Beau has been quite the activist! He, along with a few Awkward. co-stars and other MTV actors, participated in Spirit Day today for The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).  The GLAAD association is a program working to stop discrimination and bullying of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender teens.

“Many of MTV’s stars have taken to Twitter and wore purple for the day. Pauly D (Jersey Shore) used purple vinyl for Spirit Day, Farrah Abraham (Teen Mom) dressed her daughter Sophia in purple, Deena Nicole Cortese (Jersey Shore) painted her nails purple and many other stars participated, including: Sammi Giancola (Jersey Shore), Vinny Guadagnino (Jersey Shore), Tyler Baltierra (Teen Mom), Maci Bookout (Teen Mom), Catelynn Lowell (Teen Mom), Mike C. Manning (Real World D.C.), Jillian Rose Reed (Awkward), Nikki Deloach (Awkward), Matthew Fahey (Awkward), Greer Grammer (Awkward), Jessica Lu (Awkward), Desi Lydic (Awkward) and Beau Mirchoff (Awkward)…”

View the full article at the GLAAD Blog.

View the BroadwayWorld article here.