National Hockey League to go purple and observe the Spirit Day for the Lesbians, g**s, Bisexuals
National Hockey League (NHL) teams are observing the Spirit Day and will show the solidarity with the Lesbians, g**s, Bisexuals and Transgender youth by going purple. This would be an act which would be against the bullying of the above mentioned people.
The day would be celebrated in America and it would be a social campaign for which would be done on the internet and on the roads and the streets by showing and wearing the purple colour. The main reason for doing everything is stop the suicides which take
place of this bullying and show support to bisexuals.
The campaign was first started two years ago in 2010 and now it is attracting a lot of people all over the country. NHL teams that would be taking part in the campaign are Edmonton Oilers, Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders and New Jersey
Devils. All of them will observe the day in their own style and fashion. They have brought in the purple colour in the logos of their profile and display pictures of the Facebook and Twitter pages.
On the other hand Vancouver Canucks would be looking to colour their home ground, Rogers Arena in Purple and Philadelphia Flyers would have a story, which would have a purple background on the spirit day.
There are many Americans, including the celebrities who would be showing this colour and wearing it. Different TV hosts, TV actors, ambassadors, sportsmen etc would be among them.
Shaquille O’Neal, who was a great basketball player, would also be a big name celebrating the day and it would surely catch eye of many of his fans.
Philadelphia Flyers’ scout and president of the You Can Play, Patrick Burke had a lot to say about it as he said,
"You talk to people who are older, they tend to look at bullying in a different light. They see it as lighthearted. It's different now. In the past] if you wanted to insult somebody, you had to say it to their face and there were repercussions. With online
bullying, you can slander people and not have to look at them. That makes people willing to say things they wouldn't say with the person in the room. It's something that needs to end."
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