Word: jenningses
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As the final speaker on the panel, Kevin B Jennings '85, executive director of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) focused on the history of the gay rights movement and the increased role of queer youth in the movement.
"Young people are coming out. They are demanding that their voices be heard. Homophobia in schools is not new. Young people just won't take it anymore." Jennings said.
Calling this recent historical period, "the best of times and the worst of times," Jennings said the positioning of gay rights at the forefront of political debate has caused an increase in attacks against gays and lesbians.
As his top competitors, including NBC NightlyNews anchor Tom Brokaw and ABC World News Tonightanchor Peter Jennings, chartered planes bound forWashington, D.C., Rather said competitive pressuremotivated him to leave Cuba. "The voice of TVreason either says you're out of your mind [if youdon't go to Washington] or you...
But shortly after dinner, in a white tent over the West Terrace, as Wonder began You Are the Sunshine of My Life, an aide handed Clinton confidant Harry Thomason a printout off the Internet of a New York Times story about Betty Currie's testimony. The sight of Thomason hunched...