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> A Massachusetts Department of Education employees described the pleasures
> of homosexual sex to a group of high school students at a state-sponsored
> workshop on March 25 at Tufts.
> "Fisting [forcing one's entire hand into another person's rectum or
> vagina] often gets a bad rap....[It's] an experience of letting somebody
> into your body that you want to be that close and intimate with...[and]
> to put you into an exploratory mode."
> Last year a mother from the western suburbs joined some other parents and
> went to the State House to appeal to the Governor's office. She was
> becoming frantic. Her son at the local high school had been told by his
> musician friends how "cool" it was at the school's Gay/Straight Alliance
> club meetings. She soon found out that the club had watched at least one
> R-rated video of two boys having a love affair. She discovered some
> provocative handouts in his room. He became detached, and she suspected
> that he was experimenting with homosexual relationships.
> The principal would not look into it, nor would any other officials. It
> was suggested that maybe she was homophobic.
> No one from the Governor's office would speak to her or the other
> parents. A Department of Public Health official finally listened to them
> but afterwards would not return her calls. Later the Boston homosexual
> newspaper, Bay Windows, published a blistering article warning that
> bigoted, homophobic parents were trying to endanger the money for the
> state's gay school clubs.
> Each year, Governor Paul Cellucci budgets $1.5 million for his
> "Governor's Commission for Gay and Lesbian Youth." Made up of homosexual
> activists from across the state since 1992, the Commission has used the
> "safe schools" mantra and state money to persuade over 180 schools in
> Massachusetts to accept the clubs. Parents and others who offer any
> criticism of the programs are regularly accused of homophobia and
> endangering students' safety. The Governor, who gets much support from
> the gay community, shields the GSA programs from scrutiny. The
> Commission does much of its work directly through the Massachusetts
> Department of Education and other state agencies.
> The Commission also works closely with a national organization, the Gay
> and Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) to give the clubs
> materials, movies, literature and funding for various activities. In
> all, there are over 700 GSA clubs in the country, many of them partially
> federally funded.
> School officials use several arguments to deflect criticism of GSAs. In
> a Boston Herald article last month, Newton assistant superintendent Jim
> Marini brushed aside a parent's questioning of Newton's GSA activities.
> "This is not about sex. This is about human rights," he said. The
> school counselor, Linda Shapiro, added that, "the purpose is to make gay
> students feel safe..."
> Sex is Taught On March 25, the Massachusetts Department of Education, the
> Governor's Commission, and GLSEN co-sponsored a statewide conference at
> Tufts University called "Teach-Out." Among the goals were to build more
> GSAs in Massachusetts and expand homosexual teaching into the lower
> grades.
> Scores of gay-friendly teachers and administrators attended. They
> received state "professional development credits."
> Teenagers and children as young as 12 were encouraged to come from around
> the state, and many were bussed in from their home districts. Homosexual
> activists from across the country were also there.
> To say that the descriptions below, of workshops and presentations of
> this state-sponsored event for educators and children, are "every
> parent's nightmare" does not do them justice. It is beyond belief that
> this could be happening at all. One music teacher who attended out of
> curiosity said that she could not sleep for several nights afterwards and
> had nightmares about it.
> Queer sex for youth 14-21 In one well-attended workshop, "What They
> Didn't Tell You About Queer Sex & Sexuality In Health Class: A Workshop
> For Youth Only, Ages 14-21," the three homosexual presenters acting in
> their professional capacities coaxed about 20 children into talking
> openly and graphically about homosexual sex.
> The purpose appeared to be to train adults who are running the student
> clubs. The three presenters, who described themselves as homosexual,
> were:
> . Margot E. Ables, Coordinator, HIV/AIDS Program, Massachusetts Dept.
> of Education . Julie Netherland, Coordinator, HIV/AIDS Program,
> Massachusetts Dept. of Education . Michael Gaucher, Consultant, HIV/AIDS
> Program, Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health The workshop syllabus
> included:
> "What's it like to be young, queer and beginning to date? Are lesbians
> at risk for HIV?.We will address the information you want about queer
> sexuality and some of the politics that prevent us from getting our needs
> met."
> The workshop opened by the three public employees asking the children
> "how they knew, as gay people, whether or not they've had sex." Questions
> were thrown around the room about whether oral sex was "sex," to which
> the Department of Public Health employee stated, "If that's not sex, then
> the number of times I've had sex has dramatically decreased; from a
> mountain to a valley, baby."
> Eventually the answer presented itself, and it was determined that
> whenever an orifice was filled with genitalia, then sex had occurred.
> The Department of Public Health employee, Michael Gaucher, had the
> following exchange with one student, who appeared to be about 16 years
> old:
> Michael Gaucher: "What orifices are we talking about?"
> Student: [hesitation] Michael Gaucher: "Don't be shy, honey; you can do
> it."
> Student: "Your mouth."
