[a message from Equal Rights Washington]

Hutch v. Mount Si

On Friday April 25th students at over 7,000 schools nationwide participated in the Day of Silence to bring attention to how LGBT students and students perceived as LGBT face bullying, violence and taunts in schools simply because of who they are. Outside  Mt. Si High School a leader of the anti-gay industry Ken Hutcherson organized a protest of the Day of Silence. Parents and community members supportive of the Day of Silence welcomed students in silence as they arrived to show support for LGBT students and to call for an end to bullying. 

Now we ask you to sign a petition to the school administration so that they know there is strong support for the Day of Silence and that the High School must continue to address the needs of LGBT students.

Thanks for all you do,

Josh Friedes
Advocacy Director
Equal Rights Washington

Sign this petition and notify:
Joel Aune
Randy Taylor

[petition at: http://eqfed.org/campaign/day_of_silence/]