From the Seattle Times:Armed with a $35,000 grant from the state, Southeast Youth and Family Services has teamed up with Seaspot Music Group for a yearlong campaign called "Respect Yourself: No Means No" aimed at young people...
Southeast Youth and Family will provide counseling services to victims of sexual assault as part of the campaign, which is being funded by a grant from the Washington Office of Crime Victim Advocacy...
Seaspot, a promotions company that bills itself as the gateway to Seattle urban culture, will distribute free CDs with "clean" music aimed at countering the message of violent, gangsta rap. The CDs will be given away early next year to young people at parties, ballgames and shopping malls...
Seaspot is now taking submissions from local artists who want to have their music on the CD. It must be original and free of derogatory, racist, sexist or homophobic words, themes or profanity.
As a Gay man, I want to thank Southeast Youth and Family Services and Seaspot for excluding homophobic music from it's CDs. I also wish to commend them for this innovative campaign.
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