GLAD Internships

GLAD has just announced its spring internships. Information below.
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JOB DESCRIPTION AND INFO ABOUT GLAD:

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is New England’s leading legalrights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexualorientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression. GLAD iscurrently looking for interns for the 2006 Spring Semester. Below are jobdescriptions associated with the current intern openings. For full jobdescriptions and more information about GLAD, you can access our website atwww.glad.org.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS & EDUCATION INTERN
Public Affairs and Education Interns will assist the department in itsefforts to communicate GLAD’s groundbreaking legal victories to the publicand to make certain that LGBT and HIV-positive people are aware of and canexercise their legal rights. Interns will monitor media coverage of GLADand our issues, assist with outreach to the press, help research and writeeducational material for print and web publishing, maintain resource filesand coordinate educational forums. In addition, interns will represent GLADat community events and may spearhead specific projects aimed at increasingawareness of GLAD and our services.

Please send resume and cover letter to Emily Douglas at edouglas@glad.orgfor Public Affairs intern position.

DEVELOPMENT INTERN/ADMINISTRATIVE
The intern in this position will play an important role in raising fundsthat enable GLAD to meet its mission of ending discrimination against LGBTpeople. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to have an impacton these issues in a very practical way. Responsibilities of this positioninclude assisting with mailings, drafting correspondence to donors,designing and producing newsletters and publications, conducting prospectresearch, attending donor receptions and fundraisers, and databasemanagement.

Please send resume and cover letter to Brianna Boggs at bboggs@glad.org forDevelopment Administrative position.

DEVELOPMENT INTERN/SPECIAL EVENTS
The intern in this position will play an important role in raising fundsthat enable GLAD to meet its mission of ending discrimination against LGBTpeople. The special events intern will have the opportunity to assist theDevelopment Department in planning special events and will also beresponsible for aiding in mailings, telephone solicitation, auction planningand procurement. In addition, this position will edit solicitation lettersand perform data entry/database management.

Please send resume and cover letter to Robbie Samuels, MSW, at rsamuels@glad.org for Special Events position.

Hours: Intern positions are full or part-time for a semester or full yearand are unpaid.

Dependability is a must.

Location: GLAD is easily accessible by T between Park Street and DowntownCrossing.

GLAD is located at 30 Winter Street, Suite 800, Boston, MA 02108

Reproductive Technology Bar

Yikes. A proposed bill in the Indiana General Assembly would outright bar lesbians (and any women who can't prove their participation in church or faith-based activities, amont other requirements) from accessing reproductive technology, such as artificial insemination. This isn't a question of state funding - this would completely deny lesbians access to certain medical services.

I haven't found the full text of the bill, but check out some of the reported details here.

UPDATE (10/5/05): Here's the link to HFC004.

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UPDATE (10/6/05): "The issue has become more complex than anticipated and will be withdrawn from consideration by the Health Finance Commission," she said.

State Sen. Patricia Miller's entire statement regarding dropping the proposed bill.