Ī month to celebrate transgender and gender nonconforming communities and to raise awareness for this community through education and advocacy activities.Ī week to educate about transgender and gender non-conforming people, and the issues associated with their transition and/or identity.ĭay to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia.Ī day to celebrate the trans community in a positive light, celebrating their lives and cultural achievements. Īn annual day to promote awareness of, and celebrate, pansexual and panromantic identities.Īn annual event that seeks to make sharing, respecting and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. The date is the precise midpoint between International Men's Day and International Women's Day. Promoted on Twitter as Īn annual day to celebrate and bring visibility to people who are non-binary in the LGBT+ community. those who do not exclusively identify as a man or a woman, or who may identify as both a man and a woman, or may fall outside of these categories altogether. The week, starting Sunday /Monday, surrounding 14 JulyĪ week dedicated to those who do not fit within the traditional gender binary, i.e. Although still named 'National Coming Out Day', it is currently observed around the world, in countries such as Canada, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and Australia also on 11 October, and in the United Kingdom on 12 October. By 1990 it was being celebrated in all 50 states. National Coming out Day was founded in the United States by gay rights activists Robert Eichberg and Jean O' Leary on 1988 in Washington, DC, United States. when an LGBT person decides to publicly share their gender identities or sexual orientation. Ī day to celebrate the act of ' coming out', i.e. Īnnual day to celebrate, recognize, and bring visibility to lesbians. Īn annual day celebrating lesbian culture that originated in New Zealand and Australia, but is now celebrated internationally. The event began as Intersex Solidarity Day, following an invitation issued by Joëlle-Circé Laramée, the then Canadian spokeswoman for Organization Intersex International. It marks the birthday of Herculine Barbin, a French intersex person. Ī day designed to raise awareness of the issues faced by intersex people. The International Day of Pink is a worldwide anti-bullying and anti-homophobia event where participants are encouraged to wear or display a pink shirt, echoing a mass gesture of solidarity with a student subjected to homophobic bullying in Cambridge, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2007.Ĭelebrated in October to commemorate the first intersex protest, which took place in Boston, Massachusetts. The main purpose of the 17 May mobilizations is to raise awareness of violence, discrimination, abuse, and repression of LGBT communities worldwide. International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia Created by Adam Stewart in 2009 through his Facebook fan page for drag queens. Ī day that aims to celebrate and recognize the drag art all around the world. Īlso referred to as Genderfluid Week, Fluid Week or Genderfluid Awareness Week. Īlso referred to as Bisexual Pride Day, CBD, Bisexual Pride, and Bi Visibility Day. Īlso referred to as BiWeek and Bisexual+ Awareness Week. It was founded by Sara Beth Brooks in 2010. Week to promote awareness of those on the asexual spectrum. The four themes of IAD are Advocacy, Celebration, Education and Solidarity. IAD is a coordinated worldwide campaign promoting the ace umbrella, including demisexual, grey-asexual and other ace identities. In 2015, it was moved to late February and the name was changed to Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, to be more inclusive of all arospec identities.

This week was first recognized from 10 to 17 November 2014, under the name Aromantic Awareness Week. ġ4 February, The week following (Sunday-Saturday) Ī week to promote information and awareness about aromantic spectrum identities (“a sexuality within the LGBTQIA+ community in which someone doesn't experience romantic attraction.' ) and the issues they face. A day celebrated internationally to promote awareness of agender individuals.

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