→ redhugo:推~等我們大家更有能力,也能朝這方向努力 推 140.112.139.65 11/21
http://www.lambdalegal.org/cgi-bin/iowa/documents/record?record=1355
雖然我們在同性戀的校園社團 覺得同志是很可以接受的
同志身份沒什麼大不了的. 不會受到什麼歧視..但是在接觸到
校外的世界 同志學生確實是地位不高 撇除因為學生經濟社會
地位的不穩定 像是正式被校方承認的同志社團 也區指可數
就可以知道這種情況的重大...
別說台灣民風不若外國先進
就連美國 這個在各領域領導全球的強國
同志學生的境遇也和台灣相近
--同志學生的權利 不僅是要[被看到] 也是要[被給予訊息]
和[被校方保護] 和其它校內社團被一視同仁..
我們在社團內 除了快樂的聚會 也希望能多多看到普遍同
志的境況 對同志圈做些認真的事...
介紹該團體..
lambda legal雖非學生為主的團體 也非校園社團
但該團體利用他們法律的專才
幫助全國各地學校成立gay straight alliance(GSA)
的同志學生團體.利用法院來改善那些反同的校方人士..
從最早的加州和猶他州 到最近德州的 Lubbock High School
他們都幫助同志社團爭取和其他校內社團同等對待的地位..
下面是該團體努力的成果
Lambda Legal旧 Work on Behalf of LGBT Youth
1974: Helps persuade a court to force
the University of New Hampshire to
treat a gay student group like every other campus group.
1984: Persuades court to reject Texas A&M旧
claim that gay student group posed a public
health risk because of AIDS and wins recognition for group.
1996: Wins first federal appeals court ruling
that schools must protect gay students from harassment and violence.
1998: U.S. Department of Education forces
Fayetteville, Arkansas, school district
to protect gay students from sexual harassment
after Lambda Legal intervenes.
2000: U.S. Supreme Court rejects Lambda Legal
lawsuit on behalf of James Dale and upholds
Boy Scouts?anti-gay policy. Public support
and funding for Boy Scouts plunges.
2000: Case on behalf of gay-straight student
alliance yields first federal court order that
GSAs must be allowed to meet under same rules
as other student groups.
2002: Wins groundbreaking settlement for a
Reno, Nevada, student Derek Henkle, making
Reno a model for LGBT-affirming policies and
training in schools.
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