Is purple gay
Show your support on Wear It Purple Day
The last Friday of August each year is Wear It Purple Afternoon – a afternoon when LGBTIQA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, Queer, Asexual plus) youth and allies unite in record numbers to celebrate their identity.
And every year, thousands of schools, people organisations, universities, and workplaces also tag the occasion nationwide.1
Mainstream community services can help by creating more inclusive and supportive environments for the LGBTIQA+ youth community.2
To get you started, we’ve worked with the experts at queerspace, to put together some tips to assist alcohol and other drug (AOD) services create safe spaces for LGBTIQA+ little people.
Understanding the reasons why
Young people apply alcohol and other drugs for a range of reasons. These reasons are individual to the young person, and may change depending on what’s going on for them.3
They might use alcohol and other drugs for enjoyment, out of curiosity, to fit in with friends, or to cope with physical/mental pain.3, 4
Risk-taking is a normal developmental stage for new people. For some this can involve alcohol and other drugs. Others might find that alcohol
Flags of the LGBTIQ Community
Flags have always been an integral part of the LGBTIQ+ movement. They are a visible advocacy meant to honor progress, advocate for representation, and strengthen the demand and drive for collective action. There own been many LGBTIQ+ flags over the years. Some include evolved, while others are constantly organism conceptualized and created.
Rainbow Flag
Created in 1978 by Gilbert Baker, the iconic Celebration Rainbow flag originally had eight stripes. The colors included pink to illustrate sexuality, red for healing, yellow for sun, green for serenity with character, turquoise for art, indigo for concord, and violet for spirit. In the years since, the flag now has six colors. It no longer has a pink stripe, and the turquoise and indigo stripes were replaced with royal blue.
Progress Self-acceptance Flag
Created in 2018 by nonbinary artist Daniel Quasar, the Progress Celebration flag is based on the iconic 1978 rainbow flag. With stripes of black and brown to represent marginalized LGBTIQ+ people of color and the triad of azure, pink, and light from the gender non-conforming flag, the layout represents diversity and inclusion.
Trans Flag
Conceived by Monica Helms, an
In his book Chroma (1993) the artist Derek Jarman writes about colour. At the end of his life, with his eyesight failing, he imagines purple as a transgressive colour.
“Purple is passionate, maybe violet becomes a small bolder and ***** pink into purple. Sweet lavender blushes and watches.”
By the time he conjures his orgy of purples in the 1990’s, purple had a clear queer heritage. Stripes of purple hold flashed across the designs of queer flags from Gilbert Baker’s 1978 rainbow flag to Daniel Quasar’s 21st century progress flag, with the idea of purple as overlapping pink/red and blue representing a blurring of genders in bi and trans flags. Looking back at the messy, majestic history of queer purples gives a sense of why the LGBTQ+ Working Group chose to explore Scottish plan history through a lavender lens.
Vibrant variations of purple were notoriously difficult to pin down outside of nature without extinguishing an entire species of shellfish. Reserved for the obscenely rich until the 19th century, these glorious colours retained an aura of mystery after synthetic dyes made them more reachable and fashionable. For those in the know, the colour purple al
Welcome to the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center at UNC
The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) staff looks forward to encounter and engaging with any UNC community members who stop in and utilize our resources. We are located near the University Center at 2215 10th Ave and strive to create an accessible and welcoming space. View Campus Map
Our center offers learn spaces with computer access, a fully functional kitchen, a library of Queer book and DVD titles available for rent, a backyard garden, in-house counseling services, an all-gender lactation room and restrooms, and two lounge/hangout areas.
Beyond the ways in which the community can utilize our center and online resources, the GSRC also has many programs throughout the year dedicated to our mission of educating, advocating, and supporting the UNC community. Some of these programs include our interest-based Affinity Groups, the GSRC mentoring program, UNC’s Coming Out Week, SpeakOUT panels, educational trainings, and much more!
To keep up to da