Spirit Day Gallery: 50 Ways Of Feeling Smokin' Hot In Purple

Today is Spirit Day, a GLAAD-sponsored situation via which millions of human beings wear purple to show their solidarity with LGBT teens and their desire for LGBT teens to be accepted/loved rather than beat up, teased and destroyed. You can learn more and go purple on the glaad website:

Millions wear purple on Spirit Day as a sign of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth and to speak out against bullying. Spirit Day was started in 2010 as a response to the young people who had taken their own lives. Observed annually, individuals, schools, organizations, corporations, media professionals and celebrities wear purple, which symbolizes spirit on the rainbow flag. Getting involved is easy -- participants are asked to simply "go purple" on October 19th as we work to create a world in which LGBT teens are celebrated and accepted for who they are. Learn more & go purple at www.glaad.org/spiritday.

Especially heartwarming is the Spirit Day Ambassadors Page, which features young activists like Katy Butler as well as high-profile and very attractive celebrities including actress Dianna Agron, transgender writer/activist Janet Mock and actress Shay Mitchell.

In honor of this esteemed holiday, we have collected a lovely gallery of hot girls wearing purple in some capacity. Perhaps this will provide you with fashion inspiration for anybody planning on leaving the house today. (A * next to a photo caption means the subject(s) of the photo are queer)

We've gone purple on our twitter today and you should too. Let us know how your Spirit Day is going and how you feel about Whitney Houston's amazing purple puffy jacket in the comments!!

: *Beth Ditto

: Jourdan Dunn

: via prettyplussize.tumblr.com

: *Kathy Harris

: *andrea and alice, photographed by ericacamilleproductions.com, via offbeatbride

: Jessie J *

: Lakshmi Menon

: *via fuckyeahasiandykes.tumblr.com

: via modelsofcolor.tumblr.com

: Crystal Renn

: via modelsofcolor.tumblr.com

: Shay Mitchell

: *Rachel Maddow

: *Hunter Valentine

: via liquorinthefront.tumblr.com

: 1975 — Diana Ross in Gown from — Image by © Steve Schapiro/Corbis

: *Jasika Nicole

: via meagancignoli.tumblr.com

: *Lindsay Lohan

: *Ellen Degeneres

: Jennifer Beals as Bette – Photo: Naomi Kaltman/Showtime – Photo ID: l_word_gal4_Jennifer_055

: Yasmeen Ghauri via Vogue Italia, 1992

: Jasmine Tookes

: Nina Dobrev

: Tenika Davis

: via moreassthanthemodels.tumblr.com

: Naya Rivera (photo by Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.com)

: Sarah Shahi

: Christina Hendricks

: Naomi Campbell

: *Haviland Stillwell

: *photo from dapperq via flickr.com/photos/dapperq/6192670592/in/photostream/

: via prettyplussize.tumblr.com

: Whitney Houston

: *Shavonda and Naomi via soyoureengayged.com, photo by Sarah Maren – sarahmaren.com

: *Nirvana Savoury

: via bettychantel.tumblr.com

29 responses to “Spirit Day Gallery: 50 Ways Of Feeling Smokin' Hot In Purple”

Kate (member)
October 19, 2012 at 1:14 pm Permalink Reply Report user

OH MY GOD RIESE YOU STARTED WITH CHRISTINA HENDRICKS I COULD KISS YOU ON THE MOUTH RIGHT NOW

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1. riese (member)
  October 19, 2012 at 1:22 pm Permalink Reply
  
  THAT’S THE SPIRIT
  
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2. bra (member)
  October 20, 2012 at 12:06 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I passed out with the “OH GOD YES!”
  
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Joy (member)
October 19, 2012 at 1:25 pm Permalink Reply Report user

holy hotness in a beanie, second row from bottom – middle pic.

I would hug her for any cause of her choosing, any day, in any color.

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1. Sacha
  October 19, 2012 at 10:10 pm Permalink Reply
  
  Agreeeed
  
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2. Brianna (member)
  October 20, 2012 at 12:36 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I would hug her with my legs. That’s a thing that people do, I think. It is a thing I would do with her. Leg hugging.
  
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susie Q
October 19, 2012 at 1:30 pm Permalink Reply

omg diana ross, DON’T HURT EM

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Sara (member)
October 19, 2012 at 1:30 pm Permalink Reply Report user

O M Y G O D! i cannot function for the next couple of hours..what a selection!

