Spirit Day 2010
Read about Spirit Day 2010
GLAAD Features Stories of Spirit Day Participants -- Part 2, 10/30/2010, 3:05pm
GLAAD Features Stories of Spirit Day Participants -- Part 1, 10/30/2010, 3:04pm
YOU DID IT! Arkansas School Board Member Clint McCance to Resign, 10/29/2010, 10:42am
President Obama Speaks Out on Anti-Gay Bullying, 10/22/2010, 12:52pm
LGBT Religion News Roundup - October 22, 2010, 10/22/2010, 11:40am
YOU Made Spirit Day Happen - Now Tell Us Your Stories!, 10/21/2010, 4:01pm
Faith Leaders Honor Spirit Day!, 10/21/2010, 3:16pm
Faith Leaders Against Bullying Lead Sign-On Campaigns, 10/21/2010, 12:57pm
Spirit Day Brings Sad News of Yet Another Young Gay Man's Suicide, 10/20/2010, 10:29pm
CNBC Goes Purple for Spirit Day, 10/20/2010, 7:57pm
Glee Cast Shows Their Spirit!, 10/20/2010, 7:18pm
Logo Goes Purple for Spirit Day, 10/20/2010, 5:47pm
Hillary Clinton Sends Supportive Message to Struggling Teens, 10/20/2010, 3:33pm
First Rule of Spirit Day: You DO Talk About Spirit Day, 10/20/2010, 1:37pm
Today Show, The View, The Talk and Ellen DeGeneres among those 'Going Purple' for Spirit Day, 10/20/2010, 12:00pm
Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns Set to Appear on Wednesday's The Ellen DeGeneres Show!, 10/19/2010, 5:46pm
Jill Zarin, Joel Burns, Ryan Seacrest Join GLAAD to Support Spirit Day, 10/19/2010, 5:02pm
Ask Ellen to Wear Purple on Wednesday's Show in Honor of LGBT Youth and Spirit Day, 10/18/2010, 6:18pm
Wednesday is #SpiritDay - How You Can Go Purple, 10/18/2010, 1:34pm
UPDATE: GLAAD Provides Media Training to Joel Burns; See All Media Coverage, 10/15/2010, 12:05pm
GLAAD and Facebook Work Together to Remove Hateful Comments and Images on Memorial Page, 10/13/2010, 9:45am
How Was GLAAD Involved in Spirit Day 2010?
Read our blog post about GLAAD's work with Facebook on Spirit Day 2010...
Watch this CNN video about Facebook working with GLAAD to fight anti-LGBT hateful speech:
From CNN
What is Spirit Day?
Millions of Americans wear purple on Spirit Day as a sign of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth and to speak out against bullying. Spirit Day was started in 2010 by teenager Brittany McMillan as a response to the young people who had taken their own lives. Observed annually on October 20, individuals, schools, organizations, corporations, media professionals and celebrities wear purple, which symbolizes spirit on the rainbow flag. Getting involved is easy -- participants are asked to simply "go purple" on October 20 as we work to create a world in which LGBT teens are celebrated and accepted for who they are. Learn more & go purple at www.glaad.org/spiritday.
