Comments on: >Day of Silence Student Voices: Red O. http://blog.glsen.org/day-of-silence-student-voices-red-o/ the GLSEN blog Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Danielle http://blog.glsen.org/day-of-silence-student-voices-red-o/#comment-831 Danielle Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:32:13 +0000 http://blog.glsen.org/day-of-silence-student-voices-red-o/#comment-831 >I always got told I was being bisexual because it was fasionable. I mainly dated guys. My mom never knew that me and my best friend had dated, but decided to end that. Today as I sat in my class, girls were asking me why I wasent talking. When they read the sign I had, they walked away as quick as they could, saying "Oh no!" Its strange for them to see me doing this, because Im pregnant,and my due date was yesterday. MANY people at my school have been walking around my school with white boards and thats how they have been talking. Same for me. We have an Active and running GSA, and we have been able to change our student hand book to cover the harassment of LGBT students. The Dallas morning news also took a comment from one of our officers on how our club is run when they were working on a story covering a school that wont let a GSA run. I personally did a paper on gay marriage for my senior research paper. I feel that anyone who is scared to come out to there parents is justified in being scared. Just remember, the people of this sight are here. WE stand behind you. It might not seem like much when you cant see us, or hear us, but we STAND BEHIND YOU 100%. We know your pain. And we will not let you be alone. I stand up not only for myself, but for the many people being bullied. For the many silent people. For the many people killed. >I always got told I was being bisexual because it was fasionable. I mainly dated guys. My mom never knew that me and my best friend had dated, but decided to end that. Today as I sat in my class, girls were asking me why I wasent talking. When they read the sign I had, they walked away as quick as they could, saying "Oh no!" Its strange for them to see me doing this, because Im pregnant,and my due date was yesterday. MANY people at my school have been walking around my school with white boards and thats how they have been talking. Same for me. We have an Active and running GSA, and we have been able to change our student hand book to cover the harassment of LGBT students. The Dallas morning news also took a comment from one of our officers on how our club is run when they were working on a story covering a school that wont let a GSA run. I personally did a paper on gay marriage for my senior research paper. I feel that anyone who is scared to come out to there parents is justified in being scared. Just remember, the people of this sight are here. WE stand behind you. It might not seem like much when you cant see us, or hear us, but we STAND BEHIND YOU 100%. We know your pain. And we will not let you be alone. I stand up not only for myself, but for the many people being bullied. For the many silent people. For the many people killed.

]]> By: BobbyJD http://blog.glsen.org/day-of-silence-student-voices-red-o/#comment-807 BobbyJD Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:34:35 +0000 http://blog.glsen.org/day-of-silence-student-voices-red-o/#comment-807 >I am still afraid of coming out to my parents even though nearly every one else that I have met knows it. By the way I act most people would never guess it, most of the people that I tell are shocked because I never, in their words, "act gay." I don't know if I will ever have the courage to come out to my parents, I can only dream of the day where I don't fear a catastrophic back lash from them. >I am still afraid of coming out to my parents even though nearly every one else that I have met knows it. By the way I act most people would never guess it, most of the people that I tell are shocked because I never, in their words, "act gay." I don't know if I will ever have the courage to come out to my parents, I can only dream of the day where I don't fear a catastrophic back lash from them.

]]> By: lj! http://blog.glsen.org/day-of-silence-student-voices-red-o/#comment-792 lj! Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:01:19 +0000 http://blog.glsen.org/day-of-silence-student-voices-red-o/#comment-792 >I am a Mom whose arms ached reading your words. Thank you for "telling the story of who you are with your whole heart".<br /><br />You are re-defining C O U R A G E ~ the Latin "cour" meaning ♥ and as it was originally defined:<br /><br />C O U R A G E - To tell who Y ♥ O are with:<br />Y ♥ U R<br />W H ♥ L E<br />♥<br /><br />It's never too late to learn and that goes for Mom's too!<br /><br />~ Brene Brown is a wonderful teacher and researcher and author and mother and she re-defined the idea of courage for me that you made real. <br /><br />http://www.brenebrown.com/<br /><br />I don't know your Mom or your silence but I do know that "silence" can be a "gift" when you wrap it in a "book" ♥<br /><br />The two books I've read (actually I listened to them on Audio Books (for free) because I am a V E R Y slow reader are both written by Brené Brown, Ph.d., LMSW and Mom ♥<br /><br />‎"I Though It Was Just Me (But It Wasn't)<br /><br />"The Gifts of Imperfection (Let Go of Who You Think Your Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are)<br /><br />With you in silence ~ lj!<br /><br />LJ Gallagher~Mom <3 Ni 14 & Wil 16 >I am a Mom whose arms ached reading your words. Thank you for "telling the story of who you are with your whole heart".

You are re-defining C O U R A G E ~ the Latin "cour" meaning ♥ and as it was originally defined:

C O U R A G E – To tell who Y ♥ O are with:
Y ♥ U R
W H ♥ L E
♥

It's never too late to learn and that goes for Mom's too!

~ Brene Brown is a wonderful teacher and researcher and author and mother and she re-defined the idea of courage for me that you made real.

http://www.brenebrown.com/

I don't know your Mom or your silence but I do know that "silence" can be a "gift" when you wrap it in a "book" ♥

The two books I've read (actually I listened to them on Audio Books (for free) because I am a V E R Y slow reader are both written by Brené Brown, Ph.d., LMSW and Mom ♥

‎"I Though It Was Just Me (But It Wasn't)

"The Gifts of Imperfection (Let Go of Who You Think Your Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are)

With you in silence ~ lj!

LJ Gallagher~Mom <3 Ni 14 & Wil 16

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