Gay Rights Groups Push Their Fliers at Schools
Advocate: Effort is intended to counter 'misinformation' in 'ex-gay' flier.
Gay rights groups are distributing fliers in county schools this week to show support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students after an organization distributed fliers saying that people can choose not to be gay. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Equality Maryland Foundation planned to begin distributing 50,000 fliers on Wednesday in all 25 county high schools. The fliers include information about what the groups called “mainstream medical and mental health professional associations,” such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, say about sexual orientation. They also include links to literature from the American Psychological Association and the American Medical …
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Susan Byrne
5:38 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
The Gazette has a front page article today about the BOE's recommendations for changing the policy. The article states that certain groups will still be allowed; also that an exception is made for elementary schools in order to allow sports groups and scouting organizations to distribute there. From prior articles, I understood it was an "all or nothing" proposition and some people were opposed … more ›