Day of Silence

The Day of Silence was on April 25th, 2008. It is a day for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community to stand up for themselves. I personally never took part in the Day of Silence because I was so in the closet that I knew nothing of the lgbt community except they had a group called Spectrum on college campuses. I have only recently started to be proud of who I am and starting to be my true self. No I am not completely out of the closet but I am out to my parents and some of my friends. No one is ever really completely out because every new person you meet in your life you have to make the decision to tell them or not tell them about your orientation.

My experience with the Day of Silence was back in 2001 even though then I did not know it was called the Day of Silence or what was going on. I remember one of my friends who was bi came to school wearing a shirt that said something like I am not talking today. I thought oohh this should be fun to try and get her to talk during the two classes we had together. I do not remember what we said to each other but when I got her to talk in first period I thought it was funny. She was not mad at me but was just kinda like dang. I do not remember if I got her to talk during the second class we had together or not but now I know what she was doing and I feel bad. I do not remember anyone else I knew doing anything that day like that.

I am not out at work so I will not be taking part in the Day of Silence at work but I will remember it next year and support it. I am so newly out, even though a few people knew about me in high school and college I am no longer ashamed with who I am, that I knew about the Day of Silence but I did not know what day it was until today so once again I missed it. I hope one day to have the strength to stand up for myself and m beliefs on my sexual orientation. At least one thing I did this year on the Day of Silence without realizing it was I wore my bi pride bracelet and my gay pride ring.