# GLBT National Day of Silence: Shut the Fuck Up! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 22, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379 "2004-04-22T05:24:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/41 "2004-04-23T07:47:10Z")
Yes, last I saw Bruce he was starring as Edna Turnblad in _Hairspray_. Seeking out the very edges of camp. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/42 "2004-04-23T08:27:04Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I’m just surprised that (unless I missed it) no one’s yet commented on the irony of yelling at people to “shut the fuck up” on a national day of silence. 😃 That was intentional. I was moderately horrified when I learned Bruce was being cast as Edna. (Has he ever done drag before?) Based on his Linda Tripp, I’d love to see what John Goodman could do with the role, though for much lower budget I’d recommend the fellow who does [Shirley Q. Liquor/Betty Butterfield](http://shirleyqliquor.com) (or cast a woman as Edna and a man as Motormouth, who has the ultimate drag queen song {“Big Blonde & Beautiful”} anyway). ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/43 "2004-04-23T10:33:49Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > WITCHERY! WITCHERY! HE’S A SHAPE CHANGER!!! Sweetie, if I were a shape changer, would my hair look like _this?_ ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/44 "2004-04-23T22:14:24Z")
Bruce Vilanch is doing “Hairspray”? Last I heard (from the NYT, [www.ibdb.com](http://www.ibdb.com) , and other sources), Michael McKean was going to replace Harvey Fierstein. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/45 "2004-04-23T22:37:48Z")
Vilanch is doing the touring company (take that any way you please…). McKean is replacing Harvey in the Broadway run. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/46 "2004-04-24T03:02:21Z")
Ahh, thanks for answering, **jayjay**. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/47 "2004-04-24T03:04:55Z")
I have to say, Bruce Vilanch without the beard looks disturbingly like every middle-aged wide-bodied butch lesbian I’ve ever known… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/48 "2004-04-24T03:14:59Z")
Beardless Bruce [here](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/photo/2003-08/9187031.jpg). Interesting capture of the transformation [here](http://images.google.com/images?q=vilanch+hairspray&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&filter=0). Not that this whole _Hairspray_ tangent isn’t a hijack or anything… :o ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/49 "2004-04-24T04:36:37Z")
All I have to say is that I participated at our school. I think, though, that ours was organized better. No ball-gags or pressure. We wore pink armbands to signify we were being silenced, and we had a booth set up in the lobby that had different pamphlets re: coming out/religion and homosexuality, etc. The people that were there (participating) acted as a support group thing… However, it had nothing to do with gay-bashing. Just an attention gainer. I didn’t see anyone do this: Day of Silence homepage ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/50 "2004-04-24T05:14:01Z")
> [@](#): > > …when I was at the University of Alabama I attended one (1) meeting of the Gay Student Association (it’s name at the beginning of the meeting) and they literally changed names about 4 (four) times during that one (1) meeting, opting for “Gay & Lesbian Alliance”, then trading that in favor of “Gay, Lesbian & Transsexual” Alliance to include Transsexuals, then adding in “Transgender” to add in those who weren’t transsexual but preferred to self identify as members of the opposite sex, and finally tacking on “and Friends” It’s still going on. The name changes are a source of perpetual amusement to me. Now (or the last time I checked) it’s the Queer-Straight Alliance. And there’s a whole separate group for lesbians, Lesbian Women on Campus. _checks website_… excuse me, they’ve both changed again. Now it’s Queer Women on Campus and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Alliance. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/51 "2004-04-24T07:40:24Z")
Well, inclusion is a good thing. The only things that bother me about that are: 1. groups that drop in a "trans"something into the name and don’t actually have any programs or resources or experience (or, sometimes, tolerance) for trans or otherwise genderqueer people; 2. failure to come up with a cute acronym; 3. the word “lesbigay.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/52 "2004-04-24T11:48:53Z")
At the U of AL many of the vocal lesbians associated with gay causes were either majors in or closely affiliated with the Women’s Studies program. At U of AL, the [Women’s Studies program is housed in Manly Hall](http://www.as.ua.edu/ws/), so upon occasion the lesbian activists were referred to as “the Manly Women”. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/53 "2004-04-25T18:13:27Z")
> [@VampyChick](#): > > It’s still going on. The name changes are a source of perpetual amusement to me. Now (or the last time I checked) it’s the Queer-Straight Alliance. And there’s a whole separate group for lesbians, Lesbian Women on Campus. > > _checks website_… excuse me, they’ve both changed again. Now it’s Queer Women on Campus and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Alliance. _[Life of Brian voice]Fucking splitter.[/Life of Brian voice]_ 🙂 Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/54 "2004-04-26T10:59:09Z")
I figured out the lettuce, bacon, and tomato, but what is the “G”? ---
**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379/55 "2004-04-26T13:28:24Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > I figured out the lettuce, bacon, and tomato, but what is the “G”? Gouda. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glbt-national-day-of-silence-shut-the-fuck-up/241379.md?page=2)