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Spirit Day is an annual LGBTQ awareness day observed on the third Thursday in October. [1] Started in 2010 by Canadian teenager Brittany McMillan, it was initially created in response to a rash of widely publicized bullying-related suicides of gay school students in 2010, including that of Tyler Clementi . [ 2 ]
Spirit Day has since become an annual event for LGBTQ people and their allies to wear purple to show their support for the cause. And the need for such a day is still warranted.
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Words can hold a lot of power. They can uplift and inspire. ... 50 positive life quotes to inspire, and lift your spirit each day. Olivia Munson, USA TODAY. Updated December 10, 2024 at 2:23 PM ...
In North Korea, the Day of the Sun, Kim Il Sung's birthday, is the most important public holiday of the country, [31] and Kim Jong Il's birthday is celebrated as the Day of the Shining Star. [32] North Koreans are not permitted to celebrate birthdays on July 8 and December 17 because these were the dates of the deaths of Kim Il Sung and Kim ...
So I think it is important to recognize the motivation for this day was exclusively in response to the recent suicides of young homosexual men. --RKrause 21:41, 13 November 2010 (UTC) In keeping with the facts, I have again changed the article to reflect the original impetus of Spirit Day being gay suicides.
In philosophy and religion, spirit is the vital principle or animating essence within humans or, in some views, all living things.Although views of spirit vary between different belief systems, when spirit is contrasted with the soul, the former is often seen as a basic natural force, principle or substance, whereas the latter is used to describe the organized structure of an individual being ...
Reese Witherspoon is proudly celebrating her youngest son Tennessee’s birthday with a special message. “Happy 12th Birthday to my wonderful son, Tenn! ,” Witherspoon, 48, gushed via ...