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tinue its training in schools.
She said the organization had
not been receiving as many
requests as in the past, but she
anticipated an increase in
2001.

Derby said that one of the
reasons the $12,000 in funding
was redirected was a dramatic
decrease in the number of
schools calling Outright
Vermont for its services during
the last few months of 2000.
Since the schools were reluc-
tant to use Outright, she
explained, the department of
education wanted to make sure
that these services would get

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own program.

Wilson said the state had not
been in contact with Outright
about setting up any kind of
training program for the state’s
safe schools program about
issues specifically concerning
gay, lesbian or other youth
questioning their sexual orien-
tation.

However, Derby insisted
that Outright Vermont had
been invited to participate in a
training session on HIV/AIDS,
and that the state did want to
continue a relationship with
Outright Vermont as well as

other organizations.
Outright’s new executive

director echoed this sentiment.

“I’m looking forward to exten-

sive collaboration and to get— ’
ting the community even more

involved in the cause that
Outright has championed for
the past 12 years,” Rogers said.

Outright Vermont faces an
additional change in leadership
at the end of March when
Tawnya MacDonald will
replace Ryan as board chair.
Ryan will have served three
years on the board, one of
those as chair.

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and learn, they come to see
that respecting and protect-
ing us and our families
doesn’t harm anyone else,
and makes the whole com-
munity stronger.”

The future direction of
the life of Civil Unions is
difficult to predict, though
the organization is intent on
staying vigilant and active
to protect those laws.
VCULDF Chair Beth
Robinson explains, “We’re
not out of the woods yet.
Even though the people of
Vermont sent a strong sig-
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that we are ready to move
on to other issues, some
Representatives are fiercely
committed to gutting or
repealing the law.”
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Unions Legislative Defense
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roots responses to the legis-
lature and will maintain a
lobbying presence in the
statehouse.

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