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Wear it Purple Day
Wear it Purple Day is an annual LGBTQIA+ awareness day especially for young people, based in Australia. Supporters wear purple to celebrate diversity and young people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Day is organised by Wear it Purple, a student run, not-for-profit organisation, providing presentations and workshops.
Businesses, councils, schools, community groups and clubs can participate by wearing purple and hosting events.
It is celebrated on the last Friday in August each year in Australia and was launched in 2010. Previous years have celebrated the day in September or October. The day was co-founded by Katherine Hudson and Scott Williams, when Hudson was in high school and Williams was in the first year of university. Hudson graduated from Burwood Girls High School in 2011, which was later a site of controversy due to the Wear it Purple Day events involving screening the film Gayby Baby.
Wear it Purple Day was created in response to the suicide of New Jersey teen Tyler Clementi.
Hudson states that she "...saw purple as a way of bringing people together from all different backgrounds and creating one thing…a symbol of unity..." Williams found that working with Wear it Purple has given him a more positive perspective.
The first Wear it Purple Day asked participants to wear a purple arm band "...to show support for queer teens at risk." The day's focus has changed from initially being about sorrow and self-harm prevention, to a celebration of rainbow youth and pride.
The first Wear it Purple Day in 2010 was supported by the Federal Minister for Health, the Teachers Federation, Coming Out Australia and RUOK?. Members of Parliament from almost all parties attended Wear it Purple Day's inaugural reception. At the reception, Adrian Piccoli (then-Education Minister) mentioned the progress of the pilot Proud Schools program, and committed the continuing the program. The Proud Schools program ceased in 2015.
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Wear it Purple Day
Wear it Purple Day is an annual LGBTQIA+ awareness day especially for young people, based in Australia. Supporters wear purple to celebrate diversity and young people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Day is organised by Wear it Purple, a student run, not-for-profit organisation, providing presentations and workshops.
Businesses, councils, schools, community groups and clubs can participate by wearing purple and hosting events.
It is celebrated on the last Friday in August each year in Australia and was launched in 2010. Previous years have celebrated the day in September or October. The day was co-founded by Katherine Hudson and Scott Williams, when Hudson was in high school and Williams was in the first year of university. Hudson graduated from Burwood Girls High School in 2011, which was later a site of controversy due to the Wear it Purple Day events involving screening the film Gayby Baby.
Wear it Purple Day was created in response to the suicide of New Jersey teen Tyler Clementi.
Hudson states that she "...saw purple as a way of bringing people together from all different backgrounds and creating one thing…a symbol of unity..." Williams found that working with Wear it Purple has given him a more positive perspective.
The first Wear it Purple Day asked participants to wear a purple arm band "...to show support for queer teens at risk." The day's focus has changed from initially being about sorrow and self-harm prevention, to a celebration of rainbow youth and pride.
The first Wear it Purple Day in 2010 was supported by the Federal Minister for Health, the Teachers Federation, Coming Out Australia and RUOK?. Members of Parliament from almost all parties attended Wear it Purple Day's inaugural reception. At the reception, Adrian Piccoli (then-Education Minister) mentioned the progress of the pilot Proud Schools program, and committed the continuing the program. The Proud Schools program ceased in 2015.