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Wear it Purple Day [1] is an annual LGBTIQA+ awareness day especially for young people, based in Australia. Supporters wear purple to celebrate diversity and young people from the LGBTIQA+ community. The Day is organised by Wear it Purple, a student run, not-for-profit organisation, providing presentations and workshops. [2]
Spirit Day is an annual LGBTQ awareness day observed on the third Thursday in October. [1] Started in 2010 by Canadian teenager Brittany McMillan, it was initially created in response to a rash of widely publicized bullying-related suicides of gay school students in 2010, including that of Tyler Clementi. [2]
Spirit Day has since become an annual event for LGBTQ people and their allies to wear purple to show their support for the cause. And the need for such a day is still warranted.
Wear it Purple Day: The final Friday of August: 2010: A day to foster supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for rainbow young people. The day was co-founded by Katherine Hudson and Scott Williams. [67] Comparable days exist in a number of other countries, including the Netherlands (Purple Friday) and the United States (Spirit ...
Kamala Harris, Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton have worn purple for inaugural events, but why? Onlookers point to the color as a symbol of unity.
Oprah Winfrey has worn the color purple 14 times to promote the movie. In other words: fourteen fabulous reasons purple is the best color. ... “Y’all have six months to get your purple wear ...
A purple brooch bearing an inscription pertaining to epilepsy. Purple Day is held annually on March 26. Supporters are encouraged to wear a purple-coloured item of clothing. Purple is the international color for epilepsy and is also a color that symbolizes solitude. [citation needed]
But today, some people choose to wear white, purple and black poppies instead. Why do some people feel uncomfortable wearing a red poppy? Some people believe that the red poppy has become ...