Colorado Springs: 'Day of silence' for bullied gays

More than 100 students at Lewis-Palmer High School will be as quiet as they can be April 25 to observe the "Day of Silence," a national event to call attention to bullying of gay kids.

Organizer Jennifer Teevens, a senior at Lewis-Palmer, said she doesn't consider her school unsafe for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students. But that doesn't mean there are no problems.

"There is a lot of discriminatory terms towards gays being thrown around in school, which I don't think is right, but there are people who are very accepting," she said.

Students at other schools in the Pikes Peak region also observe the Day of Silence. The annual event is organized by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, a New York-based group that says on its Web site more than 500,000 students nationwide have participated in previous years.  See ‘Day of silence’ for bullied gays
Colorado Springs Gazette, CO