Friday 26 August is #WearitPurpleday. It’s a day about expression, celebration and showing support for the LGBTQIA+ community. This year’s theme is “Still me, still human”. The world has been too focused on the labels the data and it can be missed that the common bond for all of us is being human and connecting to that within each of us. Wearing a purple shirt and donating to wearitpurple.org to help create safe spaces against bullying and harassment.
For many, we can appreciate the progress but there are still issue that affect all of our communities.
Dr Sarah Bowman from Royal Prince Alfred Hospital has researched the impact of these damaging and misleading events. Sarah states: “We found that public debates on human rights are significant contributors to low moods and depression”. She goes on to say in a recent ABC article, that “these issues need to be addressed with empathy, understanding and from a position of knowledge”.
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