The Biggest Names in Entertainment Entered the Chat for #SpiritDay

Social media was supercharged with purple this week for #SpiritDay on Thursday, October 17, 2024, organized by GLAAD, with the denizens of film, TV, music, Broadway, and every corner of the entertainment world helped bolster the message of the anti-LGBTQ bullying campaign started in 2010.

Andy Cohen, Ts Madison, Frankie Grande, Nina West, Sterling K. Brown, Chris Colfer, the creators of ‘Heartstopper’, ‘The View’, ‘The Talk’ and so many more showed up and showed out for LGBTQ youth this year for #SpiritDay!

The Ed Sullivan Theater, home to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was in full support of #SpiritDay mode on Thursday with purple projected on to the dome:

In addition, The Late Show posted interviews with Troye Sivan and Pete Buttigieg in celebration of the big day.

Andy Cohen represented Spirit Day on Bravo TV:

It’s #SpiritDay! Go purple now to take a stand against bullying and to support LGBTQ youth: https://t.co/BbvNfWeLi8 pic.twitter.com/KeEvOW8a0r

— Bravo (@BravoTV) October 17, 2024

RuPaul’s Drag Race judge Ts Madison was looking gorgeous in purple along with some familiar faces in this Spirit Day video posted by Logo TV.

RuPaul’s Drag Race fave Nina West wrote a post of gratitude on Instagram. “Every year on #SpiritDay I particularly think about the people the stepped up for me when I didn’t have the ability to or when I hadn’t quite found my voice,” she wrote.

West continued: “Thank you to my sisters who were often my first defenders when I was so small. Thank you to the teachers who gave me safe spaces to express myself. Thanks to the friends who held me when I couldn’t stand on my own.

“That is what the spirit of #SpiritDay is all about— to protect and defend our LGBTQIA+ youth and show them that there is a bright and bold future with them in it. I am so proud of who i am and the work I do and i won’t ever stop fighting for those who don’t have the voice to do so. and the truth is, i don’t think i would be here today to do that work without the people who used their voice to protect and defend me. Happy Spirit Day! Thank you GLAAD for helping us mark this day so fabulously.”

Frankie Grande continued the celebration from his Spirit Day 2024 Gala titled “A Night of Broadway (but make it Queer!)”. And speaking of Broadway, shows like Six and Death Becomes Her posted their support for Spirit Day — as did Death Becomes Her star Megan Hilty.

Daytime talk show faves The Talk and The View were looking quite nice in purple on Spirit Day morning.

Other Spirit Day faves include Daniel Franzese, Chris Colfer, Matty Maggiacomo, Paolo Presta, Ty Herndon, and Amy Schneider  They came through!

For Dawson’s Creek fans out there, star John Wesley Shipp, who played the titular character’s hot dad and the high school football coach, posted a Spirit Day video of a special scene between his character and Jack (Kerr Smith) who came out as gay on the teen drama from the late ’90s/early ’00s.

Shout out to the writers room for the CBS drama Fire Country for wearing their best purple!

NBC Launch, which cultivates and elevates underrepresented voices through our talent development programs, gave posted their Spirit Day support. Speaking of NBC, the This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown — who was amazing in American Fiction also donned purple to support.

Heartstopper creator Alice Oseman had some supportive words on this fine Spirit Day too:

The set of After Midnight and host Taylor Tomlinson were ready for Spirit Day as was Desi Lydic on The Daily Show!

.@DesiLydic proudly wears purple for #SpiritDay, a movement to raise awareness and fight against anti-LGBTQ+ bullying pic.twitter.com/UtxrXxQL8Y

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 18, 2024