Day Of Silence
Just so everyone knows, the thirteenth annual Day of Silence is this Friday, the 17th.
If you don't know what that is, it's a day where you stay completely silent in order to raise awareness of the bullying and oppression of LGBT students in schools. The point is to let people know that there's a problem here, and then to create discussion about it. I know that sounds contradictory, staying silent to create discussion, but it's basically this: if a lot of people stay silent together, other people notice them, and it brings the issue to people's attention, and they start talking about that. It's also for solidarity – staying silent all day is really hard, and some people are forced to because everyone around them is hurtful and homophobic.
One of my friends and I are organizing it at my school, and so far a fair amount of people have shown interest. It makes me happy. (Of course, it's not like you have to participate in order to support LGBT folk. It's just a nice gesture.)
So, just throwing that out there, if people are interested. We're actually having our Day of Silence at my school on the 16th, because the 17th is Earth Day and that would just complicate things unnecessarily.
Best part: I get to wear my LGBTerrific shirt to school.
~ ToM
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