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Respectfully, Contemporary Issues Class and Continuing to Engage in Social Action

Two of the seniors delivered the letter to the principal, who approved their day immediately, and the students began work on their project.
The students composed an announcement that was read once during the week before what became known as the “Day of Solidarity.” This was met with some faculty and student resistance and confusion. In addition, the posters that the students put up about the event were taken down by the head teacher, who was responsible for disciplinary matters in the school. The faculty had Omega Replica heard nothing about the day up until this point and some were frustrated that they could not answer students’ questions about it, while others philosophically disagreed with the intent of the day. According to my students, a few students in the middle school made homophobic remarks or jokes about the proposed day, calling it “Gay Day” and saying that “only homos would do that,” while many of the older students expressed interest in participating.

By the next day the principal told me that he had been hearing a lot of opposition to this Day of Solidarity by some faculty and a few parents. The concerns were raised the following day at a previously scheduled School Committee meeting. They included the appropriateness of such a day for middle school and high school students, concern about a “dress code” or “uniform” to show support, and the need for more education within the school community regarding homophobia in general. As a result of this discussion, the principal officially postponed the Day of Solidarity, requesting that the Contemporary Issues class provide more “information” and “clarification” so that the day could “yield the positive result that the class is seeking.” He tasked the Contemporary Issues students with educating the school about homophobia.

At the end of the year, I asked my students to define social action. Several explained social action as disrupting injustice or collusion. Lauren suggested that “Action is doing something, instead of being quiet and letting your ideas and views get passed by. Action looks like someone who teaches others, speaks up and talks about issues.” Carlos wrote, “[Action] can just be verbally confronting people when they say homophobic slurs and it can also be our day of solidarity. An action usually is to raise your voice against any injustice or things you disagree with.”

The juniors from Contemporary Issues were leaders in the GSA the following September and they continued to take action. They hosted an after-school panel of LGBT people from the same university. They spoke at a faculty meeting about creating safe spaces in all classrooms for people of all sexual orientations, and they provided their teachers with Safe Space stickers and information packets.

They also held a second Day of Solidarity. This time they faced no opposition and were allowed to hold an hour-long middle school meeting a few days prior to the Day of Solidarity, where they discussed the issues with their younger peers. Middle school students also were allowed to participate in the jeans and white T-shirt part of the day. Nora composed a letter describing the purpose of the event, which the principal sent to students’ homes. On the actual Day of Solidarity, in addition to wearing jeans and white T-shirts, the GSA students Tag Heuer Replica Watches invited participants to write their names on small pink triangles that were put together to form a giant triangle of solidarity, which remained displayed in the cafeteria throughout the year.

While this second year was marked by less resistance than the first, there were still pockets of it. We had, however, opened a school wide conversation about homophobia and heterosexism at Jones. In the school newspaper, there were “Pro” and “Con” op-ed articles about the Safe Space stickers, which many teachers and the principal chose to display on their doors. Some teachers now heard and interrupted homophobic remarks. Two students came out to their peers as not being heterosexual for the first time in the collective memory of the school, with little fanfare.

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