there sending some important messages your way. They've been telling you that there are people who can help, and that it is going to get better, and your job is to be strong and stick it out. You should listen to them, because they're right.

But as a dad, I want to send you one more message. Here it is: there are people who love you and accept you for who you are right now. Whether you're gay or straight, it doesn't matter.

 

I hope that your parents are among these people. I hope that in the same way I'm proud of both my sons, someone is proud of you just because you're there and because you're alive. You deserve that, no matter who you are or how different you feel.

 

But if for some reason you don't feel like you've got that support, I want you to know that there are parents and families who love you. Maybe they're people you already know. Or maybe they are people like me who you haven't met yet, and the other parents who belong to a group that I'm a member of called PFLAG – Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.

 

So if you're reading this and feel like no one loves you for you who are today and who you're becoming, I want you to do something for me. I want you to go online to www.pflag.org and find a PFLAG chapter near you. Contact them and tell them your story. Ask them for help. Tell them what you're experiencing, and tell them what you need. These are families who understand what is happening and who want to support you.

 

I can't imagine a world in which either of my kids felt like life wasn't worth living because people rejected them, and I have a hard time imagining what some of you might be going through right now. But please know that you're not alone. There are people to talk to, and families and friends nearby who will support you and your own family, too. All you need to do is ask.

 

I hope that one day we will meet and I'll know that you made it. You deserve to be happy, you deserve to be alive, and you deserve to be loved. Lots of people agree with me on that. Trust me.

 

Sincerely,

 

John R. Cepek

President, PFLAG National

www.pflag.org

 

 

Have you signed the Straight for Equality Pledge?

 

 

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