SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Tuesday morning the World Wrestling Entertainment organization (WWE), honored the students and staff at Hancock Elementary School for their anti-bullying efforts with a special school-wide assembly featuring their WWE Superstars. Students participated in the “BE a STAR” assembly, a part of the WWE’s bullying prevention initiative founded in 2011. The WWE…
CHICAGO and ATLANTA — As people across the country wear purple in support of GLAAD’s Spirit Day, which is a means of speaking out against LGBTQ bullying and standing with LGBTQ youth, new research indicates that LGBT workers are facing bullying in an area that should be a safe place – their workplace. Two in five…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – GLAAD today launched the official countdown to Spirit Day, the largest and most visible anti-bullying campaign in the world accelerating acceptance of LGBTQ youth. Spirit Day, taking place Oct. 19, inspires millions of people around the world to wear purple or ‘go purple’ online in a unified stand against bullying and…
NEW YORK – GLAAD, the world’s LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today showcased the participants for Spirit Day 2016. Each year, GLAAD leads celebrities, media outlets, brands, landmarks, sports leagues, faith groups, school districts, universities, and everyday individuals to go purple in a united stand against bullying and to show their support for LGBTQ youth. Spirit…
NEW YORK – GLAAD announced today the launch of the “Go Purple for #SpiritDay” app, powered by Toyota Financial Services. The free app allows users to take part in Spirit Day, the largest and most visible anti-bullying campaign in the world supporting LGBTQ youth, by making their social media profiles purple. The app also offers…
NEW YORK– Today, GLAAD launched the countdown to Spirit Day, the largest and most visible campaign in the world working to advance acceptance of LGBTQ youth. Spirit Day inspires millions around the world to wear purple or ‘go purple’ online in a united stand against bullying and to show their support for LGBTQ youth. Each…
https://youtu.be/CnOJgDW0gPI A Kansas teacher has been asked to resign after showing his students an anti-bullying film. Tom Leahy, a social studies teacher at Conway Springs Middle School, showed his students the 2011 short movie Love is All You Need, an anti-bullying film that depicts a fictional world in which heterosexual children are bullied by homosexual…
#SpiritDay is coming up Oct. 15, and some of your favorite celebrities have already taken the pledge to go purple and show their support for LGBT youth! You can join them by going purple now, find out more about how to get involved at glaad.org/spiritday. Celebrities including Caitlyn Jenner, Patricia Arquette, Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian,…
NEW YORK, — Pop-dance recording artist Sir Ivan aka “Peaceman” announced Thursday that he is kicking off a campaign to raise awareness of transgender issues. This is also a new area of focus for The Peaceman Foundation, Sir Ivan’s philanthropic organization, which has been a longtime supporter of LGBT issues, fighting hate crime, bullying and Post…
GLAAD have released a new video on LGBT bullying and this year’s Spirit Day pledge. The powerful video shows what bullying can feel like for LGBT youth and the struggles they face every day. (Warning some strong language). The video’s creator Harold Moss, creative director of FlickerLab, explained the reason behind creating the video, why…
