This Is What Respect(-wear) Looks Like

Photo by Wunmi Onibudo

This summer, Levi's gifted GLSEN's National Student Council, our student leadership team, with custom trucker jackets, and the gift sparked an idea: What if everyone had their own Respect-wear apparel or accessories?

Last month, folks all over the country created their own clothing that they thought embodied respect, and they shared their designs using #GLSENinLevis on Instagram. Five lucky Respect-wear designers created clothes that just glistened -- and so they're each winning their own custom Levi's trucker jacket!

It's not too late to create your own Respect-wear! You can purchase GLSEN Respect and Golden E patches, or a limited-edition Levi's trucker jacket, sold at an elevated price point with all proceeds benefitting GLSEN's work to create safe and affirming schools!

Here are the top 5 designs.

 

So I decided to join in on the context for making clothes and stuff like that for an organization that I have loved for a while and that is #glseninlevis so I hope people like my choker and my trans painted glitter lips lol

A photo posted by True Disgrace (Sam) (@im_something_borrowed) on Oct 29, 2016 at 9:50am PDT

 

So, a while back, @call_me.sir gave me this shirt. We picked up a few patches on some of our dates and we put them on here. :) I love this thing to bits and pieces. So when I heard about the #glseninlevis thing, I was super stoked to be able to add something of my own to this jacket. -dino patch: Houston Museum of natural science -eyeball patch: Delta h con -defense against the dark arts patch: comicpalooza -skylab patch: Johnson space center __ #lgbt #glsen #embroidery #myhandshurt #patch #patches

A photo posted by Erin (@call_me.muse) on Oct 26, 2016 at 10:33pm PDT

 

Little fun art project for @glsenofficial #glseninlevis

A photo posted by @l.uiis on Oct 31, 2016 at 9:21am PDT

 

ur local gay librarian glad to be at cincy GLSEN's summit and pull a makeshift #glseninlevis

A photo posted by olive short (@ratmom1990) on Oct 29, 2016 at 5:36pm PDT

 

I think respect is about being yourself and showing off who you are. HERE you see a wild gay who identifies as transgender (: my name is Alex and I advise you to be yourself always !! ‍ #glseninlevis #glsen #glsenhudsonvalley

A photo posted by Its Ya Boi Alex!! (they/them) (@sadmemebro) on Oct 19, 2016 at 3:39pm PDT