Spirit Day
Annual LGBTQ awareness day / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other LGBT holidays, see List of LGBT holidays. For the religious observance, see Spirit Monday.
Not to be confused with International STAND UP to Bullying Day.
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.