Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
From council chambers to Australian Federal Police HQ, Wear It Purple Day is taking over. When every week demands a new flag or ribbon to wear at work, it stops being about tolerance—it’s an institutional priority list with traditional values at the bottom.
Welcome to this week’s Friday Focus: Wear It Purple.
Today is officially designated as Wear It Purple Day—a day aimed at fostering inclusion and empowering LGBTQIA+SB young people. Because apparently, we needed another day on the calendar to celebrate your sexuality—provided, of course, you’re not heteronormative.
In Australia, we already have a packed calendar of rainbow celebrations, the longest being Pride Month, where the entire month of June is handed over to the queer community. But it raises a fair question: how many days a year are exclusively reserved for traditional, heterosexual relationships?
The only one that comes to mind is Valentine’s Day. Though even that seems to be getting co-opted by the diversity machine. Just this year on February 14th, our taxpayer-funded broadcaster was busy reporting on hundreds hitting a New South Wales beach for a “Valentine’s Day Pride Paddle Out.”
That’s right—on the one day of the year traditionally set aside for everyday men and women to celebrate romantic love, the ABC’s main angle was… another Pride event. It seems if you’re traditional in modern Australia, you’re just not worth celebrating. Well, according to the cultural Left and our public broadcaster, anyway.
But returning to Wear It Purple Day—and a quick thank you to the viewers who sent these examples in.
Wagga Wagga City Council is proudly celebrating the occasion by illuminating the Coat of Arms on the Council Chambers in bright purple. Because nothing says “essential council services” quite like turning local government headquarters into a neon billboard for identity politics.
Over in Perth, the University of Western Australia is hosting a Wear It Purple Day Colour Fun Run, promising a “fun, inclusive 3km course.”
Inclusive? What running race isn’t inclusive? Have you ever shown up to a community fun run and had the organisers say, “Sorry mate, no gay people allowed in the 3k today”?
Then there’s the corporate world. Another viewer received an email at work recently with a downloadable colouring sheet attached, titled “Colours of Courage.” Employees were informed they could win a prize pack simply by colouring in the drawing and submitting a short statement on why “supporting inclusion and belonging matters to you.”
Because who needs to focus on actual job performance or business outputs when you can get paid to do primary school arts and crafts for ideological compliance?
And just one last example. Down in Canberra, the Australian Federal Police are keeping our nation safe in their own unique way. The AFP Pride Committee has been busy promoting an upcoming drag trivia event right inside national headquarters, hosted by local troupe Phish and Phreak. If you’re looking to grab a ticket, I’m afraid you're out of luck—it’s completely sold out.
As we all know, nothing boosts national security operations quite like hosting a sold-out drag show inside the nerve centre of federal law enforcement.
All jokes aside, when every other week demands a new ribbon, a new flag, or a new colour to wear to work, it stops being about simple tolerance. It becomes about establishing a permanent, institutional priority list—one where traditional values sit at the very bottom.
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Allégro by Emmit Fenn
From council chambers to Australian Federal Police HQ, Wear It Purple Day is taking over. When every week demands a new flag or ribbon to wear at work, it stops being about tolerance—it’s an institutional priority list with traditional values at the bottom.
Welcome to this week’s Friday Focus: Wear It Purple.
Today is officially designated as Wear It Purple Day—a day aimed at fostering inclusion and empowering LGBTQIA+SB young people. Because apparently, we needed another day on the calendar to celebrate your sexuality—provided, of course, you’re not heteronormative.
In Australia, we already have a packed calendar of rainbow celebrations, the longest being Pride Month, where the entire month of June is handed over to the queer community. But it raises a fair question: how many days a year are exclusively reserved for traditional, heterosexual relationships?
The only one that comes to mind is Valentine’s Day. Though even that seems to be getting co-opted by the diversity machine. Just this year on February 14th, our taxpayer-funded broadcaster was busy reporting on hundreds hitting a New South Wales beach for a “Valentine’s Day Pride Paddle Out.”
That’s right—on the one day of the year traditionally set aside for everyday men and women to celebrate romantic love, the ABC’s main angle was… another Pride event. It seems if you’re traditional in modern Australia, you’re just not worth celebrating. Well, according to the cultural Left and our public broadcaster, anyway.
But returning to Wear It Purple Day—and a quick thank you to the viewers who sent these examples in.
Wagga Wagga City Council is proudly celebrating the occasion by illuminating the Coat of Arms on the Council Chambers in bright purple. Because nothing says “essential council services” quite like turning local government headquarters into a neon billboard for identity politics.
Over in Perth, the University of Western Australia is hosting a Wear It Purple Day Colour Fun Run, promising a “fun, inclusive 3km course.”
Inclusive? What running race isn’t inclusive? Have you ever shown up to a community fun run and had the organisers say, “Sorry mate, no gay people allowed in the 3k today”?
Then there’s the corporate world. Another viewer received an email at work recently with a downloadable colouring sheet attached, titled “Colours of Courage.” Employees were informed they could win a prize pack simply by colouring in the drawing and submitting a short statement on why “supporting inclusion and belonging matters to you.”
Because who needs to focus on actual job performance or business outputs when you can get paid to do primary school arts and crafts for ideological compliance?
And just one last example. Down in Canberra, the Australian Federal Police are keeping our nation safe in their own unique way. The AFP Pride Committee has been busy promoting an upcoming drag trivia event right inside national headquarters, hosted by local troupe Phish and Phreak. If you’re looking to grab a ticket, I’m afraid you're out of luck—it’s completely sold out.
As we all know, nothing boosts national security operations quite like hosting a sold-out drag show inside the nerve centre of federal law enforcement.
All jokes aside, when every other week demands a new ribbon, a new flag, or a new colour to wear to work, it stops being about simple tolerance. It becomes about establishing a permanent, institutional priority list—one where traditional values sit at the very bottom.
MUSIC
Allégro by Emmit Fenn
