Day of Silence -- Join Me?

Goodness gracious, has it really been a year since I started this journey of mine?

Okay, rhetorical question. Don't answer, please. I feel old enough already.

Hello again, everyone, and let’s give a bit of applause for all you readers out there. Seriously. Pat yourself on the back. It’s Friday. You made it through the week. Ina few hours, classes will be over and it’ll be the weekend. Proms going on, spring storms, lovely weather, naps in the sunshine -- really, what more could I ask for?

Well, I could ask for silence.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you read that right. Today, I want you to be silent.

April 15, 2011 is the National Day of Silence, which is a day of action in which students all across the world take soem form of a vow of silence. It’s to call attention to anti-LGBT bullying and harassment and the overall effect of silence it has on the LGBT community.

I mean, there are some drawbacks to taking a vow of silence -- you don’t talk. Period. Uless you’re in a class and a teacher directly asks you something, because you have to answer, as you’d be forced to answer the question anyway whether you could speak ot not.

But think about it. Being silent for a day. Can you imagien the impact it would have? Think about all of your friends, all of your teachers and adult figures. Think of everyone you know. And now turn off the volume.

Isn’t that amazing? Think of what the world would say. the attention it would draw!

Think about the people you would help, the people you would, by staying silent, help find a voice for. It could be anyone. You brother or sister, a best friend, the person you like. It could be a parent. It could be anyone, and you could help make their life just a little bit easier.

You could make the world a little bit better.

Join me. Join my college’s Gay-Straight Alliance organization. Join GLSEN. Join thousands of other students and adults and people, people like you and me, all over the world as we spend a day in silence to call attention to the effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment that atkes place within out schools.

Join me, help organize this change.

Join me. Join us.

Accept the challenge.

Ever yours,
The Night Thief

Day of Silence

Good morning, world!

Well, maybe not 'good', but morning nonetheless.

Today is the 16th of April, also known as National Day of Silence. And unless you're absolutely clueless, you've realized that I'm participating. No speaking. No singing. No conversing. No nothing. Silence. It'll probably suck, considering that more than half my classes are based upon the act of singing/speaking... But whatever. I'll show my duct tape sign and paper slip and they'll GET OVER IT!

So what about you? Any duct tape and sharpies nearby? A shirt that (ironically) says "silence is golden, duct tape is silver', or something to that effect? Pages of paper with the summary paragraph from the DoS website? Join the cause.

For almost everyone out there, this cause should hit home. Almost all women are bi-curious or bisexual. A lot of 'hOMG, dun talk to me you fag' men are really just closet cases. Yaoi and yuri fangirls and fanboys.... Yeah. No more need for discussion on that topic.

Show your support. Be silent for a day.

Prevent someone's suicide because they're being abused for having the ability to LOVE.

Love is impossible to fight against. You cannot help who you love. Trust me. I've tried.

Hello! My name is The Night Thief, and today I will be completely and absolutely silent in order to protest the abuse of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons. Thank you for your cooperation.

Accept the challenge,
The Night Thief