I, for one, will be wearing purple on 20 October to show my support for freedom and equality.

Until All Are Free,
WonderGoon

I too will be wearing purple, I am sooo saddened by the recent suicides of our youth……and the hate crimes of recent. When will we as a planet get a grip on reality that we are all different.

I will be apart of this event too.
There shouldnt be any hatred over ones sexual orientation.

Im also making an announcement about ‘Spirit Day’ to the school that i go to..

Love is love no matter what.

-jkc.

Please update this, it is not just 7 boys now… I believe the count is up to 8, don’t leave out Zachary Harrington please.

The count is up to eight. Zachary Harrington also needs to be included. The hateful bigotry in Oklahoma led him to end his life after a heated city counsel meeting. He had also been bullied for years. At OU we are having a candlelight vigil to remember all those that have been tortured for being who they are.

Great article, but please be aware that the use of the word “homosexual” in the headline sounds outdated and right-wing. Saying “gay” or “queer” is much more appropriate.

More appropriate? Homosexual is just fine for the world to read. Gay and queer are words used by haters. Why speak in the language of those who bullied the suicide victums?

I, and all of my close friends will be wearing purple. We dont care who you are or what you are…to us, your human and thats all that matters!

J.T.

There have actually been about 10 or 11 suicides including 2 girls now too. The summary has been changed as well. (:

It’s been decided. On October 20th, 2010, we will wear purple in memory of the recent gay suicides. Many of them suffered from homophobic abuse in their schools or in their homes. We want to take a stand to say that we will not tolerate this. Purple represents Spirit on the LGBTQ flag and that’s exactly what we’d like all of you to have with you: spirit. Please know that times will get better and that you will meet people who wi…ll love you and respect you for who you are, no matter your sexuality. Please wear purple on October 20th to remember all the lives of LGBTQ youth that have been lost due to homophobia.

Thank you for your participation.

I live in an isolated community in the Canadian Arctic, where I am an administrator of a high school. This idea has reached all the way up here to students in the far north. I am proud to say students in our school have promoted this idea and we will be wearing purple on October 20th to honour the lives lost due to homophobia.

I am so pleased to be a part of such a positive initiative. I hope this brings a loving spirit to those who question their identity, and also to those who bully them. Live and let live; love and let love.

I too will be wearing purple on the 20th, I have talked to many people about it and it looks like there’s gonna be a lot of purple in Kelowna, B.C on the 20th.

I don’t have many purple clothes in my wardrobe – though I have been brought up to be very Catholic, I respect gays and lesbians alike. Note to anyone who is harassed because they aren’t ‘straight’. Don’t let anyone convince you that you’re ‘queer’. P.S. So what if you are?

This is to all the people that have been judging ppl based on race accent culture and even lifestyle choices.

Just in the past year I have seen the headlines on news channels and news papers “teen bullied to death”

I mean what has the world come to. Since when is it illegal to love, to be black Hispanic or white, to love whoever u want to love?

I believe people r entitled o their own opinion but I also believe that we all have equal rights!!!

I am white and I am also bi. IDC if who u love I will love u n e ways!!! Kiss my butt if u don’t like it! I am proud of who I am.

I will be showing my support by sporting my peurple at school! I love each n every one of u. B pround of who u r and please if u witness bullying or if u r bullied DO NOT be afraid to let someone know!!!

BORN GAY FOLLOW THE RAY, BORN STRAIGHT REFUSE TO HATE!!!!!!

Count me in! My sister alerted me to this happening on Oct. 20th via Facebook- when I brought up the page I was sitting with my husband,just ordered dinner…took a look at the page..and cried.No one has the right to tell anyone how they should live their life or who they should be. Every single person- Gay,Lesbian,Bisexual,Transgender and straight is a child of God. It breaks my heart to know there wasn’t someone they felt they could turn to for help and becuase they coudldn’t we lost some beautiful people. So I will proudly stand up for all the victims and wear purple,use my voice to make a difference and hope that by doing so I can help someone know they are indeed loved.

It is the loses of these young people and their potential that is intolerable, NOT THEIR SEXUALITY! How dare anyone, in any position of authority not intervene when they see someone, anyone, for any reason being bullied or harassed. EVERY SINGLE PERSON SHOULD BE RESPECTED, ACCEPTED AND APPRECIATED AS EXACTLY THE PERSON THEY ARE! No one should ever, in a civilized society, fear for their safety in any place or situation because someone else doesn’t approve of who or what they are and we must work to make that a reality. Yes, please wear purple and be prepared to tell people why you choose to do so to honor not just the loss of these precious young people but to make the ABSOLUTE STATEMENT THAT NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO ANSWER IN FEAR TO ANYONE FOR WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE. May these young people be remembered forever and may we all work to insure they will be the last ever that must be remembered because of intolerance. Blessed be.

i will be wearing purple for all he kids who have committed suicide as a result of being bullied – for being gay, lesbian bisexual or trans, or black or fat or mohawk — or anything that is “out of the ordinary”. i will be thinking of all of you who suffer and have no place to go to.
you all must know that this will change and you can be proud of who you are.

ima wear purple an spread it to all my friends an try to make it a holiday fro my school

I will be wearing purple for sure. For those that were humiliated or bullied, etc., into thinking this was the only way. For those who have parents that still believe that being gay is a ‘lifestyle choice’ and shut their beloved child out of their lives. Shame on you! NO ONE chooses to feel the pain of being different, of trying to find others to talk to, share things, with, etc., only to be humiliated, made to feel unecessary shame and pain of not quite fitting in. I am the mother of two sons ~ one gay, the other not. My gay son still loves me even though I’m straight. I have people that still ask me how I dealt with having a gay son. I simply tell them that he has to deal with me being straight; that usually shuts them right up!

