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Old 10-26-2006, 02:04 PM   #54 (permalink)
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About ten minutes of searching and I have the story of the booklet NCB is posting. It was produced as a guide for sexually active gay and bisexual males over 18 by the AIDS Action Committee to promote safe sexual practices. It was never part of any school program. There was a conference at Brookline High School sponsored by GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) to discuss how to help gay students deal with bullying and teasing, attended by educators and open to members of the various gay straight alliance clubs. Outside education groups were rented tables for the conference, one of these Fenway Community Health, which inadvertantly brought the booklets along with other materials to the conference. The booklets were displayed on the table, but there's no evidence right now that any child took one.

So let's see, it wasn't part of any curriculum, it happened at a conference and not in any class, the booklets aren't designed for teens anyway, were not mean to be distributed to them, were brought as a mistake, and there's no evidence any child actually took one. School officials are saying they don't believe any booklets went home with kids.

As a homosexual and a former co teacher of a Life Skills and Family Planning middle school class, I'd join your outrage if this was actually a part of a school curriculum or in any way meant to promote sexual activity among kids. It wasn't, wasn't intended to be, was a violation of conference guidelines, and may not have actually made it into the hands of any students.

This is nothing more than the anti-gay crowd trying to capitalize on an innocent, harmless mistake.

Linky.
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