June 2007 E-Newsletter

5. GSA Network News

March with GSA Network at SF Pride
Once again, the GSA Network will be marching in this year's San Francisco Pride Parade, and we're doing
it up with whistles and beads. The first 50 youth to show up will get a FREE whistle and everyone will
get colorful beaded necklaces to pass out to the crowd!

Details are still being determined, but on June 24th, from 9:30-10:30 we will be directing youth from the
corner of Mission and Spear Streets to our lineup spot in the march.

Bring your boas, noisemakers, whistles, signs, and wear your GSA Network t-shirts!

The GSA Network will also have a booth during the festival, so if you'd like to volunteer and help out (or
just look pretty) let us know! Or, if you'd like to help make posters and represent your own schools GSA,
come to our June 10th poster making session. Free food will be provided.

To RSVP or for more information, contact Kiely at 415.552.4229, or email pride@gsanetwork.org.

Come show your PRIDE with the GSA Network!

GSA Network Activist Camps! APPLY ONLINE!
The GSA Activist Camps are youth-planned and youth-led intense 3-day events featuring hardcore
community building, skill-building, political education, and leadership training for GSA members. All youth
who will be involved in a high school or middle school GSA next year are strongly encouraged to apply.

Southern California Activist Camp - West Hollywood
July 27th - July 29th, 2007

Northern California Activist Camp - San Francisco
August 3rd - 5th, 2007
Join our Camp Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/activistcamp2007

Central Valley Activist Camp - Fresno
June 14th - 16th, 2007

APPLY ONLINE! Click here to get more info and apply online:
http://www.gsanetwork.org/camp/camp2007.html!

Need Something to Wear? Buy a GSA Power T-shirt!
Another GSA Network T-shirts hot off the press... Cafepress that is. Do you just love our GSA Power
postcard? Well, now it's a shirt. Buy it today and help support GSA Network! We have three new shirts
plus some of our classics. The new designs can ONLY be purchased at our on-line store. For every item
you buy GSA Network gets a small donation ($3-$5) to keep doing all the good work we do!!!

So, help support GSAs and look cool doing it. Buy today at http://www.cafepress.com/gsanetwork

Stanislaus PRIDE Day 2007 - Saturday, June 30th in Modesto
Celebration to be held from 2:00 to 8:00 PM at Graceada Park in Modesto

The Stanislaus PRIDE Center (SPC) hosts the area's second pride celebration on Saturday, June 30th:
Stanislaus PRIDE Day 2007, sponsored by Barefoot Wine. Guests of this family-friendly event can expect
entertainment throughout the afternoon and evening on the Mancini Bowl stage, and approximately fifty
(50) vendors throughout the park area.

Admission to Stanislaus PRIDE Day 2007 is FREE! However, a special $50 VIP ticket package includes
access to an exclusive wine- hosted PRIDE kick off party at the Queen Bean Coffee House from 7:00 to
10:00 PM on Tuesday, June 26th; express line to the beer-and-wine garden at Graceada Park on
Saturday, June 30th; early access to an after-party at the Queen Bean Coffee House when things wind
down at Graceada Park (beginning at 7:00 PM); and a commemorative event t-shirt.

Josh Zuckerman headlines packed entertainment line-up

With the assistance of female impersonator "Breathless" (from Tracy CA), Modesto native and Mr. Gay
USA 2007 - Grant Ermis, will preside as Master of Ceremonies for the on- stage entertainment line-up.
National gay singing star Josh Zuckerman headlines the event.

The schedule of entertainers also includes the following...Female impersonator Imperial Grand Duchess
XXXIII Ms. Kiki Peru of Modesto and other members of the Owl Empire of Stanislaus County Inc (OESCI);
Chico-based female band Peech (which also includes a Modesto native, Megan Osborn); Ceres-based
aggressive dance, indie/techno beats band Static Stereo; Merced singer Moon Trent; Stockton/Modesto
all-lesbian band Addaline; and Red Bull's DJ Maurice and DJ Tony Sapp.

