This blog was created to post information, upcoming meetings, events, and actions having anything to do with but not limited to the Las Vegas Activists' Community.
Here you can also comment and discuss any political and/or social concern that needs to be addressed.
This blog will also be used as a directive to more important websites, posts, and crucial activists' information.
Committee Created to Review Coroner's Inquest System
From the ACLU:
All members of the public are invited to provide input to the committee, and we strongly encourage you make your voices heard.
You can provide comments to the committee directly at a public meeting:
* Monday, October 18, from 5 pm to 9 pm (agenda) http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/dep...810.Agenda.pdf
* Monday, October 25, from 5 pm to 9 pm
* Monday, November 1, from 5 pm to 9 pm
* Monday, November 8, from 5 pm to 9 pm
All meetings will take place in the Commissioners Chambers at the Clark County Government Center, located at 500 S. Grand Central Parkway in Las Vegas.
And you can submit written comments to:
* Via email: inquest@ClarkCountyNV.gov
* Via U.S. mail: Coroner’s Inquest Committee, c/o the
County Manager’s Office, P.O. Box 551111, Las Vegas, NV 89155-1111
Additional information about the process is available on the Clark County website.
http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/dep...7sInquest.aspx
The committee needs to hear all of the voices and concerns about the Coroner's Inquest system. Please submit your written comments and come to the committee meetings. This is your committee and your voice deserves to be heard!
Being Gay / LGBT / It Gets Better / Bullying / Suicide
In the past three weeks we have had five gay suicides. These are just the ones that have been seen in the media. And because of our internet system now, a lot of articles, personal stories, and videos have been surfacing. I want to do my small part and post on my blog (and other websites) about this terrible issue of bullying. I am hoping that if you read this blog that you will also do your small part - whatever that may be - to help stop this horrible form of abuse.
I am also reaching out to the legal community to do your part to try to stop this. These great articles and videos that I have posted here are helpful to one extent. The theme of "It Gets Better" is good, but we need more info on how to prevent the abuse in the first place or stop it from escalating in the schools. Many of the folks in the videos say it got better for them after they got out of high school. LGBT should not have to wait until they are out of high school for it to get better.
On the positive side, I want to encourage anyone who is being harassed or bullied for ANY reason at all to find a trusted adult who you can talk with. There are many people and organizations in your community who will listen to you. Yes, it gets better but you deserve to have it better now. There are many people out there in the community who are just like you. And they will care about you and love you just for who you are.
Call your local LGBT center, your local ACLU center, your local homeless youth center, or your local or National Suicide Hotline Number: 1-800-273-TALK (8255), a free, 24-hour hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Your call will be routed to the nearest crisis center to you.
Do NOT give up! You can survive. Keep calling and looking until you find someone that you can talk to. You have a right to be happy without being harassed or bullied.
"There's a lot of things that happen in your life that you can't choose. But the one thing that can never be taken away from you is your ability to choose how to respond... There's one thing that everybody can do and that is that they can always reach out for help. There's always somebody there that will offer support. Everybody's in a position to reach out for help and get support and not be alone with how they're feeling." --Terry Wise, A Suicide Attempt Survivor
I have watched so many good videos that it is hard for me to know which one to post here. So, I will post this one from the ACLU, but I strongly suggest that you watch the other videos I have linked to. They are all short enough so that you can watch the whole video.
I am also posting links here that I found from the article "Tools Against Homophobic Bullying" written by Lisa Belkin belkin@nytimes.com October 1, 2010, 11:39 am.
If you're gay or lesbian or bi or trans, and you've ever read about a kid like Billy Lucas and thought, "Fuck, I wish I could've told him that it gets better," this is your chance. We can't help Billy, but there are lots of other Billys out there—other despairing LGBT kids who are being bullied and harassed, kids who don't think they have a future—and we can help them....
READ MORE about the It Gets Better Project, in Savage Love, here: http://bit.ly/bYtxBd
Filmed by Kelly O.
It Gets Better: Wicked Cast Members (Video)
From: kevinyeedotcom | October 01, 2010 | 305 views
In response to the sudden influx of gay suicides, cast members from the 2nd National Tour of Wicked tell their stories of how they overcame their teens to become the artists they are today!
GLSEN, or the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
Four Steps Schools Can Take to Address Anti-LGBT Bullying and Harassment
Media Contact:
Daryl Presgraves
646-388-6577
dpresgraves@glsen.org
Feb 19, 2008
