This Moving Rendition of 'Ring of Keys' Will Get You Ready for Spirit Day

Spirit Day is an awesome way to show solidarity. LGBTQ+ students, teachers, administrators, and even celebrities and their allies wear purple to take a stand against LGBTQ+ bullying. While the gesture is an awesome way to show support, here are a few things students, parents, and educators can do to keep the essence of Spirit Day alive all year long.

STUDENTS

1) You don’t have to laugh at jokes that aren’t funny.
If someone is mocking LGBTQ+ people and they expect you to laugh at their crappy joke, the quickest way to shut it down without saying a word is to stare them down in silence until they become so uncomfortable that they start to fidget. When you refuse to go along with anti-LGBTQ "jokes" you sometimes risk putting yourself in the line of fire, especially if you’re in a group of students who are all going along with it. They might get defensive and try to justify their thinly veiled bigotry by saying, "It was just a joke." The best way to reply is to innocently say, "Oh it was? I thought jokes were supposed to be funny."