Tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of people will be donning purple this coming Wednesday to honor those young lives that have been taken prematurely due to hate. October 20 has been designated Spirit Day, a day in which the color purple will be worn as a reminder of the string of recent young, gay suicides.
The idea has quickly grown into a movement that has spread across Canada, the United States and beyond. Purple is the LGBTQ color of spirit, Brittany said on her Tumblr account, where she first spread the news of the day. "And that's exactly what we'd like all of you to have with you: spirit." Read the rest...
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