UQ Life

Wear it Purple Day Events

Wear it Purple Day on Friday 29 August is about fostering supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for rainbow young people.

 

Wear it Purple Colour Run & Walk and Rainbow Course

28 August 2025 11:45am–1:30pm
 
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Join the Wear it Purple Colour Run and Rainbow Course! Open to all staff and students, this colourful event is all about fun, learning, and showing support for our LGBTQIA+ community.Run, walk or cheer your way through the Rainbow Course, an interactive space with games and activities designed to spark conversations and raise awareness about LGBTQIA+ inclusion.

Wear It Purple Day Art Museum Lawn Activities

29 August 2025 11:00am–3:00pm
 
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Celebrate LGBTQIA+ identities with collaging, interactive games, and more on the UQ Art Museum Lawn!
​​​​​​​UQ Art Museum is activating its lawn with stalls hosted by your favourite UQ branches, clubs and societies.

Wear It Purple Day Art Museum Lawn Activities

30 August 2024 11:00am–2:30pm
 
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This year's WIPD theme is ‘Your Passion, Your Pride’ and celebrates LGBTQIA+ people openly and visibly achieving their dreams in sport, science and more. On this day, UQ Art Museum is celebrating all day with activities on the Art Museum lawn and special activations in the UQ Art Museum. We’ll be hosting talks, artwork displays, creative activities and stalls that celebrate our diverse LGBTQIA+ community. 

Wear It Purple Day Research Morning

30 August 2024 9:00am–11:30am
 
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This year, for Wear It Purple Day, the UQ Ally Network is organising a morning of talks to showcase some of the excellent research being conducted across UQ examining the health and wellbeing of the LGBTQIA+ community. We invite you to come along and join us in hearing all about this work!

Trivia and Drag Queen Show

29 August 2024 6:15pm–8:30pm
 
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Frazer Institute ED&I committee presents Round Four of their Trivia and Drag Queen Show

BEL DEI Wear It Purple Rainbow Run and Colour Course

29 August 2024 12:00pm–1:30pm
 
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The BEL Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee invites you to join us on Thursday 29 August for our third annual Wear It Purple Rainbow Run and Colour Course.