PSEC Elects New Leadership; Announces State Youth Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | December 3, 2012 Contact: Victoria Martin vmartin@pennsec.org Phone: 717-743-1035 PSEC ELECTS NEW LEADERSHIP; ANNOUNCES HISTORIC STATEWIDE LGBT YOUTH CONFERENCE IN PITTSBURGH Lewisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC) Coordinating Committee elected new leadership as well voted to appoint several new members to the PSEC Board of Directors at their [...]
FIRST LGBT State Legislator in Pennsylvania
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jason Landau Goodman jgoodman@pennsec.org Phone: 717-743-1035 BREAKING: First LGBT State Legislator in Pennsylvania Comes Out; Republican Rep. Mike Fleck Becomes First Openly Gay Legislator in Pennsylvania History HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC) and LGBT youth across Pennsylvania commend Republican State Rep. Mike Fleck (R-81) for coming out today, [...]
Out Philadelphia Judge Nominated to Federal Bench
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FIRST OUT LESBIAN HISPANIC JUDGE NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT TO FEDERAL BENCH Philadelphia Judge Nitza Quiñones Alejandro Supported by both US Senators Toomey and Casey PHILADELPHIA – The Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC) commends US Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) for supporting Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro in her nomination [...]
TransNovember
November is Transgender Awareness Month! There are plenty of wonderful educational and community events going on throughout Pennsylvania. Below are some of the great programs you should check out! Vigils will be held in our major cities for the 14th Annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20th, 2012. Only Dickinson College is known to host a [...]
PSEC Night to Live
On Thursday, October 18th the third annual Pennsylvania Night to Live will take place: a coordination of vigils at schools across the commonwealth to honor and remember youth who have completed suicide related to bullying and school violence. The Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC) has sponsored this on-campus action to promote support and compassion for [...]
Landmark Anti-Bullying Legislation Introduced in Pennsylvania
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 24, 2012 Contact: Jason Landau Goodman jgoodman@pennsec.org Phone: 717-743-1035 – LANDMARK ANTI-BULLYING LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN PENNSYLVANIA HARRISBURG, PA – The Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC) is proud to announce the introduction of the Pennsylvania Safe Schools Act, or PASS Act [HB 2636], in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives: a landmark [...]
Nanticoke community mourns Joshuah Delos Santos, 13
Nanticoke teen completes suicide, friends and family cite extreme bullying at school Date: Friday, September 21, 2012 Media Contact: Jason Landau Goodman 484-270-8834 Nanticoke community mourns Joshuah Delos Santos, 13 PSEC has learned that yet another youth in Pennsylvania has completed suicide in relation to extreme bullying in school. Our hearts go out to the family and [...]
Gettysburg Summer Convening
PSEC makes history at our summer convening in Gettysburg. By: Ben Safran, Haverford College ’13 This weekend we were welcomed by Gettysburg College Allies, a PSEC affiliate, to the campus of Gettysburg College in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Among the most important locations in the United States Civil War, our mission to Gettysburg was one of [...]
PSEC Statement on the Sikh temple shooting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brandon Baker bbaker@pennsec.org Phone: 570-591-1650 PHILADELPHIA — As a coalition of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth, the Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC) is stunned by the tragedy that occurred on August 5th at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wisconsin and at the Joplin, Missouri mosque less [...]
Big Spring School District Welcomes Latest GSA Approval in Pennsylvania
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brandon Baker | bbaker@pennsec.org NEWVILLE, PA – Board members of a rural Cumberland County school district voted in alignment with Equal Access laws Monday night, officially ushering in a Gay-Straight Alliance for students attending Big Spring High School (BSHS) with a 4-3 vote. Despite a contentious hour-long public debate between students, [...]
