Spirit Day

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For other LGBT holidays, see List of LGBT holidays. For the religious observance, see Spirit Monday.

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Not to be confused with International STAND UP to Bullying Day.

Etymology

The name Spirit Day comes from the purple stripe of the Rainbow flag, whose creator Gilbert Baker defined it as "representing 'spirit'".

Canada

In early October 2010, Canadian teenager Brittany McMillan promulgated the observance of a new commemoration called Spirit Day, the first observance of which took place on October 20, 2010; it now however takes place on October 15.[1] On this day people wear the color purple to show support for LGBT youth who are victims of bullying.[2] Promoted by GLAAD, many Hollywood celebrities wore purple on this day to show their support of this cause,[3][4][5] and many websites added a prominent purple shade to their design.

USA

The observance was inaugurated in response to a rash of widely publicized bullying-related suicides of gay school students in 2010, including that of Tyler Clementi.[6]

Netherlands

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Students of Het Baarnsch Lyceum dressed in purple on Paarse Vrijdag 2013

COC Nederland started in December 2010 to name the second Friday of this month Paarse Vrijdag (i.e. Purple Friday) and is celebrated annually since then.[7]

Facebook

More than 1.6 million Facebook users signed up for the event globally.[8][9][10]

Further national and international attention was drawn to Spirit Day when Clint McCance, the vice-president of an Arkansas school board,[11] posted incendiary anti-homosexual remarks on the Facebook social networking website.[12] McCance ultimately apologised and resigned on the CNN program Anderson Cooper 360°;[13] however, he received further criticism for what many perceived to be an insincere non-apology apology, including from Dr. Phil in a later Anderson Cooper interview.[11][14][15] McCance submitted his resignation letter to the Midlands School District effective November 1, 2010.[16]

See also

References

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  4. ↑ Why Wearing Purple Will Protest Bullying: Archived October 22, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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  7. ↑ Purple Friday Gay Straight Alliance (in Dutch), retrieved December 10, 2015
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