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Purple your world for Spirit Day 2011! Spirit Day is a Canadian and US American observed civil awareness day that, in part, encourages people to wear purple as a sign of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth and to speak out against bullying. Spirit Day was started in 2010 by teenager Brittany McMillan as a response to the young people who had taken their own lives. It is coordinated by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). Observed annually on October 20, individuals, schools, organizations, corporations, media professionals and celebrities wear purple, which symbolizes spirit on the rainbow flag. Participants are asked to simply "go purple" on October 20 to show support for the efforts to create a world in which LGBT teens are celebrated and accepted for who they are. WikiQueer and The Aequalitas Project are proud partners of Spirit Day 2011.

You can show your support by:
 * Wearing Purple on October 20
 * Talk to others about why they are going purple on 10/20 to educate others, help build even more support for LGBT youth, and raise awareness about anti-bullying efforts.
 * Turn your Facebook and Twitter pictures purple on 10/20 using the official free tool at glaad.org/SpiritDay
 * Downloading GLAAD's iPhone application to Purple your Picture for Spirit
 * Watch or contribute to Mobli's Spirit Day channel via their website or smart phone applications
 * Tweet your thoughts about Spirit Day and the bullying with queer youth with the #SpiritDay hashtag

We hope that you will join us, GLAAD, GLSEN, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Facebook, Bilerico Project, Kate Clinton, MTV, Chaz Bono, Here Media, Wilzon Cruz and many others in celebrating this year's Spirit Day on October 20. (More...)