Anti-gay Day anized at Ptsburgh high school rponse to LGBT-affirmg Day of Silence monstratns.

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• PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS ORGANIZE "ANTI-GAY DAY"
• WASHGTON CO. HS STUNTS ACCED OF ORGANIZG "ANTI-GAY" DAY
• STUNTS AT PENNSYLVANIA'S MCGUFFEY HIGH SCHOOL ORGANIZE 'ANTI-GAY DAY' AND ALLEGEDLY TARGET LGBT CLASSMAT
• SCHOOL VTIGATG 'ANTI-GAY DAY' ALLEGEDLY ANIZED BY STUNTS
• SCHOOL VTIGATG 'ANTI-GAY DAY' ALLEGEDLY ANIZED BY STUNTS
• PA HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS ORGANIZE “ANTI-GAY DAY” RPONSE TO NATNAL DAY OF SILENCE
• 'ANTI-GAY DAY': BULLI ALLEGEDLY TARGET LGBT STUNTS AT PA. HIGH SCHOOL PROTT
• PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOLERS WEAR MATCHG FLANNEL, HANG HATEFUL POSTERS ON ‘ANTI-GAY DAY'
• STUNTS AT PTSBURGH-AREA SCHOOL ALLEGEDLY ANIZE "ANTI-GAY DAY"
• PTSBURGH-AREA STUNTS ORGANIZE “ANTI-GAY DAY” RPONSE TO ANTI-BULLYG EFFORTS
• PA. STUNTS ALLEGEDLY THROW 'ANTI-GAY DAY,' WRE 'LYNCH LIST'
• 'ANTI-GAY DAY' STUNTS MA 'LYNCH LIST,' HUNG NOOSE
• INVTIGATN TO ‘ANTI-GAY DAY' NTU; PASTOR SAYS HE'S SPOKEN WH KIDS VOLVED
• A GROUP OF PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS ALLEGEDLY ORGANIZED AN "ANTI-GAY" DAY

PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS ORGANIZE "ANTI-GAY DAY"

"The natnal Gay, Lbian, and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN) anized a "Day of Silence" around the Uned Stat on Friday, but Johnson said she and her iends held their prott on Wednday bee of a school field trip schled for part of their prott, Johnson and the other dozen members of the GSA arranged to wear black, pat rabows on their fac, and stay silent for much of the told BuzzFeed News she was touched that many non-GSA members also took part. "They had a very silent, rpectful day of actn, and then they me to school on Thursday to an anized backlash, " Kathy Cameron, chair of the board of directors of the Washgton County Gay Straight Alliance, told BuzzFeed News. Johnson and her fellow stunts spoke on Thursday night at a school board meetg to raise the anti-gay bullyg issue wh admistrators.

Cameron said she knows anti-gay bullyg tak place at schools across the untry, but that staff need to move quickly to stamp out.

WASHGTON CO. HS STUNTS ACCED OF ORGANIZG "ANTI-GAY" DAY

ET: Supertennt Eri Kolat released the followg statement to BuzzFeed News on Monday afternoon:On Thursday, April 16, 2015, allegatns of harassment were brought to admistratn’s attentn followg the McGuffey High School Gay-Straight Alliance Club’s observance of GLSEN’s “Day of Silence. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – School officials are vtigatg after several stunts at McGuffey High School allegedly anized an "anti-gay" day. Reportedly the stunts at the Washgton County school anized the "anti-gay" day after several stunts participated a day of silence, where those who want to show support for LGBT rights don't speak for a day.

One person who ntacted KDKA and wanted to rema anonymo says the "anti-gay" stunts agreed to all wear red and orange flannel shirts.

They also allegedly harassed LGBT-supportg stunts and hung up "anti-gay" posters. A Pennsylvania high school has e unr media scty after a group of stunts anized an "Anti-Gay Day" rponse to the natnally-observed Day of Silence.

STUNTS AT PENNSYLVANIA'S MCGUFFEY HIGH SCHOOL ORGANIZE 'ANTI-GAY DAY' AND ALLEGEDLY TARGET LGBT CLASSMAT

The Day of Silence, which has been officially anized by GLSEN (or the Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network) sce 2001, enurag stunts and young adults to take a vow of silence an effort to prompt officials to addrs the problem of anti-lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) bullyg and harassment their schools. This prompted the group of stunts to ask classmat to wear flannel shirts and wre "anti-gay" on their hands on Thursday, April 16, prott, acrdg to WPXI-TV.

SCHOOL VTIGATG 'ANTI-GAY DAY' ALLEGEDLY ANIZED BY STUNTS

In addn, participants posted Bible vers on the lockers of stunts who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT), the news statn noted.

