National Button Day 2024 is on Saturday, November 16, 2024: It's National Belly Button Lint Day!!!?

Saturday, November 16, 2024 is National Button Day 2024. A Couple More Hours: November 2012 Hey, it's NATIONAL BUTTON DAY!

Oh is it time to clean out my belly button again? The year just flew by.

Day of silence LGBT??

About the Day of Silence

The National Day of Silence is a day of action in which students across the country vow to take a form of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in schools.

History

Founded in 1996, the Day of Silence has become the largest single student-led action towards creating safer schools for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. From the first-ever Day of Silence at the University of Virginia in 1996, to the organizing efforts in over 8,000 middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities across the country in 2008, its textured history reflects its diversity in both numbers and reach.

Organizing for Day of Silence

Organizing a Day of Silence (DOS) activity or event can be a positive tool for change-both personally and community-wide. By taking a vow of silence, you're making a powerful statement about the important issue of anti-LGBT bullying,and when you organize others to join you that message becomes stronger. Discover ways of organizing your event here.

Your Rights

While you DO have a right to participate in the Day of Silence between classes and before and after school, you may NOT have the right to stay silent during instructional time if a teacher requests for you to speak. According to Lambda Legal, "Under the Constitution, public schools must respect students' right to free speech. The right to speak includes the right not to speak, as well as the right to wear buttons or T-shirts expressing support for a cause." However, this right to free speech doesn't extend to classroom time. "If a teacher tells a student to answer a question during class, the student generally doesn't have a constitutional right to refuse to answer." We remind participants that students who talk with their teachers ahead of time are more likely to be able to remain silent during class. Find more Lamda Legal advice here.

Legal Help: Report It!

If you think your rights are not being respected, or want to report your experience of resistant administration, click here to report it. GLSEN and Lambda Legal will review your situation.

The Truth about the Day of Silence

As the Day of Silence continues to grow, some people have confused the mission and goals of the Action. Clear up any misinformation by reading The Truth about the Day of Silence.

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Now, I don't know if you go to school or anything (High School, Middle School or College). I'm sure if you talk to your teachers before Friday (April 19th) they will allow you to remain silent even in class. However, if they say you can't if they ask you a question in class you have to answer them, but in between classes and during lunch, etc. you remain silent. This means no talking to friends, no talking period. The silence resembles all of those silenced because they were different (or that's what I take from it). You don't have to be gay to support LGBT. I'm a Pansexual, I support LGBT, and I will always support it. Personally, my day of silence will consist of me wearing rainbow duct tape over my mouth the entire day. :)

How does the US National Boxing Tournament work?

In all national amateur boxing tournaments the format usually goes first round then either second round or quarter finals then semifinals then finals and only one fight per boxer a day and as many as five to go from first round to the finals of a national tournament. The scoring is either olympic style scoring with a red button and a blue where 3 of 5 judges have to agree on a punch from the same boxer either red or blue in the same second or just five judges scoring on a 20 point system per round, boxing attire in amateurs is tank top and boxing trunks sometimes whatever region you are boxing out of has a tank top for you to wear I was region 12. I use to fight 3 3 minute rounds but I believe that they have changed to 5 2 minute rounds...