HOMOSEXUALITY

Articles and editorials

Bullying Is Not a ``Normal'' Part of Childhood, E702 [2MY]

Justices Back Bible Group—Access to School Facilities Widened, S6252 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 217), H62 [6JA]

Dept. of Education: study implementation of Office for Civil Rights policies on sexual harassment directed against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students (see S. 1357), S8910 [3AU]

Discrimination: prohibit agreements with foreign persons who discriminate against a U.S. business based on the religion, sexual orientation, race, or gender of an individual associated with the business (see H.R. 3151), H7127 [17OC]

District of Columbia: prohibit use of funds to issue, implement, administer, or enforce any order that invalidates the Boy Scouts policy on homosexuality (see H.R. 2390), H3803 [28JN]

Employment: prevent involuntary application of arbitration to discrimination claims (see H.R. 1489), H1487 (see H.R. 1489), H1496 [4AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the offering of benefits by employers to associates of employees who are not spouses or dependents (see H.R. 515), H223 [7FE]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 1284), S8464 [31JY] (see H.R. 2692), H4948 [31JY]

Families and domestic relations: eliminate any Federal policy on the definition of marriage (see H.R. 270), H109 [30JA]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 638), H394 [14FE]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H3618 [26JN]

Taxation: extend exclusion from an employee's gross income for employer-provided health coverage of the employee's spouse to coverage provided to the employee's domestic partner (see H.R. 2837), H5405 [5SE]

Factsheets

AIDS/HIV Facts and Figures, E1058 [7JN]

Letters

State or local educational agencies or schools that deny equal access to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality: several organizations, H2619 [23MY]

Lists

Examples of discrimination against the Boy Scouts, S6256 [14JN]

Leadership Challenge 2001 administrators and participants, E1704 [21SE]

Memorandums

Dept. of Education Office of Civil Rights Enforcement of Statutes Prohibiting Discrimination in State and Local Programs Receiving Federal Funds: Congressional Research Service, S4867 [14MY]

State or Local Educational Agencies or Schools That Deny Equal Access to the Boy Scouts Relative to Policy on Homosexuality: American Center for Law & Justice, S4867 [14MY]

———Congressional Research Service, S4867 [14MY]

Remarks in House

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds by State or local educational agencies or schools that deny equal access to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, H2618-H2620 [23MY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation, E1031 [6JN]

Colorado: tribute to Leadership Challenge 2001 participants, E1704 [21SE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1343), H8174-H8180 [14NO], H8424, H8425, H8426, H8427, H8428 [28NO], H8884, H8885, H8887, H8888, H8891, H8892, H8893 [5DE], H10058, H10059, H10060 [13DE], E2077 [14NO], E2150 [28NO], E2214 [5DE]

Discrimination: prohibit agreements with foreign persons who discriminate against a U.S. business based on the religion, sexual orientation, race, or gender of an individual associated with the business (H.R. 3151), E1917 [17OC]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, H2864-H2866, H2870, H2876-H2884 [5JN], H3839-H3851 [10JY], E1002, E1005, E1017 [5JN], E1035, E1036 [6JN], E1045, E1057 [7JN], E1142 [19JN], E1261 [29JN], E1405 [24JY]

———HIV/AIDS prevention, protection, and treatment funding, H207 [7FE]

District of Columbia: anniversary of Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, E1031 [6JN]

———prohibit extension of benefits to domestic partners, H5982, H5989-H5994, H6001-H6005 [25SE]

———prohibit use of Federal funds to issue, implement, administer, or enforce any order that invalidates the Boy Scouts policy on homosexuality, H6007, H6008 [25SE]

———prohibit use of funds to issue, implement, administer, or enforce any order that invalidates the Boy Scouts policy on homosexuality, H6007 [25SE], E1745 [26SE]

———tribute to Capital Pride Festival, E199 [14FE]

Egypt: detention of citizens based on sexual orientation, E1537 [3AU]

———U.S. policy, H10453 [19DE]

Employment: prevent involuntary application of arbitration to discrimination claims (H.R. 1489), E576 [5AP]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (H.R. 2692), E1485 [1AU]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (H. Con. Res. 173), E1210 [26JN]

Hormel, James C.: ACLU On the Frontline Award recipient, E1385 [20JY]

