It keeps popping up and I have to share it!
The Day of Pink was born in Nova Scotia after two high school students intervened when a gay classmate, who was wearing a pink shirt, was being bullied. The pair of teenagers subsequently rallied with other members of the student body and donned pink in the days to come as an act of solidarity against bullying.
A police officer in Toronto, Ontario, has dyed his hair hot pink in order to protest against homophobia, discrimination and any acts of bullying towards LGBT people.
A prank gone pink: Ryan Willmer (left) received an overwhelming response after he volunteered his fellow officer Luke up for the makeover without him knowing.
As for why Luke was the only one sporting the rosy locks, he explained that Ryan ‘lacks in the hair department, so I am the guinea pig’.
After Twitter lit up over the pics of Luke and his new do, the officers tried to keep the hype going with a new promise: to keep Luke’s hair pink for seven days if they reach 1,000 retweets with an additional day for every 100 retweets on top of that. The numbers have already passed 3,600.
‘I’ll be keeping my hair pink for quite some time,’ says Luke. ‘I didn’t think such a simple gesture would become such a big thing, but it has brought awareness and opens up discussion.
Tony Ray Baker
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