> Michael Gaucher: "Okay."
> Student: "Your ass."
> Michael Gaucher: "There you go."
> Student: "Your pussy. That kind of place."
> But since sex occurred "when an orifice was filled," the next question
> was how lesbians could "have sex."
> Margot Abels discussed whether a dildo had to be involved; when it was
> too big or too small; and what homosexual resources students could
> consult to get similar questions answered.
> Role playing and "carpet munching"
> Then the children were asked to role-play. One student was to act the
> part of "a young lesbian who's really enraptured with another woman, and
> it's really coming down to the wire and you're thinking about having
> sex." The other student played the "hip GSA (gay, straight alliance)
> lesbian advisor, who you feel you can talk to." The "counseling" included
> discussions of lesbian sex, oral-vaginal contact, or "carpet munching,"
> as one student put it. The student asked whether it would smell like
> fish. At that point the session turned to another subject.
> "A lesson in fisting?"
> There was a five minute pause so that all of the teenagers could write
> down questions for the homosexual presenters. The first question was
> read by Julie Netherland, "What's fisting?"
> A student answered this question by informing the class that "fisting" is
> when you put your "whole hand into the ass or pussy" of another. When a
> few of the students winced, the Department of Public Health employee
> offered, "A little known fact about fisting, you don't make a fist, like
> this. It's like this," forming his hand into the shape of a tear drop
> rather than a balled fist. He informed the children that it was much
> easier.
> Margot Abels told the students that "fisting" is not about forcing your
> hand into somebody's "hole, opening or orifice" if they don't want it
> there. She said that "usually" the person was very relaxed and opened
> him or herself up to the other. She informed the class that it is a very
> emotional and intense experience.
> At this point, a child of about 16 asked why someone would want to do
> that. He stated that if the hand were pulled out quickly, the whole
> thing didn't sound very appealing to him. Margot Abels was sure to point
> out that although fisting "often gets a really bad rap," it usually isn't
> about the pain, "not that we're putting that down." Margot Abels informed
> him and the class that "fisting" was "an experience of letting somebody
> into your body that you want to be that close and intimate with." When a
> child asked the question, "Why would someone do this?" Margot Abels
> provided a comfortable response to the children in order to "put them
> into an exploratory mode."
> "Rubbing each others' clits."
> Michael Gaucher presented the next question, "Do lesbians rub their clits
> together?"
> Michael Gaucher and Margot Abels asked the kids if they thought it was
> possible and whether someone would do a "hand-diagram" for the class. No
> one volunteered, but a girl who looked about 15 or 16 then stepped up to
> the board and drew a three foot high vagina and labeled each of the
> labia, the clitoris, and "put up inside the 'G'-spot." While drawing,
> Michael Gaucher told her to use the "pink" chalk, to which Margot Abels
> responded, "not everyone is pink, honey." All of the children laughed.
> After the chalk vagina was complete, the children remarked on the size of
> the "clit," and the presenters stated that was a gifted woman. Then
> Margot Abels informed all of the young girls that indeed, you can rub
> your "clitori" together, either with or without clothes, and "you can
> definitely orgasm from it."
> Michael Gaucher told the kids that "there is a name for this: tribadism,"
> which he wrote on the board and told one girl who looked about 14 to
> "bring that vocabulary word back to Bedford." Julie Netherland informed
> the children that it wasn't too difficult because "when you are sexually
> aroused, your clit gets bigger."
> "Should you spit after you suck another boy (or a man)?"
> Michael Gaucher read the following from a card:
> "Cum and calories: Spit versus swallow and the health concerns."
> Gaucher informed the children that although he didn't know the calorie
> count of male ejaculation, he has "heard that it's sweeter if people eat
> celery." He then asked the boys, "Is it rude not to swallow?" Many of the
> high school boys mumbled "No," but one about the age of 16 said
> emphatically, "Oh no!" One boy, again about the age of 16, offered his
> advice on avoiding HIV/AIDS transmission while giving oral sex by not
> brushing your teeth or eating course food for four hours before you "go
> down on a guy," "because then you probably don't want to be swallowing
> cum."
> Another question asked was whether oral sex was better with tongue rings.
> A 16 year old student murmured, "Yes," to which all of the children
> laughed. Michael Gaucher said, "There you have it" and stated something
> to the effect that the debate has ended.
> Use a condom? It's your decision, really.
> One often hears that there is an aggressive HIV/AIDS prevention campaign,
> but the session ran 55 minutes before the first mention of "protection"
> and safer sex came. In the context of the "safer sex" discussion,
> however, it was pointed out that these children could make an "informed
> decision" not to use a condom.
> Outside in the conference hall, the children could easily obtain as many
> condoms, vaginal condoms, and other contraceptive devices as they wished
> from various organizations which distribute such.
> Well, yes.it really is about sex!