For more information, please visit: http://www.spcpride.org

3. Community Announcements

An evening with Nigerian gay activist Davis Mac-Iyalla, June 27
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral will host an evening with Nigerian Gay activist Davis
Mac-Iyalla on June 27 at 7 p.m. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.

Mac-Iyalla is a leading voice fighting a proposed bill in his country that would
make it illegal for gays to organize, meet in public, or even visit a GLBT website.
He has received numerous death threats for his activism, has been fired from his
job as a school principal, and forced to live in exile in a neighboring country in
West Africa.

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, located at 2620 Capitol Avenue, is the seat of the
Episcopal Diocese of Northern California, and is an inclusive parish promoting
peace, advocating environmental stewardship and advancing social justice for all
through its programs and ministries. For more information, go to
http://www.trinitycathedral.org.

First Annual Dyke March
Leading into Pride Day this year will be the Sacramento 1st Annual Dyke March
to be held on Friday, June 15th. For more information call (916) 442-0185 ext.
107.

Kick off PRIDE on June 15th with the gender-bending KINGS OF DRAG performing
"He's So Gay!" at Clunie Hall in McKinley Park. Doors open at 8:30 and the show
begins at 9:00. Tickets are available at http://www.kingsofdrag.com. This show
benefits our hosts the Lavender Library.

That's enough for now. Did I leave anything out? Please drop me a line. Do you have an
announcement or item that you'd like to include in our newsletter? Would you like to write an
opinion piece about something in the LGBT education area? Tell us about what's going on in your
GSA! Send complaints, comments, or submissions to admin@respectsacramento.org and I will be
happy to place it in our newsletter, which is composed at the end of the current month and sent out
in the first week of the subsequent month. Make this your newsletter by contributing to it!

See you at our next meeting on June 13 at the Lavender Library, 1414 21st Street at 6:30 pm.

Jerry O'Connor
Respect Sacramento Board Member

Respect Sacramento
PO Box 191678
Sacramento CA 95819
(916) 733-2135
info@respectsacramento.org
www.respectsacramento.org

4. From EQCA: Legislative update

Some recent legislation of interest to sexual minority youth, their parents, and the education community
from Equality California (http://www.eqca.org).

June 4 - Assembly Passes Safe Schools Bill Filling Gaps in California’s Anti-Bias Laws
Lawmakers in the Assembly on Monday approved a measure that would fill in the gaps in California’s
safe schools law, which is designed to keep bias and harassment out of the classroom. With an initial
vote of 45-28, the Assembly passed the Safe Place to Learn Act, authored by Assemblymember Lloyd
Levine, D-Van Nuys, and co-sponsored by Equality California and Asian Americans for Civil Rights and
Equality.

AB 394 requires the California Department of Education to monitor school compliance with an existing
anti-bias law, the California Student Safety and Violence Protection Act of 2000. The law bans all forms of
unlawful discrimination in schools to protect the safety of every student, including those who identify as
lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT).

June 4 - Senate Passes Protections for At-Risk Incarcerated Youth
The California Senate on Monday approved basic safeguards to protect youth residing in juvenile justice
facilities from abuse and mistreatment.

SB 518, the Juvenile Justice Safety and Protection Act, creates a Youth Bill of Rights to protect all young
people from harassment and discrimination, including youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or
transgender (LGBT). Authored by Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, and sponsored by Equality
California, the measure passed the Senate with a 22-12 vote. SB 518 will be heard next in Assembly
policy committees.

May 24 - Senate Passes Student Civil Rights Act, Protecting All California Students
The California Senate on Monday passed legislation that would protect all California students from
harassment and bias in public schools based on their gender identity or sexual orientation. Legislators
approved SB 777, authored by Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, and sponsored by Equality California,
by a 23-13 vote.

The Student Civil Rights Act ensures that all students in publicly-funded schools, including those who
identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), clearly understand the protections they are
provided under state law. SB 777 creates uniform nondiscrimination standards within the state's
education code and clarifies the responsibility of school officials to ensure a safe learning environment.