Students, Parents Debate Merits Of 'Day Of Silence'
Link03/26/2008
""That's so gay."
"He looks like a homo."
"She looks like a dyke."
They're expressions that have become common in some American students' vocabulary. They even pop up in mainstream movies and music. But to a gay or lesbian student, they're demeaning words used to bully a person because of their sexual orientation or gender expression, according to Daryl Presgraves, media relations manager with Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network."
