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do not take notes….
just read….
please understand…my reasons fori am participating in the
a national youth movement bringing attention to
the silence faced by
lesbiangay bisexual and transgender
people and their allies.
day of silence (DOS)not speaking today.
my deliberate silence
echosthat silence, which is caused by
anti-LGBT bullying
name-callingand
harassment.
i believethat ending the silence
is the first step toward building awareness
and making a commitment to address
these injustices.
think about…
the voicethe voices
you are not hearing today…
what are yougoing to do
to endthe ?silence
why participate?i believe
you have got toSTAND UPfor what is
righteven if it means
STANDING ALONE
statistics Nearly one-fourth of students from
elementary through high school have reported that they have been harassed or bullied on school property because of their race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.
-2001-2002 California Student Survey
one-fourth
harassedbullied
statisticsSix out of 10 American teens witness bullying at least once a day.
-National Crime Prevention Council, 2003
Six out of 10
once a day
statisticsStudents hear anti-gay epithets 25 times a day, and teachers fail to respond to these comments 97% of the time.
-Gay Lesbian Straight Educator’s Network.
25 timesteachers fail to respond
97%
statisticsHarassment and bullying have been linked to 75% of school-shooting incidents.
-US Secret Service Report, May 2002
75%
statisticsGay and lesbian youth are two to three times more likely to commit suicide than other youths, and 30% of all completed youth suicides are related to the issue of sexual identity.
-Report to the Secretary's Task Force on Youth Suicide
commit suicide
statistics85% of teachers oppose integrating lesbian, gay and bisexual themes in their curricula.-Making Schools Safe for Gay and Lesbian Youth: Report of
the Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, 1993
statisticsMore than 64% of LGBT students say they feel unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation.
-GLSEN 2003 National School Climate Survey
64%
statisticsMore than 91% of LGBT students say they hear homophobic slurs or expressions frequently or often.
-GLSEN 2003 National School Climate Survey
91%
in 2006lawrence king just turned15 years old.
after to parents and peers,
he was at the end of his 8th grade year.
coming outhe was relentlessly subjected to
bullying
by a group of classmates.
one day in december,
walked into the computer lab
one of those bullies
armed with a gun,
and shot lawrence at range.
point-blank
he was killed.
instantly.
In 2008…belinda allen was 14 years old.
her classmates teased her about
her clothing
and taunted her, calling her a
“lesbian”
it finally became too much,and belinda
hung herself from a treeoutside a social club using her own
scarf.
In 2009…carl joseph walker-hoover
had endured daily taunts of
“being gay”and despite multiple calls and pleas to the
school from his mother
the teasing continued
on monday, april 6, 2009
his mother found carl hanging from his closet.
he was 11 years old.
everyday
you it
hear
laugh atsayallow
the problem only gets worse.
think about…
the voicethe voices
you are not hearing today…
i am participating
i become the 97% of teachers
because everyday i choose to say nothing
who remain silent.
everyone needs an advocate to know they are not alone
to know you are notbadless of a person
because i’m not and i’m tired of staying silent.
wrongstupid
when someone says“you’re
gay”“faggot”“homo”
“gay”
is nothing to be ashamed of
it doesn’t make you wrongbadstupidless of a person
it isn’t an insultbut trying to make it one
always makes at least one person feel likeless of a person
please understand…my reasons fori am participating in the
not speaking today.