One of those courageous young people is Matthew Keys. April 26, 2006 a march to support safe schools for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered students was held in Sacramento, California. Matthew photographed the event and created a short video of the Day of Silence march. Matthew describes the video production as a one-man project. His video is titled "Project Soundwave." Matthew says he chose the title Soundwave, because,'Soundwave' is a play on words, since the event was called the 'Day of Silence', emphasizing on the lack of audible words emitting from human beings on that day who stood up in support of GLBT teens and safer schools.

Most of the video pans across still shots of the people in the march. Photos of pride flags, people, and couples appear in the video. Closeups of people holding hands symbolize the unity of people speaking out in an effort to make schools safer places. The video ends with a shot of many different people posing for a photograph. In the photograph is a large pride flag. At the front of the photograph, people are holding a large banner that reads "Day of Silence."

The lyrics of one of the songs of the video is very appropriate. They match the theme of the Day of Silence. The songs bring the message that "only kindness matters" and that "we are all OK."

We encourage people to watch the video and to email Matthew to let him know you watched his video. Matthew Keys' video is on the YouTube.com web site. We hope this video be the kind of video people will watch in twenty or thirty years to celebrate the fact that queer people have gained complete equality and safety in society and in the schools of our land.

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Eleven years ago this month, a young bisexual man took his life. The teenager took his life not long after he was assaulted, because he was not straight. That teenager, was Bill Clayton. Bill's painting "Hold Back the Dawn" reminds us of the cost of hatred and hate crimes. The world lost a talented young man, because of hate. We remember Bill's life and appreciate how Bill's story has touched people's lives.

Bill's mother, Gabi Clayton, maintains an excellent web site that tells Bill's story and provides resources. Gabi Clayton started a blog. We encourage you to bookmark Gabi Clayton's web site and her blog. Should you lose a links to the web sites, there are links to the web site and the blog at the on the Stop Hate web resource page.

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A few new religious resources have been to our links page. We now have links to a Muslim Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Muslim Gay Men and Queer JiHad web sites. A link has been added for the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, a group that tries to reduce discrimination against Catholics. Those internet resources, along with numerous other web resources can be found on the Stop Hate web resources page.

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