Tomorrow (Friday) is wear it Purple Day.
A day where the worl's population is asked to wear purple to raise awareness of those youth in the Rainbow community, who are at risk of self harm, bullying and torment.
Wear It Purple is now an international movement, spawned from a basic idea by a group of friends, when on September 22nd 2010, 18 year old Tyler Clementi threw himself off the George Washington Bridge in New Jersey. He had just been publically ‘outed’ as gay by his roommate, who video streamed footage of his sexual encounter with another man on the internet without his knowledge or permission. A media frenzy began, and report after report poured in about the individual stories of young people who were committing suicide because of bullying and homophobia.
We proudly support this campaign and hope you will join and encourage your friends to wear purple tomorrow to make a difference.
For more information visit the official WIP website.
