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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] Promoted by GLAAD, observers wear the color purple as a visible sign of support for LGBTQ youth and against bullying during National Bullying Prevention Month,[1][3] as well as to honor LGBTQ victims of suicide.
- ^ a b "About #SpiritDay". GLAAD. June 28, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
- ^ Potter, Chuck (October 23, 2010). "Bullies can't stand up to the power of purple". The Day. New London, Connecticut. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ^ Wackrow, Kyle (October 10, 2010). "Spirit Day to honor recent homosexual suicide victims". The Eastern Echo. Retrieved October 21, 2021.