Spirit Day
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Spirit Day
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Spirit Day is an annual LGBTQ awareness day observed on the third Thursday in October. 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. 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, as well as to honor LGBTQ victims of
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Annual LGBTQ awareness day
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_Day
date created:
2010-10-21T12:05:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T18:23:56Z
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