Wear It Purple Day 2026 at UTS
WHEN
24 August 2026
Monday
9.00am - 5.00pm Australia/Sydney
28 August 2026
Friday
WHERE
City campus
COST
Free admission
CONTACT
Email: equity@uts.edu.au for any questions or concerns.
See how UTS is celebrating Wear It Purple Day!
Wear It Purple Day is an annual event held on the last Friday of August to celebrate and support LGBTQIA+ youth. Founded in Australia in 2010, it encourages schools, workplaces, and communities to loudly and proudly show rainbow young people that they are seen, valued and safe.
The 2026 them is ‘Colours of Courage’ which seeks to celebrate the many different forms of courage shown by LGBTQIA+ young people, allies and communities every day.
UTS Research Café: panel and networking event
Explore how community-led practice, inclusive design and socially engaged research can help address complex challenges from LGBTQIA+ inclusion and community participation to migration, human rights and social impact. Guest speakers include Nick Grinpukel, Dr Tamara Megaw, Dr Kristine Aquino, and Associate Professor Genevive Wilkinson.
When: Wednesday 26 August, 12pm to 1pm
Where: RESHub – UTS Building 1, Level 5
No registration required – just come along.
UTS Clubs and Societies Fair
Join us on campus for the UTS Wear It Purple Day Clubs and Societies Fair! Learn how to do origami with the Women and Non-Binary peoples in STEMM Club, make a purple cake pop (like a lollipop, but with cake!) with the UTS Cooking Society, or have a chat with the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion about initiatives, policies and resources that support and uplift the LGBTQIA+ community at UTS.
When: Friday 28 August (Wear It Purple Day)
Where: Building 2, Level 4
Pathways into industry for LGBTQIA+ engineering and IT students
Join the UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT for a special Wear It Purple Day event unpacking the challenges and barriers that LGBTQIA engineering and IT students face while transitioning from study into industry, as well as the pathways that exist to propel them forward in their careers.
When: Friday 28 August, 10.30am to 12pm
Where: UTS Building 11
Exhibition: A river runs through
A river runs through presents a major new body of work by Spence Messih that considers how both water and gender are monitored, categorised and disciplined. Moving between sculpture, print and film, Messih develops a material language shaped by tension, movement and contradiction.
When: Tuesday 5 May to Saturday 29 August
Where: UTS Gallery – Level 4 702 Harris St, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia