August 31 is Wear It Purple Day, where the QPS will be demonstrating its support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) youth throughout Queensland.
To show our support, QPS officers are approved to wear boots with purple laces and to wear the newly developed LGBTI Load Bearing Vest patch on Wear it Purple Day.
Inspector Keith McDonald and Sergeant Nadine Webster putting their purple laces on!
Wear It Purple was established to help the wider community demonstrate to young people there is hope, there are people who support and accept them and they have the right to be proud of who they are.
National LGBTI Health Alliance and Beyond Blue studies show that LGBTI people are more likely to attempt suicide than the general population, with social exclusion playing a big part.
This makes initiatives like Wear It Purple so important, by giving communities the opportunity to show LGBTI youth they have a supportive
