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Title: Nothing Hoft says about GLSEN is ever true
Post by: Shana A on May 15, 2010, 08:14:57 AM
Nothing Hoft says about GLSEN is ever true

May 14, 2010 6:50 pm ET by Matt Gertz

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201005140068 (http://mediamatters.org/blog/201005140068)

I honestly thought we were done with this garbage. And yet, Jim Hoft returns today to the same lies he was so fond of trumpeting a few months back about about Education Department official Kevin Jennings and the organization he formerly ran, the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), along with a brand-new falsehood.

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    Erin Kaplan, 17, a senior, who describes himself as the only transgender student at Deerfield, said he believes that the climate at school has improved since the panel discussions began five years ago. He said the student alliance began the practice "after a really big wave of homophobic comments, targets for being gay."