"The kids didn’t jt spontaneoly pull a homophobic move. Several parents and stunts om McGuffey High School Washgton County have voiced ncern about a so-lled “Anti-Gay Day” allegedly anized by some stunts.

A group of stunts allegedly spread the news that if they were “anti-gay, ” they were to wear a flannel shirt and wre “Anti-Gay” on their hands. “It hurts me to see how and cel, and some of the people were my iends before this started, ” said Zoe Johnson, a stunt at McGuffey High stunts allegedly anized the “Anti-Gay Day” rponse to the observance of the natnally regnized “Day of Silence, ” where attentn is lled to gay and lbian bullyg and harassment schools.

SCHOOL VTIGATG 'ANTI-GAY DAY' ALLEGEDLY ANIZED BY STUNTS

Explore>> Read more trendg stori“Yterday, there was phg, posters hung on homosexual stunts’ lockers. We don't, and 's startg to get worse, ” said stunts wore flannel shirts Thursday support of the alleged "Anti-Gay Day, " Channel 11's Cara Sapida reported that they wore orange Friday and allegedly have another five days' worth of "anti-gay" attire planned next week.

McGuffey High School  Claysville, Pennsylvania ma headl over the weekend when a group of stunts anized an “Anti-Gay Day’  direct retaliatn to the LGBT youth-supportive Natnal Day of Silence (NDOS) on Friday.

PA HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS ORGANIZE “ANTI-GAY DAY” RPONSE TO NATNAL DAY OF SILENCE

A stunt named Ashley, wrote to G Philly sayg that anizers of the anti-gay movement asked stunts to wear flannel shirts and wre “anti-gay” on their hands if they opposed the LGBT muny. “Stickers and flyers are also beg placed around the school and on queer kids’ lockers that read ‘ANTI-GAY, ’ she wrote. The ‘Anti-Gay’ club, to beg wh, is an obv sign of bullyg and discrimatn.

'ANTI-GAY DAY': BULLI ALLEGEDLY TARGET LGBT STUNTS AT PA. HIGH SCHOOL PROTT

We rolve to ensure that all children n grow and learn a safe, supportive environment ee om suggts that Anti-Gay Day anizers expect to ntue s prott through the week, wh anizers choosg a different shirt lor each day. Thursday was flannel, Friday they wore orange and they “allegedly have another five days’ worth of anti-gay attire planned for [this] week.

So looks like there is a bunch of extremely homophobic guys at McGuffey High.

Hey, Science, what n you tell about homophobic guys? Is homophobia associated wh homosexual aroal? The thors vtigated the role of homosexual aroal exclively heterosexual men who admted negative affect toward homosexual dividuals.

PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOLERS WEAR MATCHG FLANNEL, HANG HATEFUL POSTERS ON ‘ANTI-GAY DAY'

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STUNTS AT PTSBURGH-AREA SCHOOL ALLEGEDLY ANIZE "ANTI-GAY DAY"

Only the homophobic men showed an crease penile erectn to male homosexual stimuli. Homophobia is apparently associated wh homosexual aroal that the homophobic dividual is eher unaware of or ni.

Then tape pi of the highlighted abstract to the lockers of all the boys who participated "Anti-Gay Day" and hand out pi to everyone else at your school. Will you be accg the boys who wore flannel, asslted queer stunts, posted antigay Bible vers on your lockers, and passed out that a "lynch list" of beg gay themselv? Do that mean you're throwg "gay" around an accatory way?

Do that mean you're acceptg, for sake of argument, the homophobe's central premise, i.

PTSBURGH-AREA STUNTS ORGANIZE “ANTI-GAY DAY” RPONSE TO ANTI-BULLYG EFFORTS

E., that there's somethg wrong wh beg gay? Sce beg perceived to be gay is the last thg the wardly, bullyg, homophobic shs want, lettg the whole school know that science—SCIENCE! —has monstrated a al lk between reprsed homosexual sire and homophobic attus is an effective unterstrike.

(And 's not the only study that's showed a lk between homophobic feelgs and homosexual sire. ) Dissematg the rults of this study will put the homophob at McGuffey High on notice: When you engage homophobic acts, you out yourself to your peers as gay or bi.

PA. STUNTS ALLEGEDLY THROW 'ANTI-GAY DAY,' WRE 'LYNCH LIST'

Not openly gay, not the kd of gay kid who is brave enough to e out high school, not an out and proud kd of gay. They're outg themselv as the nflicted and wardly type of gay—the kd of "straight" dus who exhib "creas penile circumference" when they watch gay porn. By lettg the entire stunt body know that science says beg a homophobe is totally gay—gay as the turned-on-by-homosexual-stimuli sense, not the gay-as--that-is-so-lame sense—will make the boys ls likely to attack you.