GyassylumUk and all our members , who have been requested to do so will.
All our clients and asylumseekers who we represent most definately will tto make our solidarity for the tracic loss of those who have been bullied for their sexuality.
Discrimination has many faces and homphobia MUST be stamped out at all costs as does ignorance to allow EVERYONE regardless of their sexuality tolive their lives without discrimination and predicuce, for Equality is a fundemental right, by the mear fact that we are born Human.

great I’m on board. I will email some of my friends.

I am definitely wearing purple. I am sickened by all the hate these days and I want to make a change. Live long, the colour purple! ;)

What to wear to work tomorrow? The purple sweater, the purple blouse or the purple t-shirt to show my support. Perhaps black slacks, jacket and accessories to show I mourn alongside the family and friends of the young people we’ve lost so tragically and needlessly.

Keep hope alive!

I am a straight, heterosexual woman and respect the right of ALL people to express their sexual orientation as they see fit.

No teen, child or adult should be bullied, harrassed, taunted, vilified and have their civil rights violated with “hate speech” or gay bashing.

As a straight woman who digs MEN, I know it is my responsibility to SPEAK UP for my brethern who are LGTB, lesbian, gay and bi-sexual.

Love has no gender and there is so little love in the world – if two consenting people decide to have erotic and romantic relations with each other….who are we to judge?

Wherever you find love – embrace it.

Don’t put others down because they are different than you.

God Bless America and defend other people’s civil liberties.

As a straight woman, I have spent time in the homosexual community and found them to be an honorable people.

No homosexuals ever did my harm.

For the record – I don’t like violent, domineering, “macho men” and that is shameful behavior. As a heterosexual, I can tell you that there is PLENTY of sexual misconduct, decadent debaucher and wierd crap done in straight discos, bars and in the heterosexual “clubbing crowd”.

Straight people can “scumbag it” when they are horny. Straight people can do orgies and sodomy. The majority of pedophile child molestors are middle class, white men and HETEROSEXUAL.

It isn’t gay people molesting children, but there are a LOT of straight people tormenting under age minors. There are a lot of ignorant homophobes who are wrongly convinced it is homosexuals out there molesting kids.

Do some empirical, academic and dispassionate research about the issue of pedophila. Yes, there ARE some homosexual pedophiles – but the majority of child molesters are white, middle class, HETEROSEXUAL people – both women and men abuse kids.

So lighten up, educate yourself and let homosexuals have the same civil rights guaranteed under the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence.

God bless and keep hope alive!

Princess Fifi Trixibelle

our whole family will be wearing purple. thank you for posting this

i’m wearing purple :)

me and my friends will be wearing purple today.We have already told many of our fellow classmates what today represents and why it is soooooooo improtant! many of our teachers have also joined and discussed this subject today. i hope many homophoebic people realize what thier ignorance has caused i myself am bisexual and i pray for those who are still bullyed and their families

As for me and my house, we do serve the Lord. Jesus taught us to love one another as He has loved us. He knew that we are all sinners and He showed us that only by sharing His Love could we be saved from the evil ones that persecute us. Please pray for your bullies; that they may come to know the Love of God, our Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. There are Christians that love you and can help you; no matter your race, sexual orientation, heritage or past. Everyone has value in the eyes of our Lord. Do not give in to the temptation that suicide is an easy way out. There is none. Only by facing your fears will they go away.
I believe that “You can do it and He can help!”

Its to bad that people cannot accept a person for who they are and whats inside them. We need to learn to love all as we love ourselves.In the pass months eleven young people have committed suicide/ beceause of homophobic abuse in there every day life. Lets pray for these familys and all who need our prayers, in dealing with this critical situation. Keep the faith.

I am wearing purple today. (:
You know who else wanted gays out of the way?
Hitler.
FFS, people need to know that LOVE is LOVE.
I don’t think it’s very “Christian” like to bully kids to the point of suicide.
I also don’t think it’s very “Cristian” like to bully “God’s” creation.
Juss sayin.

i wore my purple today, to support all the LGBT, to show love and care for the ones that have passed,
and to stand up for what i believe in because i will not be pushed around or brought down by haters.

“Christ was evasive when questioned. Let those without sin cast the first stone.” E. M. Forster Please, please, please do not let anybody, particularly the debased, have the most precious part of you—your life, happiness, and being. That the pathetic so-called Christians can only remember crucifixion from the Logos doesn’t mean that you have to dignify their bloodthirst. Get them back—read poetry, listen to Beethoven, dance the rainbow, and enjoy sex and being gay even more. Their misery is no concern of yours. And those who committed suicide: “Flights of angels sing thee to thy rest,” you “sweet princes.”