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"They wanted to make sure that it didn't happen again and that the bullies were taken to task." "The kids were very calm and well prepared," said Cameron, who also attended the meeting. You could tell whose side they were truly on." "Both the superintendent and assistant superintendent shook my hand. "We had a really positive reaction," she said.
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Johnson and her fellow students spoke on Thursday night at a school board meeting to raise the anti-gay bullying issue with administrators. "The instigators, the bullies, seemed to be very proud of their efforts, and posted many smiling pictures online," Cameron said. "They had a very silent, respectful day of action, and then they came to school on Thursday to an organized backlash," Kathy Cameron, chair of the board of directors of the Washington County Gay Straight Alliance, told BuzzFeed News.
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Johnson said the event was met with no resistance on Wednesday, but roughly 50 students took part in a counter-protest on Thursday and Friday. "It was a very nice feeling to see that many people participating." "There was about 30 to 50 students," she said. She told BuzzFeed News she was touched that many non-GSA members also took part. The national Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) organized a "Day of Silence" around the United States on Friday, but Johnson said she and her friends held their protest on Wednesday because of a school field trip scheduled for Friday.Īs part of their protest, Johnson and the other dozen members of the GSA arranged to wear black, paint rainbows on their faces, and stay silent for much of the day. "They were calling us every horrible name you can think of." "I got called a dyke, a faggot," Johnson said.