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WATCH: GLSEN Responds To Antigay Attacks on Day of Silence

WATCH: GLSEN Responds To Antigay Attacks on Day of Silence

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The education advocacy group didn't allow Linda Harvey's antigay claims about the Day of Silence to go unchecked.

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On Wednesday, conservative pundit Linda Harvey, of antigay organization Mission: America launched a verbal attack against the Day of Silence, an advocacy campaign coordinated by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. She claims the event, occurring this year on April 19, when students pledge to not speak for a day to bring awareness to how LGBT people are silenced, is just another trumped-up play for victimhood by the "homosexual lobby."

Well, GLSEN has a few words for Harvey, beginning with the title of its new video: "Whose side are you on?"

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Sunnivie is the managing editor of The Advocate, and an award-winning journalist whose passion is covering the politics of equality and elevating the unheard stories of our community. Originally from Colorado, she and her spouse now live in Los Angeles, along with their three fur-children: dogs Luna and Cassie Doodle, and "Meow Button" Tilly.
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