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Grey's Anatomy co-stary to combat anti-Gay intolerance |
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. , January 22, 2007 - Neil G. Giuliano, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and Kevin Jennings, founder and executive director of the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) today met with Grey's Anatomy co-star Isaiah Washington in Los Angeles. The three discussed Washington's uses of an anti-Gay slur and laid the groundwork for an ongoing partnership to combat the prejudice and intolerance faced by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. At the beginning of the meeting - which came on the first day of GLSEN's annual No Name-Calling Week -Washington candidly acknowledged the harm he had caused by his repeated use of the epithet. "Isaiah understands that he is going to be judged by more than just his apology," Giuliano said. "He knows that his future actions - including the genuine first step that today's meeting represents - will demonstrate his sincerity in becoming part of the solution to anti-Gay bigotry. We welcome the opportunity to work with him in the coming months to help improve the cultural climate faced by LGBT people across this country." "GLSEN is thankful to ABC for arranging the meeting and hopeful that Isaiah Washington has come to a deeper understanding of the power of words, especially as we launch No Name-Calling Week in schools across the country," Jennings said. "As a parent himself, Isaiah Washington seemed to particularly appreciate the impact these words have on young people in schools and expressed an interest in becoming an ally in GLSEN 's effort to educate young people about the negative impact of name-calling and bullying." "GLSEN's research shows that name-calling is a significant barrier to learning, and this week is a particularly appropriate time for new allies to join the effort," Jennings added. GLAAD and GLSEN expect to meet with Washington again in the coming weeks to begin discussing and implementing possible public education initiatives. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. For more information, please visit www.glaad.org . GLSEN, or the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, is the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all students. Established nationally in 1995, GLSEN envisions a world in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. For more information on GLSEN's educational resources, public policy agenda, student organizing programs, research, public education or development initiatives, visit www.glsen.org . A joint press release |
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