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LGBTQ Community Holds Day of Silence

By Jadelyn Phillips

On April 12, GLSEN's (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) Day of Silence was held. This is a student-led national event where people in the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) community and supporters go a full day without speaking at all.

The purpose of this is to highlight the fact that there are still kids, teens, and even adults who have to be silent about who they really are and who they love.

Students at G. Ray Bodley and in the Junior High are participating. They are going around the school as normal, but if spoken to or someone asks why they aren't speaking, they simply show those people a note card or something they typed in their phones to inform them of today's event.

Jenesis Whitfield, a freshman at G. Ray Bodley, typed, "Today is important because today we help the LGBTQ community become safer in schools by showing the significance of ignorance."

Below are Whitfield's cards that she used to help people understand why she is not talking on April 12.

This event is to point out how some people can't be who they are or talk about who they are because they may be in danger of being bullied or even seriously hurt if people found out.

For more information, please visit glsen.org