The Insite - Outta Sight!!! Vol I No. 8

*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Welcome to the Christmas '97 issue of: *O*U*T*T*A* *S*I*G*H*T*!*!* The Voice of Talk City's The InSite on chat.talkcity.com, #TheInSite http://www.theinsite.org/ Volume I, Number 8 December 18, 1997 *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* In this issue: * Seasons Greetings * New Additions to The InSite Website * Conference updates * Getting to know The InSite Website * Bios - your hosts in #TheInSite * Bits and pieces ************************************************************************* Seasons Greetings ************************************************************************* The management and staff of The InSite and #TheInSite/#TheInSite2 wish all our subscribers Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May 1998 be a wonderful year for you, and we look forward to your continuing support over the next twelve months. We would also like to ask that you remember those less fortunate than yourselves this Christmas and make a donation, no matter how small, to a worthy charity. Christmas may be a Christian religious festival, but all the great spiritual paths recognize charity, freely given and without thought for gain, as one of the most important things that a person can do in this lifetime. Renew your spirit - give something for those less fortunate. ************************************************************************* New Additions to The InSite Website ************************************************************************* *Your opinion is important!* *Your opinion is important!* The Story....The Story....The Story....The Story....The Story.... Uh oh- has Chaz got the messages mixed up about Becca? And what is he going to do about Wendie? The dance might not have been a raging success, but is Becca right in deciding not to go to school dances again? Dee went out to dinner with Miquel to his Uncle's restaurant and met Rosa, an old lady with some unique abilities. How did Rosa know about Grandma Webster's singing? And should Miquel have listened to his cousin Marita's advice about Dee instead of telling Marita to mind her own business? Looks like they could all use some advice. Read their journal entries- then send them your advice. It's easy! Just click on "The Story" on The InSite's home page, read the entries, then email them- they really DO appreciate it!

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*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* New Addition to the site! ------- New Addition to the site! B E E N T H E R E: A C O M I N G O U T S T O R Y "We love you and accept you!" Gina DeVries "Discovering your sexual orientation, can be a very lonely and scary process. Especially if you are wondering whether you are homosexual or bisexual. At the relatively young age of 11, Gina DeVries started realizing that maybe her attractions to women and girls meant something more. After a year of internal struggle, Gina came out as a lesbian. Now, at 14, Gina has become a spokesperson for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender rights."

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or click on the "what's NEW" icon on The InSite's homepage *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* New This Week!----New This Week!----New This Week!----New This Week! This week you will find four new transcripts from recent #TheInSite conferences posted in The InSite web site- two "Healthy Relationships: Taking Action" scripts, and one each of the "Planned Parenthood GoldenGate" and the "Making the Peace: Eliminating Racism" transcripts. Over the next few weeks, quite a number of scripts from past conferences will be appearing on the site- keep watch for them, as they contain excellent material on a wide range of material of interest to young people today. ************************************************************************* Conference Updates ************************************************************************* Please note: The following conferences are logged and the contents of the logs are edited to create transcript files that may appear on The InSite web site. If you wish to attend any of these conferences, but do not want your online nickname to appear in the conference, there are two ways of overcoming the problem a) Log on, using an alternative nickname b) email me at CCCorinth@talkcity.com, and ask that your name not be included in a particular conference transcript. The name that you use will be altered so that your anonymity will be preserved. If using option b), please state your online name the name and date of the conference that you attended Monday 6.00-7.00pm - About Face - Learning to Love Your Looks 7.00-8.00pm - The InSite. Date Rape - The Secret Crime Tuesday 3.00-4.00pm - Teens and Tobacco with John Coxford 7.00-8.00pm - Hey Terra! Wednesday 4.00-5.00pm - The InSite. Healthy Relationships - Taking Action 5.00-6.00pm - The InSite. Spaceship Earth 6.00-7.00pm - The InSite. Men's Issues Conference (to be run during December only on a trial basis; day and time will then be changed.) Thursday 3.30-4.30pm. The InSite. Some Body - A Definitive Owner's Manual for Your Bod with Shafia Zaloom 4.30-5.30pm - Planned Parenthood Friday 3.00-4.00pm - You and the Crowd 4.30-5.30pm -The InSite. Viewpoint 5.30-6.30pm - The InSite. You and Your Parents (Discussion on various topics involving teen/young adult - parent issues and communications) ************************************************************************** Getting to Know The InSite Website ************************************************************************* Don't forget! Don't forget! Don't forget! Don't forget! All right - this IS a shameless advertising plug, but hey! there IS a lot of good information to be found by clicking on the advertising banners at the top of The InSite's web page or by clicking on the banners while you are in #TheInSite or #TheInSite2 while using EZTalk or WebTv. The InSite is very careful about who it lets advertise on its site, and you can be assured that the advertisers on this site offer top quality products. When you click on one of these banners, you are also supporting the work that The InSite is doing in providing teens and young adults with viable solutions to the problems that they encounter in the journey of life. Thanks for supporting The InSite! ************************************************************************* Biographies - Your Hosts ************************************************************************* TISatori/oCCCtave Hi all! My name is Andrew. I've been using TalkCity for over a year now. (still remembers the good ol' eWorld days..*sniffle*). I'm 19 years old and live in Sydney, Australia. I spend a lot of my time lurking about on Talkcity using the nick ufo8mycat. I also host on #TheInSite and #TheInSite2, where I can be found mainly late at night, because of the time differences between Sydney and the States. So if you are up late at night, drop in to the rooms and say "g'day!" My other interests include music, film, and playing guitar in a few bands. I also enjoy the occasional game of snooker with friends and watching a few games of cricket now and then. (Cricket is this wonderful game that for some reason people in the US don't seem to understand. It's simple really- if you have a few days to spare I will try to fill you in on the rudiments of the game) Hope to see you around in TalkCity sometime :o) Andrew ************************************************************************* Bits And Pieces ************************************************************************* (If you are one of the three people on this planet who have never seen StarWars, skip this section) OK OK- I don't normally tell jokes here, but I thought that this one had a certain seasonal flavor to it Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker were having one of their little father and son chats. Lightsabers drawn and sparks flying. Vader pinned Luke against a bulkhead and glared into his face, "I know what you're getting for Christmas, Luke," he said, "Ohhh, yes! I know!" Luke fought himself free and jumped to a higher platform just out of Vader's reach, "How do you know!?" Luke yelled at him, "How do you know what I'm getting for Christmas!?" Darth Vader shot Luke an icy glare, "I felt your presents."

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That's it for this edition. Do your friends a favor - tell them about The InSite and #TheInSite. "Outta Sight!" will be posted on 1/02/98, and an archive copy of "Outta Sight!" will soon be available from The InSite home page:

http://www.theinsite.org/

Keep coming back :) ManTIS/CCCorinth

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