Wed., October 28th, 2009

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- Jake gave a very detailed summary of an article. Basically, though, President Obama signed into the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act :) The Democrat vote was 281 to 146!!! ^__^ This provide the GLBT community with protection against hate crimes
- We were brain-storming themes of the month:
• November: Bullying
• December: Gender Identity
• January: GLBTQ History Month
• February: Stereotypes and effect of media on people’s viewpoints
• March: Discrimination in the workplace
• April: GLBT celebrities / people in the arts
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• May: GLBT parents / families
• June: Our allies
- Also, a reminder!! Begin discussing the Day of Silence sometime in March, at the latest
- For the themes of the month, the group leaders will come up with some ideas for what activities we will do during that month. However, this doesn’t mean that you cannot step up and help us out by giving us an idea for a discussion topic!! We’d appreciate the help :)
- Jake mentioned that he can ask his sister’s boss to come in and talk to us ^__^ That would be really good!! :]
- On this upcoming Tuesday, on November 3rd, Maine will vote on Question 1. If that is passed, gay-marriage won’t be “allowed” anymore. Therefore, VOTE “NO” ON 1!! :D
- Did an activity – and placed terms in order from the most negative connotation [repulsion] to the most positive [nurturance].
- Oh, and another thing – we might be joining the Multi-Cultural Council’s Buffet after the New Year’s :)

Next time: mention the Kinsey Scale?? Some people had a few questions.