{"id":35228,"date":"2021-04-22T11:22:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T10:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=35228"},"modified":"2021-04-22T11:22:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T10:22:24","slug":"the-day-of-silence-support-the-lqbtq-community-this-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/22\/the-day-of-silence-support-the-lqbtq-community-this-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day of Silence: Support The LGBTQ+ Community This Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow marks a Day of Silence, for the LGBTQ+ community, created to embrace and promote global awareness to try and prevent bullying and harassment within schools.<\/p>\n<p>Originating at the University of Virginia in 1996, the Day of Silence protest has now become a vital part of many people\u2019s pride.<\/p>\n<p>LGBTQ+ rights activist Konrad Juengling, from Portland, Oregon, said: \u201cLGBTQ+ youth are overrepresented in suicides, homelessness, and foster care. Spreading awareness of those facts is incredibly important to try and get equitable policies in place to protect LGBTQ+ students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the day (23 April) is still most popular in the US, many Brits are learning about it and embracing the day to stand in solidarity with their LGBTQ+ allies.<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield Hallam student Connor Littlemore said: \u201cI\u2019ve never heard of the Day of Silence before, but since I\u2019ve learnt about it, I will definitely get more people involved to support my LGBTQ+ friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the day is to draw attention to the hatred, oppression and prejudice faced by those in the LGBTQ+ community during their time in education.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the purpose of the day being to display pride for one\u2019s sexuality, some people may feel they cannot participate due to personal circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Juengling said: \u201cIn my high school, I remember students participating in this, but unfortunately, I did not. I was closeted and afraid of what would happen if my parents found out while I was still a minor. Looking back, I try to give myself a little grace and remember we all do the best we can with what we&#8217;ve got at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you want to get involved and celebrate your pride in Sheffield this year, visit the links down below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lgbtsheffield.co.uk\/groups.html\">http:\/\/www.lgbtsheffield.co.uk\/groups.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equalityhubnetwork.org\/lgbtplus-hub\/\">https:\/\/equalityhubnetwork.org\/lgbtplus-hub\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prideinsheffield.org.uk\/\">https:\/\/prideinsheffield.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day of silence to stand by and support all those from the LGBTQ+ community who have been oppressed during their time in school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[415,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-top-story-3"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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