Day of Silence 4/25

[cloudxtears]

Maybe you chicas may not think so (or even know what it is) but the Day of Silence is an important day to me. It loudens the silence and issues the lgbt community have to go through. On the Day of Silence, you take an oath to not speak for 6-9 hours. This expresses the silence lgbt people have to go through. Weather they have to be silent about their orientation and have to hide who they are for years, or if they're being harassed. Most people think nothing of it and go about their usual day, but since i've gone through a lot of this type of stuff it holds great importance to me. It hurts me to know that people have to face discriminition and stuff. It's a great way of creating awareness and a better understanding (hopefully). I know i am participating!

Here's some information if you're interested! thnx for reading
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"The Day of Silence’s purpose is to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment and effective responses.

You pin a paper on your shirt saying:
Please understand my reasons for not speaking today. I am participating
in the Day of Silence (DOS), a national youth movement bringing
attention to the silence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
people and their allies. My deliberate silence echoes that silence, which
is caused by anti-LGBT bullying, name-calling and harassment. This
year’s DOS is held in memory of Lawrence King, a 15 year-old student
who was killed in school because of his sexual orientation and gender
expression. I believe that ending the silence is the fi rst step toward
building awareness and making a commitment to address these
injustices. Think about the voices you are not hearing today.

other info

1.)The goal of the Day of Silence is to make schools safer for all students, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression. In a Harris Interactive study on bullying, students said two of the top three reasons students are harassed in school are actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender expression. Additionally, 4 out of 5 LGBT students experience harassment at school.

Students across the country participate in the Day of Silence to bring attention to this problem, let students who experience such bullying know that they are not alone and ask schools to take action to address the problem.

2) Hundreds of thousands of students of all beliefs, backgrounds and sexual orientations participate in the Day of Silence.

Anti-LGBT bullying and harassment affects all students. Slurs such as “f.aggot” and “d.yke” are commonplace in school. The Day of Silence is an example of students, from middle school to college, working together proactively to bring attention to the anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment experienced by LGBT and straight students alike.




from www.dayofsilence.org

[The Big PINK One♥]

WOW thats a great idea. But the part of students actually following, is kind of far fetched. Unless you are actually allied in support of the LGBT community, outsiders will not follow this and will only see it as an opportunity to profile and target those who chose to conform with this pledge of allegiance. It will make them targets. Im sure that this is not the intent of this day or this action but thats whats going to happen.

[cloudxtears]

I dont think that many get ridiculed becuase of it, but since i dont know, i cannot say. All i know is my school has done it before and will do it again this year. Many schools across the country do participate and such, so that's why they numbers are high, if you were confused. Not everyone has to participate, but a lot of people do. So idk to me it's not that far fetched, cause a lot of people and schools do it.

[ashleenahpage]

woah! what a cool thing to do. i might do it this year. :] most people in my school will be like WTF but still. :]

[The Big PINK One♥]

I didn't mean to say that those participating WILL become targets. But it just seems that way in places were tolerance and education is low. Homosexuality is some places is still rather TABOO. Its wrong to a lot of people. I dont agree. I think that if you have a heart, then you love what you love. I dont have anything bad to say about Homosexuality, except other people who don't understand- just wont understand. When theres a misunderstanding of something thats sought to be "BAD" or "WRONG" & sinful, then those ignorant of this lifestyle will probably target these people.

For instance, Im straight, if I were still in school and decided to participate those who believe that homosexuality is wrong could probably do or say things to me that aren't right because they may think that IM GAY!

That just goes to show that even though society has come so far in accepting homosexual individuals we still have issues to sort through in that regard.

[cloudxtears]

ohhh now i see what you mean. Yes, it is quite taboo in many other countries. I mean some countries don't even have proper womens rights yet! Cause sadly, there's still (for lack of better word) bad people out there. Anything bad can happen, but people are becoming more accepting. I dont know that many people who don't accept it, but there are always those jerks out there! But then, even if people dont accept it, who says they can go around discriminating and hurting people, i guess that's another reason why this day is important... :/

[cloudxtears]

a lot of people from my school participated today! So did I. I haven't talked yet!

[leo]

YOU DID TOO TALK

[cloudxtears]

NO I DIDN"T!! Idk what you're talking about! you're the one all yelling!!!!~~~

[leo]

hahahah you just talked when you posted this