October 19, 2012: Spirit Day

Friday, October 19, 2012, is Spirit Day. This is the day to wear purple, either as part of clothing outfit or as an awareness ribbon, to show support against LGBT teen bullying and suicide. This public campaign was started as a grassroots movement by a teen, Brittany McMillian, in 2010. She was concerned over the increase in the number of suicides among her peers as a result of bullying because of their sexual orientation. This observance is sponsored by GLAAD.

Demonstrate your opposition to these tragedies by wearing purple on Friday, October 19. For more information,  click here to go to GLAAD's website: http://www.glaad.org .