The gayest colour

nzcmee — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:08:41 +0000

Surfing the web tonight looking at all the great images and tweets about #SpiritDay which, more often than not, were in varying shades of purple, I came across this short article aptly named ‘A Brief History of the Gayest Color’. Not only a brief history of ‘the gayest colour’, but also a super brief history of Spirit Day, October 19 – the international day for wearing purple and showing your support to stop bullying of our LGBT youth.

Attributing purple as a colour to identify as homosexual as far back as the 1850′s, references to Oscar Wilde, and the birth of Vogue magazine, ‘A Brief History of the Gayest Color’ makes for an interesting and quick read.

And, while not everyone will agree that purple is the gayest colour, or that this is the most historically accurate article, it’s still an enjoyable notion and worth five minutes.

Photo credits:

Source: Advocate

Spirit Day 2012

nzcmee — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:33:49 +0000

So, if you haven’t already, make your profile pic purple! Spirit Day it up on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram using this great tool from GLAAD.

In changing your profile pics and going purple, you are showing your support for LGBT while speaking out against bullying.

For more info, check out GLAAD‘s page about Spirit Day. If you don’t do anything else today, “hashtag” SpiritDay (ie #SpiritDay) and show your support to stop bullying of our LGBT youth, or bullying of any kind for that matter.

Picture credits: GLAAD

Sources: GLAAD

New Zealand Campaign for Marriage Equality

The gayest colour

Spirit Day 2012