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Action Alert: Email Charles Curie
Email Charles Curie, head of SAMHSA, to let him know that you won't go to the gas chambers so easily.
First they exterminate us from the public dialog, then the memory. Next come the camps, then extermination. This is a very clear effort by the Bush Administration to attack the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. These are the steps the Nazis undertook starting at Nuremberg.
Email Charles Curie and demand that he resign!
charles.curie [at] samhsa.hhs.gov
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27202-2005Feb15.html
Email Charles Curie and demand that he resign!
charles.curie [at] samhsa.hhs.gov
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27202-2005Feb15.html
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...
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Mr. Curie,
I am a gay American who is calling for your resignation. Your policies of censoring the words "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" from SAMHSA funded programs is an attempt to erase us from the public memory.(1) According to news reports, there are those who are referring to you as a Nazi. This is not far from the truth. This effort on your part to wipe a segment of the American population from memory is similar to the the Nazi campaign against the Jews, starting with the Nuremberg laws. But I have news for you, we will not passively go to the gas chambers.
You are a shame to this nation and to all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans who've worked so hard to make it great. Yes, I know you are a pawn for the Bush Administration and the fundamentalists of our very own "Christian" Taliban. But you have a duty to all Americans and you have shown nothing but contempt for us.
Resign now!
Reference:
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27202-2005Feb15.html
I am a gay American who is calling for your resignation. Your policies of censoring the words "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" from SAMHSA funded programs is an attempt to erase us from the public memory.(1) According to news reports, there are those who are referring to you as a Nazi. This is not far from the truth. This effort on your part to wipe a segment of the American population from memory is similar to the the Nazi campaign against the Jews, starting with the Nuremberg laws. But I have news for you, we will not passively go to the gas chambers.
You are a shame to this nation and to all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans who've worked so hard to make it great. Yes, I know you are a pawn for the Bush Administration and the fundamentalists of our very own "Christian" Taliban. But you have a duty to all Americans and you have shown nothing but contempt for us.
Resign now!
Reference:
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27202-2005Feb15.html
Just google his name and "christian" and you come up with a lot.
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U.S. agency tries to cut 'LGBT' from panel
Christopher Curtis, PlanetOut Network
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 / 04:40 PM
SUMMARY: A U.S. agency is under fire for trying to cut the words "gay," "lesbian," "bisexual" and "transgender" from the program of a federally funded conference on suicide prevention.
A government agency is under fire after trying to remove the words "gay," "lesbian," "bisexual" and "transgender" from the program of a federally funded conference on suicide prevention.
The program was originally titled "Suicide Prevention Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals." It is a part of a Feb. 28 conference in Portland, Ore., sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Ron Bloodworth, one of three specialists leading the session, told the Washington Post that SAMHSA project manager Brenda Bruun wanted him to delete the four words that described exactly what the session was about.
Instead Bloodworth was told to use the term "sexual orientation," a suggestion he found ridiculous. "Everyone has a sexual orientation," he explained to the Post. "But this was about gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders."
Mark Weber, a spokesman for SAMHSA, told the newspaper his agency prefers the term "sexual orientation" because it is more "inclusive."
When Weber added it was only a suggestion, the Post reporter asked him how strong a suggestion. Weber replied: "Well, they do need to consider their funding source."
The renamed panel title is "Suicide Prevention in Vulnerable Populations."
Noting LGBT Americans face a higher suicide risk, Democratic National Committee (DNC) spokesman Brian Richardson said, "Issues of life and death should not be politicized; unfortunately, that's exactly what the Republicans in Washington are trying to do."
Beth Beck, director of health programs for the National Youth Advocacy Coalition, said she was not surprised by these developments.
"This has been on their agenda to suppress as much information as they can," she said. "It says they're more willing to let gay kids commit suicide than sponsoring prevention efforts."
Ron Schlittler, the interim executive national director at the national PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) office, said the attempt to "render gay people invisible" would "backfire."
"This is essentially censorship. The only way to fight it is to shine the light on it as brightly as possible," Schlittler added
Christopher Curtis, PlanetOut Network
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 / 04:40 PM
SUMMARY: A U.S. agency is under fire for trying to cut the words "gay," "lesbian," "bisexual" and "transgender" from the program of a federally funded conference on suicide prevention.
A government agency is under fire after trying to remove the words "gay," "lesbian," "bisexual" and "transgender" from the program of a federally funded conference on suicide prevention.
The program was originally titled "Suicide Prevention Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals." It is a part of a Feb. 28 conference in Portland, Ore., sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Ron Bloodworth, one of three specialists leading the session, told the Washington Post that SAMHSA project manager Brenda Bruun wanted him to delete the four words that described exactly what the session was about.
Instead Bloodworth was told to use the term "sexual orientation," a suggestion he found ridiculous. "Everyone has a sexual orientation," he explained to the Post. "But this was about gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders."
Mark Weber, a spokesman for SAMHSA, told the newspaper his agency prefers the term "sexual orientation" because it is more "inclusive."
When Weber added it was only a suggestion, the Post reporter asked him how strong a suggestion. Weber replied: "Well, they do need to consider their funding source."
The renamed panel title is "Suicide Prevention in Vulnerable Populations."
Noting LGBT Americans face a higher suicide risk, Democratic National Committee (DNC) spokesman Brian Richardson said, "Issues of life and death should not be politicized; unfortunately, that's exactly what the Republicans in Washington are trying to do."
Beth Beck, director of health programs for the National Youth Advocacy Coalition, said she was not surprised by these developments.
"This has been on their agenda to suppress as much information as they can," she said. "It says they're more willing to let gay kids commit suicide than sponsoring prevention efforts."
Ron Schlittler, the interim executive national director at the national PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) office, said the attempt to "render gay people invisible" would "backfire."
"This is essentially censorship. The only way to fight it is to shine the light on it as brightly as possible," Schlittler added
It Never Happened
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) never suggested that a workshop would be canceled because the title was “Suicide Prevention Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals.” Unfortunately, many inaccurate accounts of events leading up to a very successful regional conference on suicide prevention held in Portland, Oregon earlier this week were reported. The decision to keep the name of the workshop as it was originally proposed by the conference organizers was made by SAMHSA Administrator Mr. Charles Curie, when he first learned of the request. Mr. Curie made it clear that there is no prohibition against using the term(s) gay, lesbian, bisexual, and/or transgender. Because there is no prohibition, and since the conference organizers requested to use the workshop title “Suicide Prevention Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals,” it was used. Finally, we appreciate the many individuals who wrote or called SAMHSA to get the facts before they came to their conclusions.
Mark Weber
Director, Office of Communications
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) never suggested that a workshop would be canceled because the title was “Suicide Prevention Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals.” Unfortunately, many inaccurate accounts of events leading up to a very successful regional conference on suicide prevention held in Portland, Oregon earlier this week were reported. The decision to keep the name of the workshop as it was originally proposed by the conference organizers was made by SAMHSA Administrator Mr. Charles Curie, when he first learned of the request. Mr. Curie made it clear that there is no prohibition against using the term(s) gay, lesbian, bisexual, and/or transgender. Because there is no prohibition, and since the conference organizers requested to use the workshop title “Suicide Prevention Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals,” it was used. Finally, we appreciate the many individuals who wrote or called SAMHSA to get the facts before they came to their conclusions.
Mark Weber
Director, Office of Communications
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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