This week I will not be writing a song, but I will rather be writing about today -- The National Day of Silence.
Today I, and many other people at this school, will be silent all day long. This is so that people ask why. Once the ask why, I will give them a slip of paper explaning why I am being silent. This piece of paper reads :
GLSEN
DAY OF SILENCE
Please understand my reason 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 echos that silence, which is cause by anti-LGBT bullying, name-calling and Harassment. I believe that ending the silence the first step toward building awareness and making a commitment to address these injustices.
Think about the voices you are NOT hearing today.
Dayofsilence.org.
This is not saying that I am pro- lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. I am very much against it, but I don't think that people should be bullied because of it!!
Today I, and many other people at this school, will be silent all day long. This is so that people ask why. Once the ask why, I will give them a slip of paper explaning why I am being silent. This piece of paper reads :
GLSEN
DAY OF SILENCE
Please understand my reason 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 echos that silence, which is cause by anti-LGBT bullying, name-calling and Harassment. I believe that ending the silence the first step toward building awareness and making a commitment to address these injustices.
Think about the voices you are NOT hearing today.
Dayofsilence.org.
This is not saying that I am pro- lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. I am very much against it, but I don't think that people should be bullied because of it!!