Selena Gomez, Todd Chrisley, Celine Dion And More Celebrities Support #SpiritDay

A number of celebrities wore purple to show their support for the #SpiritDay campaign.

On Thursday, the celebrities celebrated Spirit Day, a national day of support for LGBTQ youth by wearing purple and speaking out against bullying. "Chrisley Knows Best" star Todd Chrisley took to Instagram in a purple sweatshirt. "Today's the day! Show your support for LGBT youth," he wrote in the caption.

Kerry Washington also took to Instagram and encouraged everyone to do the same. "Join me and go purple and take a stand against bullying for #SpiritDay. Stand up for LGBT youth and #ChooseKindness," she wrote in the caption.

Aside from the pair, E! News noted that Elizabeth Banks, Steve Howey, Emilie De Ravin, Adam Lambert, Darren Criss, Hailee Steinfeld, Courtney Love, Tinashe and Celine Dion also showed their support for Spirit Day. The "Beauty and the Beast" singer shared a clip of her performing "Purple Rain" on Facebook. "Let it rain purple on #SpiritDay" as we take a stand together against bullying and to support LGBTQ youth," her post read.

On Wednesday, Love, Steinfeld, Lambert, Selena Gomez and Troye Sivan are among the celebrities who showed up at GLAAD's (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) fundraising concert at Los Angeles' The Sayers Club. The event raised money and awareness for Spirit Day.

"When you have the president of the United States saying that the vice president wants to hang gay people, when a flier showed up on a university campus today that told gay people that they should just kill themselves, with an image of someone hanging themselves, it's bad out there and we get to come here together to celebrate the progress that we've made but also to shine a light for those that may be voiceless at this time and feel alone and isolated," GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis said at the show (via The Hollywood Reporter).

Justin Tranter, the popular songwriter behind Gomez, Britney Spears and Justin Bieber's hit songs was also present at the event. He hosted the concert and performed the top-40 singles that he has written for the other artists. Tranter raised over $100,000 for the organization during the event.

"We need to raise as much money as we can tonight to protect the kids out there that don't have the privilege of safety that I did," Tranter said.

Celebrities support #SpiritDay. Pictured: "The Elvis Duran Z100 Morning Show" goes purple for GLAAD #SpiritDay at Z100 Studio on Oct. 17, 2013 in New York City.Photo: Getty Images/Astrid Stawiarz

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