International Day of Pink
Annual anti-bullying and anti-homophobia event
- Anti-Bullying Day
- International Stand Up to Bullying Day
The International Day of Pink is a worldwide anti-bullying and anti-homophobia event held annually during the second week of April.[1] Though similar to Pink Shirt Day (held in February) in that it also seeks to end all bullying, the Day of Pink is more specifically aimed towards anti-LGBTQ+ bullying.[2]
The event was sparked when a gay Canadian high-school student was witnessed by two fellow students as being bullied at their school for wearing a pink shirt. The two students got everyone at their school to wear pink the following day as a gesture of support, inspiring Jer's Vision (now Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity) to establish the International Day of Pink.[3]
In 2012, over 8 million people participated.[4][5] It is run by youth volunteers in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
History
The Day of Pink was sparked in 2007 when students David Shepherd and Travis Price saw a student being bullied for wearing a pink shirt in their Central Kings Rural High School in Nova Scotia, Canada. Shepherd and Price decided to show support for the student by getting everyone at their school to wear pink the following day.[3][2]
This initiative inspired some youth at Jer's Vision (now Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity), who thereby founded International Day of Pink, an effort to support their peers internationally with resources and ways to make their schools safer.[6][7][8][9]
Events
In 2012, students participating the Day of Pink organized numerous flash mobs, including one on Parliament Hill.[10] The International Day of Pink also shares a Gala with JersVision.org and the event has featured comedian Rick Mercer,[11] Brian Burke of the Toronto Maple Leafs,[12] and former Canadian ambassador Stephen Lewis.[9]
See also
- Jer's Vision
- School Bullying
- International STAND UP to Bullying Day
References
- ^ "Day of Pink". Day of Pink. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ a b "International Day of Pink". westernfinancialgroup.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ^ a b "Bullied student tickled pink by schoolmates' T-shirt campaign". CBC. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ Pearson, Matthew (11 April 2012). "Day of Pink campaign comes to Ottawa". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 26 June 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pink Day anti-bullying campaign draws millions of participants worldwide". Yahoo! News The Daily Brew. 11 April 2012.
- ^ "Constructing Change: Celebrating the Day of Pink". Rabble.ca. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ "Residents Wear Pink to Stand up to Bullies". Ottawa Sun. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ "Jer's Vision Celebrates Diversity, the Day of Pink and Five Years". Xtra. 15 April 2010. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Jer's Vision and the Day of Pink Celebrating Six Years of Fighting Discrimination in Schools". Xtra. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ Mack, Chantal. "Pink shirts bring anti-bullying message to Parliament Hill". Canada.com PostMedia Web. Retrieved 26 June 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "Hundreds Celebrate Day of Pink". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 26 June 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "Brian Burke Scores in Ottawa". Toronto Sun. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
External links
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Bullying
- Abusive supervision
- Cyberbullying
- Disability bullying
- Displaced aggression
- Doxing
- LGBT bullying
- Hazing
- Military bullying
- Mobbing
- Parental bullying of children
- Peer victimization
- Prison bullying
- Rank
- Relational aggression
- School bullying
- Sexual bullying
- Workplace harassment
- Workplace bullying
- Toxic workplace
- Betrayal
- Blacklisting
- Bullying and emotional intelligence
- Cancel culture
- Character assassination
- Coercion
- Culture of fear
- Defamation
- Destabilisation
- Discrediting
- Embarrassment
- False accusation
- Gaslighting
- Gossip
- Harassment
- Humiliation
- Incivility
- Intimidation
- Isolation
- Kiss up kick down
- Mind games
- Moving the goalposts
- Nagging
- Name calling
- Personal attacks
- Physical abuse
- Psychological abuse
- Rudeness
- Sarcasm
- Screaming
- Smear campaign
- Social exclusion
- Social undermining
- Swatting
- Taunting
- Workplace incivility
- Verbal abuse
| Academics | |
|---|---|
| Activists |
- Anti-Bullying Day
- Anti-Bullying Week
- Anti-bullying legislation
- International Day of Pink
- International Stand Up to Bullying Day
- Think Before You Speak
(List)
- William Arthur Gibbs (1877)
- Kelly Yeomans (1997)
- Hamed Nastoh (2000)
- Dawn-Marie Wesley (2000)
- Nicola Ann Raphael (2001)
- Ryan Halligan (2003)
- Megan Meier (2006)
- Sladjana Vidovic (2008)
- Phoebe Prince (2010)
- Tyler Clementi (2010)
- Jamey Rodemeyer (2011)
- Jamie Hubley (2011)
- Kenneth Weishuhn (2012)
- Audrie Pott (2012)
- Amanda Todd (2012)
- Jadin Bell (2013)
- Rehtaeh Parsons (2013)
- Rebecca Sedwick (2013)
- Leelah Alcorn (2014)
- Conrad Roy (2014)
- Tyrone Unsworth (2016)
(incidents)
- Emotional blackmail
- Just-world hypothesis
- List of LGBT-related suicides
- Machiavellianism in the workplace
- Narcissism in the workplace
- Personal boundaries
- Personality disorders
- Playing the victim
- Psychopathy in the workplace
- Scapegoating
- Self-esteem
- Social dominance orientation
- Suicide among LGBT youth
- Victim blaming
- Victimisation
- Victimology
