Please understand my reasons for not speaking today. I am participating in the Day of Silence, a national youth movement protesting the silence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their allies. My deliberate silence echoes that silence, which is caused by harassment, prejudice, and discrimination. I believe that ending the silence is the first step toward fighting these injustices. Think about the voices you are not hearing today.
What are you doing to do to end the silence?
Although this day of silence is for the cause of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender harassment, prejudice, and discrimination, this also speaks for all who are silenced from racism, sexism, and discrimination from religion, social status, and social groups and the injustice they face every day.
The day was interesting. Especially so when neither party can speak, LoL. Though we communicated by writing, the gesturing part is fun. Some didn't care, some only knew of this as 'the Silence thing', some understood, and some didn't know about it but wanted to participate. Due to the short notice and lack of planning (GSA didn't organize it, so Amy had to organize it for a week later, today), we only had 11 participants, but since Amy will run GSA next year, we'll do better.
i liked the fonts you used muchly. xD
ReplyDeleteNext year's agenda: much more publicity and understanding and information.
LoL, maybe i'll be "running" the GSA next year. We'll see how it goes, depending on... like, everything else. Clubs and whatnot. i will try... It was just that the current leader/president-person, a senior, Stephen Lagos, told me he'd leave it in my hands and "more power to" me and whatnot... i will try. :)
Thanks for your participation, BerBer. i'm so glad we had one and that you and other people were willing to participate, even if it wasn't as successful as i could hope for. :)
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Isn't Aragon one of the last schools that needs this? I mean, there are even several openly gay teachers, and they remain well-liked among the students and (I would assume) among their colleagues.
ReplyDeleteIt's a nice gesture, of course, but I think it's a minor enough issue that I wouldn't be surprised by a lack of enthusiasm. Or perhaps I just hung out with the wrong crowd.
Hm, i didn't think of it that way.
ReplyDelete(An interjection: i can only think of one teacher, that i know of, i mean... You can spend three years in a school and still know very little, really.)
Still, though maybe it is fairly minor, i don't know if it is "minor enough." Maybe it's just me and some desperate grasp on idealism, but it won't be "minor enough" until i never hear "gay" or "fag" or WHATEVER used in disparaging ways.
The Day of Silence is one thing i CAN do. i still lack the courage to do more.
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Gould, Silton?
ReplyDeleteIt's nice that you feel the activist urge, but I believe your battle is not well-chosen.
Fairly sure Serrao is gay too.
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