After decades of silent protest, advocates and students speak out for LGBTQ+ rights
This year, for the first time, the “Day of Silence” morphed into a day of action called the “Day of (NO) Silence.”
April 13, 2024
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day of no silence
Silence Is Power on This Day
GLSEN's Camille Beredjick says Friday's Day of Silence is not just shutting up, it's standing up.
April 15, 2016
National Day of Silence
Hundreds of thousands of students are expected to take part in Friday's national Day of Silence to combat school bullying just months after Lawrence King's tragic killing inside the walls of a school.
April 25, 2008
Hate Group Launches Antigay Day of Dialogue
The anti-LGBT group Focus on the Family organized the event in response to GLSEN's 'sexual activism in classrooms.'
April 17, 2015
8,500 Schools Participate in Day of Silence
Resistance by the nation's most vehemently antigay groups could not keep the National Day of Silence from garnering a record number of participants this year. More than 8,500 middle schools, high schools, and colleges in the United States participated in the 12th annual day of action on April 25, which is coordinated by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network to promote safe school environments for LGBT and ally students.
April 30, 2008
A youth's call to action on this Day of NO Silence
The Day of NO Silence emerges as a powerful call to action, transforming a day of quiet solidarity into a loud, unapologetic movement against the ongoing discrimination faced by LGBTQ+ youths in schools.
April 12, 2024
Day of Silence Goes Virtual But Stays Visible
LGBTQ youth will still draw attention to silence and erasure, then break the silence with a livestreamed rally.
April 24, 2020
LGBT Students, Teachers Embrace Day of Silence
Rainbow duct tape and vows of silence covered Twitter today in honor of GLSEN's annual Day of Silence.
April 11, 2014
The National Day of Silence: April 18, 2007
A statement about the widespread bullying, harassment, ignorance and oppression that LGBT students, teachers and their friends grapple with in junior high and high school each day.
April 18, 2007
WATCH: GLSEN Responds To Antigay Attacks on Day of Silence
The education advocacy group didn't allow Linda Harvey's antigay claims about the Day of Silence to go unchecked.
April 12, 2013
How Day of Silence Turns Oppression Into Empowerment
The country's beleaguered LGBT students still need Day of Silence, explains GLSEN's Camille Beredjick.
April 17, 2015
WATCH: Students Counter Day of Silence With Antigay T-Shirts
Some students at an Oregon high school wore shirts with slogans such as 'Gay Day Is Not OK.'
April 14, 2014
How to Mark Tomorrow's 'Day of Silence' to End LGBTQ+ Discrimination in Schools
LGBTQ+ students and allies will take a vow of silence tomorrow to protest the harmful effects of harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people in schools.
April 13, 2023
Silence is part of speaking up
The author of the gay teen novel Geography Club and a resident of Tacoma, Wash., hails Wednesday's Day of Silence--and questions whether all the talking expected on the Christian right's "Day of Truth" on Thursday can really counter the power of silence to support equality for LGBT students
April 25, 2006
Pa. Students Allegedly Throw 'Anti-Gay Day'
Students at a Pennsylvania high school allegedly staged a protest of the Day of Silence, which included intimidation and physical harassment of LGBT students and their allies.
April 18, 2015