Whereas the National Day of Silence is a day in which students take a vow of silence to bring attention to the anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools; Whereas GLSEN is a national nonprofit organization working to create safe and affirming learning environments in primary and secondary schools nationwide, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression; Whereas GLSEN designates one day of every April as the Day of Silence; Whereas hundreds of thousands of students at thousands of schools have participated in the National Day of Silence in past years; Whereas GLSEN’s 2017 National School Climate Survey illustrates the pervasive harassment and victimization faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students by documenting their experiences within the preceding academic year; Whereas 70 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students reported being verbally harassed by their peers at school because of their sexual orientation, and 59 percent because of their gender expression; Whereas 29 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students reported being physically harassed by their peers at school because of their sexual orientation, and 24 percent because of their gender expression; Whereas nearly 13 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students reported being physically assaulted by their peers at school because of their sexual orientation, and 11 percent because of their gender expression; Whereas 60 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students reported that they felt unsafe in school because of their sexual orientation, and 35 percent reported missing at least one entire school day in the preceding month because of safety concerns; Whereas transgender students were more likely than all other students to report feeling unsafe at school because of their gender expression