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I've been planning to do stuff for the Day of Silence too. We don't have a GSA at my school yet so I'm not totally sure what I'm doing yet.

Your plan sounds awesome though. I wish we had stuff like that going on here but, unfortunetly, we don't. Good luck though.

Your plan sounds really awesome. Unfortunately we never get to do anything that large scale at my school, but we'll definitely be doing something. We're going to start planning during this Monday's GSTA meeting. smile

I'll probably just wear my armband everywhere. I dont go to school and I rarely go out so Im pretty much silent most of the time anyways, and there is no reason to prove a point to my mom and step-dad.

I've participated in the Day of Silence the past two years... Two years ago, I taped this sheet that my friend gave me explaining it to my shirt so that people would know I ain't talkin'. I remember one of the lines was something along, "something participated in by gays, lesbians, transgendered people, and supporters," and I had underlined supporters, and still my stand partner looked at it and basically went, "OMIGOD, you're a lesbian!?" It was pretty... Not special.
Then last year... Ooh, that was bad. Last year I was in gym the semester it was held, and what I did, I wrote "SILENCE IS LOUD" on my hand in sharpie, and I folded up a piece of paper and wrote in sharpie on it "DAY OF SILENCE" and pinned it to my shirt, and also, I wore my Sexy Gay Rainbow Scarf around my neck... Don't ask, it's a strip of rainbow material my friend gave me in sixth grade, she was in Home Ec. and making herself some rainbow pants, so she gave me some of the material. But anyway... I wore my scarf and all that other stuff, and... Well, all of the girls in my gym class seemed to think I was lesbian. It may or may not have been because I wore my Sexy Gay Rainbow Scarf a lot. It may or may not have been because I stood up for gay people when my friend's friend was talking about how he didn't like them. It may or may not have been because I'm very, VERY touchy, and I always had my arm around my (female) friend, and was always hugging and touching her, and we would randomly stare at each other and say, "...I love you." Oh, and this female friend, she's totally pro-homosexual, too, I think maybe even a little bi. But these girls in my gym thought that I was homosexual, and they were asking me what the Day of Silence was and why I was wearing something rainbow. I just stared at them, and they were like, "Oh, come on, can't you just talk to tell us?" I couldn't STAND those girls... While me and my friend were walking, they would be like, "Hey, are you a lesbian?!" I love my friend, she would turn around and be like, "You WISH she was lesbian!" They constantly sent someone from their group to ask me, and I would sarcastically say, "Yes. I'm a lesbian." Them: "Really!?" Me: "NO!" And yet they still always asked. It was annoying. I remember one time, I was walking the track with my friend, and a few of those girls walked past us, calling something like, "There's no room in this world for a lesbian like you!!!"
Now, I'm not sure WHAT my sexual orientation is, but even posing as or being a heterosexual girl, that HURTS. I mean, I can't imagine how actually persecuted homosexuals feel, but you know, just knowing that there is such blind intolerance in the world is something very, very painful to know....

LONG STORY SHORT, I celebrated last year, the year before that, and I shall this year, as well. Only... This is my first year of High School... I wonder how they'll react... It seems that in High School, people aren't indifferent or just quietly hate gays in their thoughts... It seems like in High School, people are either crazy prideful (whoo!), or they are NOT silent about their hatred... Gulp.

Juria-San: That's horrible that you had to deal with that. I support your efforts though. No matter what happens, you are getting people like those girls to see your participation. With any luck, they would have gone home and looked up the Day of Silence and what it was about. I appreciate your continued participation even with the downfalls.

Good luck with this years Day of Silence!

Shadowed_rain: You don't have to have a GSA to participate. You can be by yourself, or grab a couple of friends! As long as you show support in any way...even if it is just keeping your thoughts with those who have been ridiculed and supporting others who are participating as well. Any support helps, and if you tell even one person about Day of Silence, I think you are doing a GREAT job!

As far as ideas on getting a group started, grab a couple of your friends, write up a mission statement (basically it states the group's purpose) and a simple constitution, and go to a faculty member whom you trust, tell them about your idea, and then have them, along with you and your friends, go speak with the principle (and school board if needed). You can start any group at any school as long as it does not interfere with student's performance.

thats awesome. Definitly 'pimp out with pride'....hmm that would be an awesome slogan!! You can talk or be as silent as you want. You don't really have to not talk as long as you show your support.

(5 stars for an awesome slogan!!)

I just got this idea from someone in Gumdrop Buttons



What do you guys think?