The Unofficial Site of the...

Massachusetts Governor's
Commission on
Gay & Lesbian Youth

"The Commission's mandate is to make schools safe for gay and lesbian youth and to eliminate harassment, violence and suicide for all youth in Massachusetts. Many of the problems facing gay and lesbian youth can be corrected by promulgation of information, training and the implementation and diffusion of formal guidelines and state policy." - The Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Gay & Lesbian Youth. (OS)

This site is being posted in an attempt to document & export this hard-won, revolutionary marriage of activist verve & the interventionary powers of state government. The site's most important audience are gay & lesbian youth, kids, young adults, whatever & human service or public policy professionals & the queer community's activist/organizing base. The hope is that in states like Utah, people who already see (and remember) the need for something like this, will now be able to research and apply this model.

The site comes with some helpful documentation. It is a brief,and maybe necessary, discussion of site-wide conventions of structure, presentation and navigation I use here and specifically includes some notes on privacy.

Please, understand that this site is not out of testing. It is, yes, under construction; more importantly - Danger Will Robinson - It is Incomplete and may be riddled with errors. I will be Updating frequently and religiously in between scanning and tagging sessions. Thanks.

The Governor's Commission in Brief

• Executive Order 325
• The Masssachusetts Gay & Lesbian Student Rights Law
• History and Mission
• Publications Abstracts

The Commission's Reports and Publications

• Making Schools Safe for Gay & Lesbian Youth
• Prevention of Health Problems Amoung Gay & Lesbian Youth: single 114K file.
• Making Colleges & Universities Safe for Gay & Lesbian Youth: single 93k file.
• Gay & Lesbian Student Rights Guide: single 100k file.
• Recommendations for the Support of Gay/Straight Alliances in Massachusetts

What the Governor's Commission Helps Make Happen

• Summaries of Recommendations
• Status Report on Implementation of Commission Recommendations
• Events: Past & Upcoming
• Youth Pride March, 1998
• Programs & Contractors
• Typical Requests for Proposal

Vanity thy Username is Propagandhi 

• The/A Vanity Pages/Page: Not a priority set of Pages, hey not even a page.
• Just a Box of Rain This is kind of like an extension to the Governor's Commission Gay & Lesbian Student Rights Resource Guide I've been puttering with, and putting off coding.

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Last Updated:  16 June, 1998
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