New York, NY: tribute to reopening of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, E1314 [11JY], E1326 [12JY]

Out Front Colorado (publication): anniversary, E581 [5AP]

Religion: support for faith-based initiative relative to exemption for Government-funded religious charities from State and local hiring discrimination laws-H4231 [19JY]

Salvation Army: support for faith-based initiative relative to exemption for Government-funded religious charities from State and local hiring discrimination laws, H3832 [10JY]

San Jose, CA: anniversary of Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center, E651 [26AP]

Santa Barbara, CA: tribute to Santa Barbara Gay Pride Festival, E1965 [31OC]

Schools: increase awareness and implement programs to deal with the problem of bullying, E702 [2MY]

Worcester County, MA: tribute to National Conference for Community and Justice honorees, E2036 [8NO]

Remarks in Senate

Allentown, PA: alleged hate crime incident, S4238 [3MY]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds by State or local educational agencies or schools that deny equal access to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, S4866 [14MY], S6249-S6268 [14JN]

———require State or local educational agencies or schools to allow equal access to school facilities to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, S6269-S6275 [14JN]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S4414 [7MY], S4500 [8MY], S4586 [9MY], S4816 [10MY], S4885 [14MY], S4936 [15MY], S5002 [16MY], S5112 [17MY], S5262 [21MY], S5430 [22MY], S5531 [23MY], S5606 [24MY], S5686 [25MY], S5826 [5JN], S5884 [6JN], S5959 [7JN], S6005 [8JN], S6052 [11JN], S6120 [12JN], S6209 [13JN], S6315 [14JN], S6373 [18JN], S6442 [19JN], S6515 [20JN], S6597 [21JN], S6660 [22JN], S6861 [25JN], S6919 [26JN], S6983 [27JN], S7079 [28JN], S7189 [29JN], S7327 [9JY], S7419 [10JY], S7491 [11JY], S7584 [12JY], S7683 [16JY], S7801 [17JY], S7875 [18JY], S7945 [19JY], S8010 [20JY], S8056 [23JY], S8115 [24JY], S8198 [25JY], S8278 [26JY], S8341 [27JY], S8393 [30JY], S8452 [31JY], S8567 [1AU], S8697 [2AU], S8907 [3AU], S9066 [4SE], S9118 [5SE], S9189 [6SE], S9247 [10SE], S9389 [13SE], S9434 [14SE], S9501 [19SE], S9614 [21SE], S9734 [24SE], S9802 [25SE], S9867 [26SE], S9970 [1OC], S10056 [2OC], S10146 [3OC], S10283 [4OC], S10382 [9OC], S10454 [10OC], S10549, S10636 [11OC], S10686 [15OC], S10766 [16OC], S10791 [17OC], S10835 [18OC], S10977 [24OC], S11099 [25OC], S11192 [30OC], S11281 [31OC], S11356 [1NO], S11412 [2NO], S11436 [5NO], S11486 [6NO], S11547 [7NO], S11657 [9NO], S11716 [13NO], S11784 [14NO], S11934 [15NO], S11997 [16NO], S12052 [27NO], S12099 [28NO], S12154 [29NO], S12242 [30NO], S12309 [3DE], S12364 [4DE], S12460 [5DE], S12533 [6DE], S12677 [7DE], S12769 [10DE], S12854 [11DE], S13043 [12DE], S13141 [13DE], S13291 [14DE], S13355 [17DE], S13460 [18DE], S13691 [19DE], S13932 [20DE]

Dept. of Education: study implementation of Office for Civil Rights policies on sexual harassment directed against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students (S. 1357), S8922 [3AU]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, S5821-S5825 [5JN], S6886 [26JN]

District of Columbia: extension of benefits to domestic partners, S11534 [7NO]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (S. 1284), S8480 [31JY]

Mahwah, NJ: alleged hate crime incident, S4095 [1MY]

Schools: clarify that only youth groups listed in the U.S. Code as patriotic societies be allowed equal access to public school facilities, S6267, S6268 [14JN]

Reports filed

Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 625), S8279 [26JY]

Texts of

S. 1357, study implementation of Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights policies on sexual harassment directed against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students, S8923 [3AU]

Transcripts

Comments Made by the Reverends Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson Regarding the World Trade Center Bombing: Scott Simon, National Public Radio, H6004 [25SE]