How to respect your transgender students
26 August 2021
Section: News
A transgender, or trans, person, is someone who does not identify with the gender that they were assigned at birth. When they were born, a doctor looked at them, made a judgement based on their physical features and wrote “male” or “female” on their paperwork.
Expression of Self: Navigating pronouns in schools
25 August 2021
Section: News
By changing one word in a sentence or by introducing yourself in a way that asserts your preferred pronouns, you might well help change a little piece of the world for the better.
Wear purple on 27 August and foster year-round support of LGBTIQ youth
24 August 2021
Section: News
Research shows that 75 per cent of LGBTIQ youth will be bullied just for being who they are.
Federation joins celebrations for Wear it Purple Day
9 September 2020
Section: News
Federation joined more than 750 schools and universities as well as a range community organisations, corporations and government departments to recognise and celebrate Wear It Purple Day on 28 August.
Wear It Purple Day celebrates 10 years!
25 August 2020
Section: News
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Wear It Purple Day, an initiative set up by young people to recognise that LGBTIQ (Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Intersex and Queer/Questioning) young people have the right to be who they are, and can be proud of who they are.
Be inclusive every day
22 September 2019
Section: News
any schools, workplaces and organisations recently celebrated Wear It Purple Day in order to demonstrate their support for LGBTIQ or rainbow young people.
Wear It Purple Day 2019
30 August 2019
Section: News
Federation joined with more than 750 schools, universities, community organisations and workplaces to celebrate Wear It Purple Day, and to show young rainbow people that they have respect, acceptance and support.
Wear it Purple Day: empowering together
24 July 2019
Section: News
Wear it Purple Day will be held on Friday 30 August with the theme – Stand Up. Stand Out
Wear It Purple Day
16 September 2018
Section: News
Federation celebrated Wear It Purple Day with plenty of purple and rainbows on the last Friday in August.
Wear It Purple to empower
21 June 2018
Section: News
Wear It Purple Day is a youth-led day of action held since 2010, founded in response to stories of teenagers who have taken their lives due to the bullying and harassment because of their sexuality and/or gender diversity.