Bee homophobia is gay.

A band of Pennsylvania high schoolers matchg flannel shirts slapped hateful poster on gay stunts' lockers and drafted a "lynch list" to mark their self-ncted "Anti-Gay Day, " stunts many as 100 stunts at Claysville's McGuffey High School took part the Thursday prott a day after the school's Gay-Straight Alliance held s Day of Silence. GSA's day was anized to draw attentn to and nmn bullg agast gay stunts, acrdg to the homophobic stunts, mostly boys, wore flannel shirts on the same day and wrote "anti-gay" and drew cross on the backs of their hands.

'ANTI-GAY DAY' STUNTS MA 'LYNCH LIST,' HUNG NOOSE

The group stuck timidatg posters on gay stunts' lockers and scuffled wh Gay-Straight Alliance members and their supporters, stunt Zoe Johnson told WPXI.

"Yterday, there was phg, posters hung on homosexual stunts' lockers.

A group of stunts at McGuffey High School wore matchg flannel for an "Anti-Gay Day" prott on Thursday, stunts said. The band planned to ntue s matchg attire this the Gay-Straight Alliance and other stunts have tried to unter Anti-Gay Day wh more protts — on Monday stunts held signs that said "Stick wh Love" and "It Gets Better" before the morng bell rang — the tensn between the two factns is still obv, stunts said. Stunts at McGuffey High Schooll held an “Anti-Gay Day” prott on Thursday, wearg ordated flannel shirts, wrg “anti-gay” on their hands, and stickg Bible vers on LGBT stunts’ lockers.

INVTIGATN TO ‘ANTI-GAY DAY' NTU; PASTOR SAYS HE'S SPOKEN WH KIDS VOLVED

Several parents and stunts om McGuffey High School Washgton County ntacted Channel 11 News Friday, voicg ncern about a so-lled “Anti-Gay Day” allegedly anized by some APPS | NOW | FACEBOOK | TWITTERHeartbreakg honty om kids #IWishMyTeacherKnewPHOTOS: Cast of Star Wars then and nowGood Samarans help homels man fd fotten bank acuntHYPE VIDEO: Let's Go Pens! “Yterday, there was phg, posters hung on homosexual stunts’ lockers. We don't, and 's startg to get worse, ” said stunts wore flannel shirts Thursday support of the alleged "Anti-Gay Day, " Channel 11's Cara Sapida reported that they wore orange Friday and allegedly have another five days' worth of "anti-gay" attire planned next.

Ptsburgh-Area High School Stunts Organize “Anti-Gay Day”. Due to a schlg nflict, the Gay-Straight Alliance at McGuffey High School Claysville, Pennsylvania, chose to mark the ocsn on Wednday, April 15, stead, drawg between 30 and 50 participants and generatg a generally supportive atmosphere, acrdg to a participant who spoke wh BuzzFeed News. The mood changed on Thursday, when, acrdg to a number of reports, a siar-sized group anized an “anti-gay day, ” which they marked by wearg flannel, wrg “Anti-Gay” on their bodi, postg Bible vers to queer stunts’ lockers and social media profil, and, most troublgly, allegedly harassg “Day of Silence” participants both verbally and physilly.

A GROUP OF PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS ALLEGEDLY ORGANIZED AN "ANTI-GAY" DAY

While harassment reports are currently beg vtigated by the school district—which on Monday reported not yet fdg evince of asslts or the “lynch list” an update to BuzzFeed—many of the “anti-gay day” activi were documented on Instagram and other social media platforms. While we know that anti-LGBTQ bullyg is an ongog problem schools, the reported actns of the homophobic stunts at McGuffey are strikg for their forethought and anizatn, as well as for their alleged progrsn to vlatns of person and property.

(Holdg anti-gay views is, of urse, protected by the First Amendment, but hate-fueled vlence is not—and McGuffey’s Co of Conduct suggts that the some of the alleged actns might rise to Level IV vlatns, which uld rult expulsn. ) The exact motivatns of the stunts behd “anti-gay day” aren’t yet known, but ’s hard not to see this sort of herent, religly flected actn as part of the larger backlash LGBTQ people are currently experiencg the Uned Stat unr the banner of “relig liberty” and the like. A group of stunts at McGuffey High School allegedly anized an "Anti-Gay Day" rponse to the peaceful prott ordated by the Gay, Lbian, and Straight Edutn Network.