Bye, Ellen LOS ANGELES —-— And we didn't see this one coming? The ”Ellen” show is now television history. ABC canceled the showed starring Ellen DeGeneres as the out lesbian Ellen Morgan. DeGeneres her- self came out at the same time that her character did before .a national audience. But the ratings never achieved the heights achieved during Ellen’s coming-out party. The cancellation of the show for the fall season had been the topic of speculation for months as viewership fell off. Joan Garry, executive di- rector of the Gay 8: Lesbian Al- liance Against Defamation, said the cancellation was no surprise but still a letdown. ”We’re all disappointed ABC made a decision based on ratings. We really wish that they had seriously considered the impact of Ellen’s work and looked at it from a broader per- spective,” Garry said. ”The show may have been canceled, but I think she gave a gift to gay and straight Ameri- cans and that's a legacy that the cancellation cannot take from her.” A school of our own BAY SHORE, N.Y. -- It sounded like such a good idea at first: open a special school for gay and lesbian students who say they dropped out of public high school because of harassment. The only problem was that organizers never got per- mission from their bosses. Top officials of the spon- soring government agency, the Eastern Suffolk Board of Coop- erative Education Services, said they learned about the school- house from a Newsday reporter. Board president Bruce Brodsky immediately halted plans to open the school, the newspaper reported Thursday. He was unaware that members of his own staff had enlisted a teacher, arranged for a classroom at the Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth Inc. in Bay Shore, and had been adver- tising to attract students for sev- eral weeks. Three had signed up. ”I ‘don't believe there should be a separate facility for gay and lesbian students. I don't want to throw them back into the closet,” Brodsky said. The board serves young- sters with special needs, includ- ing those who are pregnant, handicapped or seeking occupa- tional training. David Kilmnick, execu- tive director of the gay youth agency, said he would still push for the separate classes. "We want to make sure that this school happens, that these kids are not harassed or subject to violence because of their sexual orientation. They need a safer place to learn,” he said. More on marriag_e Advocates of same-sex maniage have won a battle in Canada and suffered a setback in France. In Canada, Ontario's high- est court has ruled the federal government's definition of ”spouse” is unconstitutional because it excludes partners of the same sex. A three—judge panel of the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the definition of ”spouse” should be amended in the federal Income Tax Act to recognize same-sex couples as well as opposite—sex couples. The ruling came in a case involving pension benefits and technically applies only to the Income Tax Act. But gay activ- ists said it could set a precedent that would affect similar sec- tions of other federal acts. But in Paris, France's jus- tice minister said the govern- ment had ruled out homosexual marriages and adoption by same-sex couples, although it would proceed with plans to al- low gay couples to enjoy the same legal benefits as straights. "The government has committed itself to give the pos- A sibility to resolve tax, inherit- ance and social problems and that will be done,” said Elisabeth Guigou. ' Although most French people don't attend church, the country has a strong Roman Catholic heritage and the pros- pect of homosexual marriages still upsets many. ”There should be no am- biguity about the possibility of ‘ homosexuals marrying or adopting children. That must be very clear in the text. It’ s not possible,” Guigou told France Inter radio. Ivy leaders Both Ivy League universi- ties have tapped homosexual couples as undergraduate dor- mitory leaders. This July, a les- bian couple will assume duties as housemasters at Harvard's Lowell House, a six—story brick building with a grassy quad- rangle and a bell tower close to the fabled Harvard Yard. 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The researchers, who studied youths in Vermont and Massa- chusetts, say the teens are more likely to attempt suicide and take risks — sexual and other- wise — that endanger their health. They also face more ha- unusual flowers and much more! rassment at school and start ex- perimenting with sex and drugs at an earlier age than their het- erosexual peers, according to the study, published in the journal Pediatrics. ”Most gay and lesbian kids grow up healthy,” said Dr. Rob Garofalo, an instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a co-author of the study. 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