> Another popular session was presented by the same three public employees
> in their professional capacity and was called, "Putting the 'Sex' Back
> Into Sexual Orientation: Classroom Strategies for Health & Sexuality
> Educators."
> The workshop description included:
> . What does it mean to say "being gay, lesbian and bisexual isn't about
> sex?".How can we deny that sexuality is central for all of us? How do we
> learn to address the unique concerns of queer youth?.This workshop is for
> educators to examine strategies for integrating sexuality education and
> HIV prevention content specific to gay, lesbian and bisexual students
> into the classroom and GSA's..additional strategies will be discussed.
> The three presenters now assumed the task of teaching teachers how to
> facilitate discussions about "queer sex" with their students.
> Tired of denying it Margot Abels opened by telling the room full of
> teachers (and two high school students), "We always feel like we are
> fighting against people who deny publicly, who say privately, that being
> queer is not at all about sex. We believe otherwise. We think that sex
> is central to every single one of us and particularly queer youth."
> Margot Abels, Julie Netherland and Michael Gaucher reviewed a few
> "campaigns" that have been used to demonstrate to queer youth how to best
> "be safe" while still enjoying homosexual sex.
> The campaign, "Respect yourself, protect yourself," was thought to be
> good in getting the message to kids that they should use protection, but
> since it made children who didn't protect themselves feel bad, it
> ultimately was a poor message. Michael Gaucher pointed out that children
> "with an older partner that they are not feeling they can discuss things
> with, does that mean that they don't respect themselves?"
> The campaign, "No sex, no problem," was ridiculed, as it assumed that
> children could opt not to have sex. Additionally, it made those children
> who had already had sex feel bad, or think they had a problem since they
> had had sex.
> After reviewing a few of the campaigns, Margot Abels described the
> project she works on. The "Gay/Straight Alliance HIV Education Project"
> goes to five different schools each year conducting up to eight "HIV
> prevention sessions" in that school's gay club. These same presenters
> who just told a group of children how to properly position their hands
> for "fisting" were now telling a room full of educators that they would
> visit their schools and conduct their workshops for their students.
> Bringing homosexuality into the middle school One participant remarked
> half-way through that Margot Abels just wasn't "talking to" her, since
> she, the participant, was a lesbian, middle school teacher. She wanted
> to know specifically what she could do to facilitate discussions about
> homosexuality in middle school. This was solved in another session
> entitled, "Struggles & Triumphs of Including Homosexuality in a Middle
> School Curriculum." Christine L. Hoyle, Special Education Teacher and
> workshop presenter, told the story of how she turned the holocaust
> portion of her curriculum into a gay affirming section. Ms. Hoyle
> allowed the group at the conference to watch a video which she had her
> students produce and which was narrated by a seventh grade girl. This
> girl told the audience that ancient Greeks "encouraged homosexuals; in
> fact, it was considered normal for an adolescent boy to have an older,
> wiser man as his lover." Thus, this teacher informed her adolescent
> students that it is okay if an older man approaches them for sexual
> gratification.
> Finally, the handouts An enormous amount of very disturbing material,
> most of it aimed at children, was distributed at the conference. Much of
> it encourages young children to become actively engaged in homosexual
> activities.
> The Sidney Borum Community Health Center table was giving out a cassette
> sized "pocket sex" kit, which included two condoms, two antiseptic
> "moist" towelettes, and six bandages, which were for "when the sex got
> really rough" according to the high school aged volunteer behind the
> desk. There was a countless supply of condoms supplied by both Sidney
> Borum and Planned Parenthood, all of which were for the taking by any
> child who wanted them. One could see children as young as 12 or 13 at
> the conference participating and receiving "information" and materials.
> Some of the other workshops at this taxpayer-funded conference for
> educators are more unusual.
> For instance:
> Ask the Transsexuals
> Early childhood educators: How to decide whether to come out or not
> Getting Gay Issues Included in Elementary School Staff
> Development, Curriculum Development, and the PTA
> Lesbian Avengers: How to Promote Queer Friendly Activism in Your Schools
> and in Your Lives
> Strategies and Curriculum Ideas for Addressing GLBT Issues in a High
> School
> English Curriculum
> The Struggles and Triumphs of Including Homosexuality in a Middle School
> Curriculum
> Teachers Coming Out
> Youth Coming Out in High School
> Diesel Dykes and Lipstick Lesbians: Defining and Exploring Butch/Femme
> Identity
> The Religious Wrong: Dealing Effectively with Opposition in Your
> Community
> A Strategy to Educate Faculty: Lexington HS's GSA Presentation to Faculty
>  From Lesbos to Stonewall: Incorporating Sexuality into a World History
> Curriculum
> Starting a Gay/Straight Alliance in Your School
> ____________________________________________________
> For More information, contact:
> Scott Whiteman at The Parents' Rights Coalition of Massachusetts.
> PO Box 175, Newton, MA 02466. (781-433-7106)