Celebrating Wear it Purple Day 2022

WEAR IT PURPLE DAY Today is Wear It Purple day! It's all about empowering and showing support to young LGBTQIA+ people. Jack caught up with 13 year old George Ray who is one of the campaign's ambassadors to find out more about it. In case the shirt didn't give it away, George is one of the ambassadors for wear it purple day. George says that Wear It Purple day is an opportunity for businesses, organisations, and of course schools, to get involved to show their support and celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community. AFLW OPENER The AFLW season got off to a flyer last night, well, if you're the Magpies, anyway. Collingwood won against old rivals Carlton 36 to 18 in front of 4,000 spectators in Melbourne. The Pies pulled away in the second quarter and had 5 separate goal kickers. BOOK WEEK As a lot of you probably, definitely know, this week is Book Week! So let's hear from 17-year-old Kellis who's illustrated a book that's helping kids to read in Pitjianjiara. LONDON ZOO WEIGH IN Now, once a year, at London Zoo, animals are measured, put on the scales and inspected for an annual "Weigh In!". All animals, from monkeys to camels and even snails get the same treatment. The whole process takes zookeepers about a week to complete, and often involves lots of distractions, like snacks to get the animals up on the scales. The heaviest animal this year was Noemie the camel! Who came in at a whopping 728 kilos. But for some animals that are a bit too hard to weigh, like this coral.. A measure in will have to do. __________________________________________ Make sure to like & subscribe to our videos if you want to stay in the know! 👉 Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/behindthenews?sub_confirmation=1 We have 1000s of stories on all sorts of topics - if you're looking for help to understand something, you'll probably find it on BTN http://www.abc.net.au/btn/ Follow us on Social Media: TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@behindthenewstv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abcbtn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/behindthenews/ For the past 50 years, Behind the News has been helping to break down current issues and events for young people all around the world. The program is a high-energy, fun way for people to learn about the stories we see in the news while providing background information that isn’t usually given by other news bulletins.