whatcan you do?

1. PLEDGE 2. SHARETake the Spirit Day pledge right now at glaad.org/spiritday and commit to wear purple on October 19th. Make sure you share your pledge on social media and encourage your friends to take it too.

Get your community to participate. Ask local businesses and organizations to go purple, hold an event at your school on spirit day, and reach our to local media outlets to cover an event for Spirit Day. Check out more ideas in the Spirit Day resource kit at glaad.org/spiritday

On October 19th post a photo of yourself in your Spirit Day purple to Facebook or Twitter. Turn your profile photos purple and update your social media sites with a message in support of Spirit Day. Use glaad’s tool here: glaad.org/spiritday

On October 19th, wear purple and tell people why you’re wearing purple. Share the history of the message, and ask your friends to wear purple too in a stand against bullying.

3. WEAR

4. POST

why go purple?K-12

71% 64%

38%

82%

of LGBT students have reported being verbally harrassed because of their sexual orientation.

23%the percent of LGBQ staff, faculty, and students at colleges and universities reported experiencing harassment.

the the percent of transgender college students, faculty, and staff the have seriously considered leaving their institution due to the challenging climate

the percent of faculty, college students, & staff that hide their sexual identity to avoid intimidation.

of LGBT students heard homophobic remarks frequently or often at school.

of LGBT students reported feeling unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation.

#spiritday10.19.2012

take a stand against bullying. support lgbt youth. go purple.

HIGHER ED

(Source: “The National School Climate Survery: The Expereinces of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools.,” Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN), 2012, http://www.glsen.org/binary-data/GLSEN_ATTACHMENTS/file/000/002/2105-1.pdf.) 43%

(Source: Susan Rankin, Genevieve Weber, Warren Blumenfeld, Somjen Frazer, “2010 State of Higher Education for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People,” Campus Pride, 2010, http://www.campuspride.org/Campus%20Pride% 202010%20LGBT%20 Report%20Summary.pdf.)

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