Spirit Day is an annual celebration in which millions of people around the world show their support for LGBTQ youths and stand up against bullying by wearing purple on the third Thursday of October.
Brittany McMillan, 27, of Canada, launched the yearly tradition in 2010 after she read on Tumblr about nearly a dozen LGBTQ youths who died by suicide that September, she said.some of the kids that were committing suicide were even younger than that, and that was hard to see," said McMillan, an elementary school teacher."So, I just wanted to spread awareness and say: 'This isn't OK.
With the backing of the LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD, McMillan launched the first Spirit Day on Oct. 20, 2010.— coming out against the bullying of LGBTQ kids, which remains pervasive in the U.S.this year by the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization, found that more than 52 percent of LGBTQ middle and high schoolers report having been bullied in person or online.
And 29 percent of LGBTQ middle schoolers in the survey who were bullied attempted suicide in the previous year, compared to 12 percent of those who say they were not bullied, the Trevor Project found. Over 34,000 LGBTQ youths were surveyed for the study last year. To show their support for LGBTQ youths, some TV personalities, including CNBC's"Squawk Box" co-host Becky Quick,"American Idol" veteran Ryan Seacrest and CBS’ Gayle King wore purple Thursday.
"Going purple to stand against bullying and support LGBTQ+ youth!" Seacrest, who co-hosts ABC's"LIVE with Kelly and Ryan," tweeted Thursday."Be proud of who you are and remember to spread kindness every day. Happy
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