the organizers of the protest at mcguffey high school encouraged anyone who shared their bigoted stance to show support by wearing a flannel shirt .
the event was held last thursday and students report that openly gay pupils were also physically bullied .
a number of the anti-gay protesters proudly shared photos of them wearing flannel shirts on social media platforms such as instagram .
thursday 's event appeared to be a reaction to a day of silence events for bullied lbgt students held the previous day .