Hello mernetwork. I'd like to bring your attention to an important event that is occurring today. The Day Of Silence.
Many of our friends, family, or aquaintances have been brutally beaten and murdered, because of their sexual orientation. Sometimes their sexual orientation had nothing to do with it. People have been bullied, killed, or convinced to commit suicide because of things they did that other people thought were strange, or different. Things they didn't like.
This is NOT okay.
I ask you all to participate in the Day of Silence to honor those who are no longer with us today because of who they were. The Day of Silence is a day to bring awareness to this brutality and try to put an end to the hatred.
The way we participate today is by wearing all black clothing, and refusing to speak. We are remembering the dead and representing the people who were silenced by these hate crimes. If you cannot stay silent today for whatever reason, I ask that you wear all black and talk in a solemn tone. We are respecting the people we lost. If you do not wish to dress all black, then you can wear a bandana of any color to represent the unity of all of us coming together to raise awareness.
At the end of the day around 5:00 there is something called "breaking the silence." if you have been silent all day, you go outside and you end your quiet spell by letting out a yell. In this you are representing a new age of awareness and acceptance.
Today is the Day of Silence. Let's stop the hatred.
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