The Day of Silence is an annual day of action to spread awareness about the effects of the bullying and harassment of LGBTTQ+ students.
Students take a vow of silence in an effort to encourage schools and classmates to address homophobia and transphobia by illustrating the silencing effect of bullying and harassment on LGBTTQ+ students and those perceived to be LGBTTQ+.
For more information: http://www.dayofsilence.org
To order posters and speaking cards email: pride@vsb.bc.ca
Dancin’ In The Kitchen, the 44th release by Grammy award-winning musicians, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, celebrates diverse families, including one-parent and two-parent households, grandparents raising their grandchildren, gay and lesbian parents, extended and blended families, mixed-race families, and LGBT children. Their songs reflect the growing diversity of family structures in America and around the world, and highlight the reality that families are bound by love.
Schools can raise awareness about homophobia and transphobia and celebrate diversity on Pink Day (Feb. 24) and/or Day of Pink (April 13) by planning a Pink Day event: click here for activities, lessons, and videos. Click here for LGBTTQ+ books.
Have you seen Ivan Coyote’s Ted Tx: We all need a safe place to pee? Click here. View the video with your class or at school. Post pink day signs on the boys and girls washrooms saying, ‘Trans people welcome.’ Help make schools feel safer and more welcoming for trans students. See Vancouver Parks and Recreation trans public awareness campaign here. For their trans friendly washroom signs, click here.
Thinking about teaching about Two Spirit identities? Contact your VSB Aboriginal Enhancement staff. Here are some resources:
Happy Pink Day!
Pink Day Resources:
Happy Pink Day!