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Ynez Barber (member)
October 19, 2012 at 1:43 pm Permalink Reply Report user

This is the best thing that’s happened to me all day.

And it’s spirit day.

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Cara (member)
October 19, 2012 at 1:45 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I’m a manager at AMC theatres and they’re letting everyone wear purple today I’m so happy! And now I’m even happier because of this gallery

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emptyspiral19 (member)
October 19, 2012 at 1:47 pm Permalink Reply Report user

ERR MERR GERRD.
Rachel Maddow!!!!!!
NAYA RIVERA!!!!!!!!!
HAVALIND!!!!!!!!!

I’m wearing purple!!!!

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Betty Chantel
October 19, 2012 at 1:56 pm Permalink Reply

1st image on the 4th row is me, that’s so dope! FUCK YEAH SPIRIT DAY!!

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handydandy (member)
October 19, 2012 at 2:30 pm Permalink Reply Report user

#12: lower back dimples get me EVERY TIME. Then you sandwiched Rachel Maddow between Naya Rivera and Sarah Shahi. And I’ve been wearing my purple bandana from A-Camp around my wrist all day. Spirit Day is in full swing.

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Tara Bluh (member)
October 19, 2012 at 3:02 pm Permalink Reply Report user

http://autostraddle.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/gallery/hot-girls-in-purple/jasika-nicole.jpg
JASIKA NICOLE

I <3d her on Fringe, and then I found out she was an out and proud lesbian and I <3d her even more.

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1. Joy (member)
  October 22, 2012 at 7:17 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  ASTRID IS GHEY?!! err mehh gerrrd indeed, my gf is gonna flip when I tell her, thankyou thankyou!
  
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kd15 (member)
October 19, 2012 at 3:46 pm Permalink Reply Report user

And since we all appreciate Melissa Harris-Perry, I wanted to note that she tweeted a picture of her, and I think it was staff from her show, wearing purple today

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Ali White
October 19, 2012 at 4:21 pm Permalink Reply

number 43… be still my heart.

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Paper0Flowers (member)
October 19, 2012 at 4:22 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I whimpered when Naya’s name didn’t have an *. A girl can dream…

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Anne
October 19, 2012 at 6:09 pm Permalink Reply

Is 42 Gyuri and Jiyoung from Kara?

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1. riese (member)
  October 19, 2012 at 9:56 pm Permalink Reply
  
  yup! there’s a whole tumblr devoted to lesbian subext in k-pop, apparently
  
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  1. bra (member)
    October 20, 2012 at 12:07 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Seriously, this is one of the many reasons you have my money.
    
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    1. bra (member)
      October 20, 2012 at 1:31 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      I need to talk about Luna and Amber of f(x)* and the everything in k-pop….. Like it neeeeeeeeeeds to be a thing here.
      
      *Nerdy sexy ladies: No it is not math (for now)!!!!!
      
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      1. Paper0Flowers (member)
        October 20, 2012 at 3:49 pm Permalink Reply Report user
        
        I’m cross-shipping Amber with Minzy from 2NE1 because. Omigod. Yes.
        
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gabrielle (member)
October 19, 2012 at 8:22 pm Permalink Reply Report user

whitney houston, diana ross AND…wait…wait…no Beyoncé?

i just…feel so oppressed.

(no seriously i love this whole gallery. every once in awhile Bey needs to sit back and let others shine.)

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gabrielle (member)
October 19, 2012 at 8:24 pm Permalink Reply Report user

also, Number 16 – i’d ride that chick and her whip til the wheels fell off and she was having my baby.

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just_a_girl
October 20, 2012 at 11:29 am Permalink Reply

Seriously!?! You have Shay, Jasika (ASTRID!), JBeals, and Sarah in this gallery! That makes you the most important person in my world, because you have amazing taste! The other ladies are great too, but you picked some of my favorites!

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giles
October 20, 2012 at 1:48 pm Permalink Reply

Studybreakin’ with hot grrrls and bois, bless you AS

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Mohawk Kellye
October 20, 2012 at 8:06 pm Permalink Reply

Purple is my favorite color to wear, which is why I chose it for the photo set that my pic in this gallery was chosen from. Awesome.

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Alex
October 21, 2012 at 12:55 pm Permalink Reply

31/50 is Kelly Osbourne, I’m about 99% certain (the tats)

But on another note, I can’t even…too hot.

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