New Yorkers Serve Up Support for GenderYOUTH with Top Chef Stars
WASHINGTON (May 6, 2008) -- An energetic crowd filled the Institute
for Culinary Education in Chelsea as Ilan Hall, Hung Huynh,
Ted Allen and Josie Smith-Malave of Bravo's hit reality
series, Top Chef, took their places at center stage for
the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition's NYC Celebrity
Cook-Off on Friday May 2, 2008. Two teams led by Top
Chefs Ilan and Hung cooked up culinary delights and
motivated a crowd of fans and donors to serve up support for
GenderPAC's youth program.
Guests mingled with Josie, Ilan, Hung and Ted at a reception prior to the cook-off with cocktails provided by Chopin Vodka, Greenpoint wines, and Goose Island Beer. After Kate Clinton dished out the comedy to a boisterous crowd of 100+ New Yorkers, Ilan faced off with Hung in a friendly iron-chef cooking competition featuring various secret ingredients ranging from spam and gummy bears to ostrich and papaya -- each assisted by an audience member/sous-chef chosen through the live auction. Ted Allen and Josie Smith-Malave -- accompanied by two lucky raffle winners -- had the difficult task of judging the dishes and declared Ilan's team the winners. It was the GenderYOUTH Network, however, that took home the spoils of victory.
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Schools
Address Harassment through Gender Identity and Expression Policiess
WASHINGTON (April 25, 2008) --
"Top 25" college campuses and school districts in the South and
Midwest are responding to growing awareness of gender-based bullying
by enacting anti-discrimination policies that specifically protect
student's rights to their gender identity or expression.
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Cookie Magazine: The Pink Dress
"I’d
wanted to think that this was just a phase for Sam, but I was
beginning to understand that it was not. My son wanted to wear a
dress—for real, not for dress-up. He wanted to show the other
children in his life, in preschool—the place where he expresses
himself publicly—his true self. The pink-sundress-wearing self. And
I was going to have to figure out
what to do.
Read
the complete article
at
Cookie Magazine.
The Advocate: "An Invisible War" by Riki
Wilchins, Executive Director
WASHINGTON
(March 28, 2008) -- In the current issue of The Advocate, Riki Wilchins, Executive Director of The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition, examines the underreported phenomenon of LGBT youth victimized because of their gender identity and expression as much as for their sexual orientation.more
WASHINGTON
(March 26, 2008) Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), claims of male-on-male
sexual harassment in the workplace have reached new highs. More than
2,000 sexual harassment claims were filed by men in 2007 --
accounting for a record 16 percent of all sexual harassment claims. more
Ernst & Young
Teams Up with GenderPAC
WASHINGTON (March
19, 2008) -- The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition, a nonprofit
organization focused on ensuring that campuses and
communities are safe for all young people to learn, grow and
succeed, today announced Ernst & Young as a Diamond sponsor
and the premier sponsor for the 2008 GENIUS Index and
GenderYOUTH's campaign for GenderSAFE(TM) schools.more
