High School Students Stay Silent To Protest Mistreatment of Gays
Students at 1,776 high schools across the country protested harassment of gay students last week by refusing to speak for an entire school day, organizers of the event say.
Called the "Day of Silence" and coordinated by the New York City-based Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, or GLSEN, the event was started in 1996 on college campuses, but has spread in recent years to high schools. This year, in fact, GLSEN officials reported that high schools far outnumbered the 346 colleges and universities that participated in the April 10 protest.
The vow of silence taken simultaneously by thousands of students is intended to draw attention to what many advocacy groups say is a widespread and persistent problem: the bullying and harassment of students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or "transgender"—or...
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