Feds Restore 'Gay' Language to Workshop
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4826234,00.html
The words ``gay,'' ``lesbian,'' ``bisexual'' and ``transgender'' are
being restored to the title of a government-sponsored workshop on
suicide after a federal health agency was bombarded with e-mail
protests over their removal.
The local organizers of the panel discussion said they had been warned
that if they did not change the title, the workshop might be canceled
by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, which is funding it.
``I was told that the workshop `might not fly,''' said Ron Bloodworth,
chairman of the Northwest chapter of the American Foundation for
Suicide Prevention.
So Bloodworth and his colleagues changed the title from ``Suicide
Prevention Among Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Individuals'' to
``Suicide Prevention in Vulnerable Populations.''
Flooded with hundreds of e-mailed protests from Oregon mental health
advocates, the federal agency this week told the organizers they could
revert to the original wording.
Mark Weber, a spokesman for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, said the agency's name-change idea was purely
a suggestion, not an order.
The workshop is one of more than 20 panel discussions that are on the
agenda of the three-day conference, which begins Monday.
Charles Curie, top official of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, plans to attend.
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