List of LGBT awareness days

The following is a list of notable LGBT awareness days.

Name Date Year Started Notes
Bisexual Awareness WeekSeptember2014 [1] Begins the Sunday before Celebrate Bisexuality Day. Official website
Celebrate Bisexuality DaySeptember 231999 Also referred to as Bisexual Pride Day, CBD, Bisexual Pride and Bi Visibility Day.[2]
Day of SilenceApril[3]1996April; Day varies from year to year. GLSEN's Day of Silence is an organizing tool to end the silencing effect of anti-LGBTQ bias Official website
Harvey Milk DayMay 222010Celebrated to honor Harvey Milk, assassinated politician, on his birthday, it is celebrated officially in California, Milk's home state.[4] Official website
Holocaust Remembrance DayJanuary 27Day to remember all of the victims of the Nazi era. Refer to persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust for more information.
Human Rights DayDecember 10Official website
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and BiphobiaMay 172005The main purpose of the May 17 mobilizations is to raise awareness of violence, discrimination, and repression of LGBT communities worldwide.
International Stand Up to Bullying Daythird Friday of November and last Friday of February
International Transgender Day of VisibilityMarch 312009[5] Celebrated to bring awareness to transgender people and their identities as well as recognize those that helped fight for rights for transgender people.
Zero Discrimination DayMarch 1[6]2014[6][7] #ZeroDiscrimination Day is observed to bring awareness that you can't get sick from interacting with people who have aids, that everybody should have "access health care safely and live life fully with dignity." as per Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director[8]. The day is also used to bring attention to acceptance of non-straight fellow humans and not marginalise, discriminate or act cruelly against them, yet to instruct oneself on e.g. the gender continuum.
International Non-Binary People's DayJuly 14suggested 2012Annual day celebrating the contributions of non-binary people and focusing on the issues affecting them.[9]
Intersex Awareness DayOctober 261996Celebrated in October to commemorate the first intersex protest, which took place in Boston, MA[10] Official website
Intersex Day of Remembrance (Intersex Solidarity Day)November 8Marks the birthday of Herculine Barbin. Official website
International Family Equality Day (IFED)first Sunday of May2012 Celebrates the equality of all family forms Official website
Lesbian Visibility DayApril 262008
LGBT Equality Day (United States)June 262003
2013
2015
Declarations of the Supreme Court of the United States affirming LGBT equal rights: Lawrence v. Texas (sexual relations), United States v. Windsor (DOMA) and Hollingsworth v. Perry (Same-sex marriage in California), and Obergefell v. Hodges (Same-sex marriage in the United States)
LGBT History Month (USA)October1994First celebrated in 1994 in October. It was declared a national History month by President Barack Obama in 2009. The month was created with the intent to encourage openness and education about LGBT history and rights.
LGBT History Month (UK)February2005
Irish Marriage ReferendumMay 222015 Ireland become first country to legalize marriage equality through plebiscite
LGBT Pride MonthJune[11] June is celebrated as Pride in honor of the Stonewall Riots, though Pride events occur all year round. It also marks the month that same-sex marriage was legalized in the United States.
National Coming Out DayOctober 111988[12] Official website
Pansexual/Panromantic Pride DayDecember 8
Pan (Pansexual and Panromantic) Visibility DayMay 242017Originally started on Tumblr.[13]Official website
Spirit DayOctober 202010Official website
Stonewall Riots AnniversaryJune 28[14] To remember the Stonewall Riots that are described as the start of the Trans and Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. It's a day for people to remember the biracial lesbian and drag king Stormé DeLarverie whose scuffle with the police started the rebellion, and the drag queen Marsha P. Johnson who would have thrown the first brick. [15]
Transgender Awareness Weekfirst two full weeks of November The purpose is to educate about transgender and gender non-conforming people and the issues associated with their transition or identity.
Transgender Day of RemembranceNovember 201999
World AIDS DayDecember 11988Recognized in 1988 by the United Nations[16]

Official website

Agender Pride Day May 19 2017 Started by Ashton of the Instagram @lgbt.teen.safe.space
Pulse Night of RemembranceJune 122017Annual day of US remembrance for the loss of 49 people in the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida on June 12, 2016.[17]

See also

References

  1. "About". Bisexual Week. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  2. "About". Bisexual Week. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. "Get Information - Frequently Asked Questions". Day Of Silence. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  4. Tran, Mark (2009-10-13). "Arnold Schwarzenegger signs law establishing Harvey Milk Day". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  5. Carreras, Jessica. "Transgender Day of Visibility plans erupt locally, nationwide". PrideSource. Archived from the original on 2013-03-27.
  6. 1 2 "Zero Discrimination Day". World Health Organization.
  7. "International Days". www.un.org.
  8. "Zero Discrimination Day 2017 - UNAIDS". www.unaids.org.
  9. "Calling for an International Non-Binary Gender Day". 8 March 2012.
  10. "Intersex Awareness Day marked around the world". Washington Blade: Gay News, Politics, LGBT Rights. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  11. "Presidential Proclamation -- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, 2014". The White House, Office of the Press Secretary. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  12. "National Coming Out Day". HRC.org. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  13. "(Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness and Visibility Day)".
  14. "The Stonewall Riots - 1969". Socialistalternative.org. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  15. "The Stonewall Riot - Jun 28, 1969 - HISTORY.com". HISTORY.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  16. "World AIDS Day". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  17. "(Heartbreaking images from the one year anniversary vigil at Pulse nightclub in Orlando)".Mother Jones. Retrieved 12 June 2017.


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