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#SpiritDay Inspires Twitter Users to Reclaim Homophobic Hashtag

Friday, October 19, 2012 - 12:36pm by Ross Murray, Director of News and Faith Initiatives at GLAAD

The users of Twitter have used Spirit Day to take what was once a homophobic hash tag and turned it into a learning opportunity.

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Faith Organizations Turn Purple on the Web for #SpiritDay

Friday, October 19, 2012 - 11:35am by Ross Murray, Director of News and Faith Initiatives at GLAAD

Faith-based organizations are turning purple for Spirit Day to oppose bullying and stand in solidarity with LGBT youth. You can see the purple tide rising.

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United Church of Christ is the Largest Religious Group to Go Purple for Spirit Day

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 1:16pm by Ross Murray, Director of News and Faith Initiatives at GLAAD

The United Church of Christ sent a message to encourage its congregations and members to go purple for Spirit Day. With just over one million members, that makes the UCC the largest religious group to go purple for Spirit Day.

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Churches Kick Off Ally Week and Look Ahead to #SpiritDay

Monday, October 15, 2012 - 4:10pm by Ross Murray, Director of News and Faith Initiatives at GLAAD

Spirit Day isn’t until this Friday, but many churches used their weekend worship to kick off Ally Week, leading up to Spirit Day. Last Sunday, GLAAD challenged participants to ask their place of worship to go purple. So far, over 50 religious organizations and congregations have signed on to participate in Spirit Day, and many got the ball rolling over the weekend.

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GLAAD and thousands of New Yorkers gather to mourn victim of anti-gay hate violence

More than 1,500 New Yorkers gathered today in Manhattan to mourn the death of a 32 year-old gay man, who was shot down on Friday just blocks away from the historic Stonewall Inn in an apparent act of anti-gay bias.

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