Students At Penn's McGuffey High School Organize 'Anti-Gay Day' Allegedly Target LGBT Students

[joeybee12]

A Pennsylvania high school has come under media scrutiny after a group of students organized an "Anti-Gay Day" in response to the nationally-observed Day of Silence.

The Day of Silence, which has been officially organized by GLSEN (or the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) since 2001, encourages students and young adults to take a vow of silence in an effort to prompt officials to address the problem of anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) bullying and harassment in their schools.

Although the Day of Silence was observed April 17 nationally, McGuffey High School in Claysville scheduled their related activities for Wednesday, April 15 because of a planned field trip, BuzzFeed is reporting. This prompted the group of students to ask classmates to wear flannel shirts and write "anti-gay" on their hands on Thursday, April 16, in protest, according to WPXI-TV.

In addition, participants posted Bible verses on the lockers of students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), the news station noted. Meanwhile, some encounters between students who participated and those who didn't even got physical, The Advocate pointed out, and snapshots of the flannel-clad group appeared on social media.

"We came into school on Thursday and found a lot of people wearing flannel and we couldn’t figure out why,” Zoe Johnson, a 16-year-old McGuffey High School who identifies as bisexual, told BuzzFeed's David Mack. "People started getting pushed and notes were left on people’s lockers. ...I got called a dyke, a faggot. They were calling us every horrible name you can think of."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/20/mcguffey-school-anti-gay-day-_n_7101046.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

[hifiguy]

1. What an immeasurably better world this would be if there were far more lions

and far fewer fundymentalpatients. Gads, these people suck so hard they may cause the universe to implode. And you know these junior inquisition members learned this shit from their asshat parents.

[yuiyoshida]

2. Ya know..they just could have

Called it "HATE -DAY" and that way all the Haters could have come out, including the Racists and misogynists.. They could all wear their "WE hate_______" (add the noun of your choice)Tee shirt. Make sure there are plenty of photographs, so we can list who hates who..and keep for future references. (Post their photos on the internet!)

[rhett o rick]

3. Their parents must be so proud. Sadly they probably are. nm