With a campaign against bullying that began with a video featuring a rather well known Capitol Hill couple now gaining national attention, the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival’s free screening of a documentary exploring the topic of anti-gay bullying has drawn such strong interest that organizers have moved the Wednesday night presentation to the 295-seat Broadway Performance Hall. Wednesday is being celebrated as Spirit Day — you are encouraged to wear purple to show your support for LGBT teens who have been bullied. And, hey, why not get a deal on Broadway.

BULLIED, the latest film from the award-winning Teaching Tolerance program of the Southern Poverty Law Center, is a hard-hitting documentary about one student’s harrowing ordeal that may put an end to antigay bullying in schools. Jamie Nabozny suffered verbal abuse in middle school that soon escalated to kicks and punches. School administrators ignored his pleas for help and even blamed him for the bullying. Eventually, Nabozny stood up to his tormentors and filed a federal lawsuit against the school that led to a landmark court decision holding public schools accountable for not stopping anti-gay abuse. Nationally, more than 80 percent of LGBT youths said their teachers never or rarely interrupt homophobic remarks, and 50 percent of all youths said gay students are bullied most or all of the time in their schools. BULLIED offers an inspiring message of hope to those still fighting harassment. After the screening, the Safe Schools Coalition will copresent a panel discussion of these issues as they relate to our community’s schools. FREE

Bullied screens at 6 PM, Wednesday at the Broadway Performance Hall on Seattle Central’s campus at Pine and Broadway.

For more on the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, check out our coverage or visit http://www.threedollarbillcinema.org/10/

UPDATE: Paul from the Lobby Bar sent us some pictures of their celebration of Spirit Day — purple banners over East Pike:

Meanwhile, Madison’s Mad Pizza will be donating 5% of today’s proceeds to the Trevor Project.