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Seeing it all together like this makes you realise how active and passionate this relatively small community can be! Here's my selection of what's been going on in and around February
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Hello Everyone,
I along with thousands of other students will spend tomorrow silent in support of LGBTQ students in demonstration against the "...silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in schools."
I invite everyone to stand with me on this.
The Day of Silence's purpose is to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment and effective responses. 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, nearly 9 out of 10 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.
- DayOfSilence
Please support this, take note of it tomorrow, and consider being silent in any way you can.
Hundreds of thousands of students of all beliefs, backgrounds and sexual orientations participate in the Day of Silence
You DO NOT have to have a certain sexual preference to participate. Anyone may. Like me, I am straight, but support this just as much as anyone else.
Make this part of your day: Set this as your avatar for the day like I did!
NOTE: I will not tolerate ANY hate speech of any kind. If you feel so inclined to comment hatefully, I will hide your comment(s) and report you as this is a violation of the Etiquette police on deviantART "In addition we ask that our members avoid making offensive remarks based on gender or sexual preference" (deviantART Etiquette Policy)
More Information: DayOfSilence.org
I've knonw a few (4-5) LGBT people, and they were taken in society in a normal way. And I was bullied just anywhere because of my weird hairstyle and old clothes, lol. Why so?because they were strong and self-confident personalities, and I was nervous, asocial and with strange behaving.)) The only strong reaction on a not-straingt person was surprise. Also, girls which were actually playing lesbians to get attention (an ugly matter!) recieved a bit of vulgar jokes (but seemed to enjoy that) - and that was all. And it's in a country which is believed to have low tolerance.
So, I believe the reason is in low education of bullies (I've seen only "mobs" doing that) and on other hand there may count a timid or shy or smth personality of a bullied one. If the bullied wasn't LGBT but was fat, or red-haired, or smth, he would also get that kind of problem. It's just that deep: society looks on yer outfit, not on yer insidings.
No, I am not going with it. I have children so I need to speak. And I am not a bully, I support the LGBT with all my heart. But they aren't the only ones bullied either. I support ending ALL bullying, though my support is stretched thin. Bullying will never stop completely but at least we can say we tried.
I don't need to be silent, neither do you, but you do need to support your beliefs. Instead of silence, try a kind word to everyone you see... That often goes a longer way that silence.
The point of this is to show solidarity for the victims of bullying. Not necessarily to get back at the bullies nor to put a stop to it.
These victims are often lead to suicide by their bully. They are silent.
For more info: [link]