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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune UTAH Homosexuals’ Friends, Kin Open S.L. Meeting Today Theyare promoting gay-friendly schools in Utah ment [in public schools] that. Parentsand friends of gays and lesbians say they want safer wrong.’ The three-day conferenceat the Little America Hotelis sponsored Yes, this [homosexuality] is something that’s terribly schools fortheir loved ones. They want to know that whentheir chil dren and friends go to class. they are learning inafriendly environ ment where they are respected and welcomed At a conference starting today in Salt Lake City, national and lo tell Utahns how to make their schools more welcoming “The one thing I hear from Harvey Milk, was shot becausehe was gay. In 1978, Dan White shot Milk, who was onthe San Francis co Boardof Supervisors, and the “There's al- wherethe Salt Lake City School said that when he was a teacher he saw in his students the kind of in- District banned all non-curricular clubs to get rid of East High tolerancethat led to the murders of Milk and Moscone. The stu- mosexualily, inviting gay and les- Ammiano was an openly gay elacher in San Francisjs whenhis friend just acknowledg- School's Gay-Straight Dede Vi Mage Alliance Christmas in June June 11-19 Though the group still meets un. der Utah’s Civic Center Act. it has not found acceptance A group of adults recently stood outside the school with signsthat read “Antispecies,”” ap parently referring to the inability of gays andlesbians to procreali whenthey arein homosexual re lationships, according to Joan Smith, executive director of the Utahchapter of the National Con ference for Community and Jus Ammiano said public educators need to “demystify and human- ize” gay issues by allowing the curriculum to acknowledge ho- bian speakersto school andtra ing teachers in sensitivity. In San Francisco. Ammiano pushed for every school to have a lesbianstudents can't talk totheir parents or peers. We're not askingfor advocacy d candles fed holiday # Selected holiday candles *%Drawings for door prizes & a $75 gift certificate! 165 E. 6100 S. 266-6887 Smith is speakingat theconfer ence workshop on howto create safe schools throughcaring. Her or endorsement [of homosexual- Mon-Sat 10am-6pm «ps lice. e these mayor, George Moscone, in City ways this tacit, unspoken agree- ut we've got to learn torespect ach other.” she said “We need to stop thinking they re broken and need fixing. We needto lov them for whothey are organization trains student lead. ers in how to respect other sti dents’ differences. including ual orientation It sounds kind of Polly That might be tough in Utah interview, Ammiano na phone versity of Utah Graduate School of Social Work. It will end with a Gay Pride Parade on Sundayat 9 people is their total lack of safety They're vulnerable {o altack on Homosexuality. this weekend dentsbelittled and beat uppeople they thought were gay a.m. at the Capitol said Tom Ammiano, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and a keynote speaker at the Intermountain Conference also is speakingat the conference by Family Fellowship, a support group for mostly Mormon parents of gays and lesbians; the Mountain West Region of Parents, Family and Friends of Gays and Lesbians (PFLAG); and the Uni- cal experts on homosexuality will ity].” he said ment politics. Moscone’s son. 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