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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

GLAAD Reports: LGBT Organizations Urge Advocates and Allies to Remember Slain Teen Lawrence King

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February 9, 2010 by Kellee Terrell, COAD Media Strategist @ GLAAD

February 12th, 2010 marks the second anniversary of the Lawrence King murder. King, an eighth-grader from Ventura, CA, was shot in the head and killed by a classmate in 2008 because of his perceived sexual orientation and gender expression.

GLAAD, GSA Network, GLSEN, Ventura County Rainbow Alliance, Human Rights Campaign, National Center for Lesbian Rights and Equality California are urging LGBT advocates and allies to honor King’s memory and call for an end to violence and harassment in the classroom directed at lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Here is an update on what some organizations are doing:

GSA is hosting a vigil at Los Angeles City Hall at 7 o’clock P.M. Their site provides individuals with an action guide offering tips on how you can honor King’s life and how to mobilize and inform those in your community. Here is an excerpt:

Inform:

Ask your administration to let your Gay-Straight Alliance club make an announcement on the PA system asking for a 30 second vow of silence to remember Lawrence King. Include who he was and why remembering him is important for you and your school.
Make an altar for Lawrence King to visually represent the violence LGBTQ students face. Ask to display it at school. Include the time and place where your GSA meets so students can get more involved with your club.
Write a letter to your campus newspaper demanding that violence against LGBTQ people stop. Write about Lawrence King and why it’s important for your school to stand up to hate. Give the time and place where your GSA meets.
Organize an anti-violence assembly at your school. Invite speakers who can either talk about Lawrence King’s live and death or about the violence in schools against LGBTQ youth.
Work with other students or groups on campus to organize a “No Violence Week.” Have discussions, show movies, or make posters about the violence and bullying in our schools.

Read the complete guide here.

On GLSEN’s “Remembering Lawrence” web page, they asking those to register events and joinFacebook and MySpace groups to show their support. Here is a list of registered events so far

California

Spectrum Lawrence King Vigil
Camarillo, California
Friday, February 12, 2010
6:00 PMLocation: California State University Chanel IslandsCo-Sponsored By: Spectrum Center for Multicultural Engagement Center for Civic Engagement Housing and EducationQuestions: http://vcra.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4520621&highlight=vigil kari.moss@csuci.edu

Remembering Larry
Culver City, California
Friday, February 12, 2010
All DayLocation: 4401 Elenda StCo-Sponsored By: Culver City High School Gay Straight Alliance

Remembering Lawrence King
Los Angeles, California
Friday, February 12, 2010
7:00pmLocation: Los Angeles City Hall – South Steps
On First St. between Main and SpringCo-Sponsored By: GSA NetworkQuestions: www.gsanetwork.org/lawrenceking daniel@gsanetwork.org 213.482.4021

Remember Lawrence King
Los Banos, California
Friday, February 12, 2010
3:30Location: Los Banos High SchoolCo-Sponsored By: Gay/Straight AllianceQuestions: nnelson@losbanosusd.k12.ca.us

Illinois

Remember Lawrence
Mattoon, Illinois
Friday, February 12, 2010
All DayLocation: Lake Land CollegeCo-Sponsored By: BGLADD (Bisexuals, Gays, Lesbians, and Allies to Develop Diversity) of Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL.Questions: http://www.myspace.com/b_gladd

Minnesota

End the Violence
Blaine, Minnesota
Friday, February 12, 2010
11:00 a.m – 1:00 p.mLocation: Blaine High SchoolCo-Sponsored By: Blaine High School Gay Straight Alliance

Texas

Time for A Change presents: remembering Larry
Southlake, Texas
Friday, February 12, 2010
6:00 pmLocation: Bicentennial parkCo-Sponsored By: Time for A ChangeQuestions: T4c.me Info.timeforachange@gmail.coM 214.578.0119

Virginia

“I Love Larry”
Arlington, Virginia
Friday, February 12, 2010
All DayLocation: Wakefield High SchoolCo-Sponsored By: The Wakefield High School Gay & Lesbian AllianceQuestions: jclisham@arlington.k12.va.us 703-228-6711

Candle Light Vigil
Univ Richmond, Virginia
Friday, February 12, 2010
6:30pmLocation: Forum on CampusCo-Sponsored By: Student Alliance for Sexual DiversityQuestions: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=292384489684&ref=mf sasdur@gmail.com

The Ventura County Rainbow Alliance is hosting an event at California State University Channel Islands campus sponsored by Spectrum (the gay/straight student alliance), the Center for Multicultural Engagement, the Multicultural and Women’s & Gender Student Center, School of Education, Student Housing and the Center for Community Engagement.

Learn more about their event here.

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