Morning TV goes purple for #SpiritDay in support of LGBT youth

This morning, millions of Americans woke up to turn on their televisions, and were greeted by morning news and entertainment hosts sporting purple. It was a good way to start Spirit Day off in America. Take a look to see if your favorite morning shows went purple for Spirit Day. 

The Today Show hosts Tamron Hall and Natalie Morales showed off thier purple outfits in between news reports. 

In addition to the Today Show, local NBC affiliates went purple in over a dozen markets, including Minneapolis, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Dallas, Philadelphia, Huntsville, and Washington, DC.

The entire crew from Univision's Despierta America showed off their purple, even drinking out of Spirit Day mugs.

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in addition, the hosts of Un Nuevo Día also posted several photos wearing purple and using GLAAD's purple Spirit Day mugs.

Good Morning America hosts also wore purple, as they reported on the day's news. 

CBS This Morning also shared the news with a shot of purple.

Elvis Duran, the most listened to Top 40 morning show in the U.S. shared a message of support for LGBT youth today as well. 

On October 15, Spirit Day inspires millions to "go purple" to support LGBT youth in a united stand against bullying. According to GLSEN's 2013 National School Climate Survey, 8 out of 10 LGBT students experience harassment at school, and over 60% of LGBT students who did report a bullying case said their school staff did nothing. Spirit Day draws the participation of celebrities, corporations, media outlets, sports leagues, schools, faith institutions, national landmarks, and individuals around the world to take a stand against bullying and show their support for LGBT youth.

You can go purple now by putting on purple, posting about #spiritday, and sharing your favorite #spiritday posts on social media. Go to www.glaad.org/spiritday to turn your profile picture purple and learn more ways to get involved in Spirit Day.

Spirit Day is made possible by the generous support of its presenting Partners Wells Fargo and Target; official partners DOW, Google, NBA and WNBA, NFL and WWE; and supporting partners American Eagle Outfitters, Barilla, Chobani, Comcast NBC Universal, Kirkland and Ellis, and Toyota.

Past participants in Spirit Day include the White House, the Empire State Building, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Cher, Laverne Cox, Kim Kardashian, Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Shaquille O'Neal, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The View, The Talk, The Tonight Show, the NBA, the NFL, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, WWE, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, the Las Vegas Strip, and more.

 

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