LGBTQ+ Awareness Events

Last updated July 18, 2024

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January

  • No Name-Calling Week - Varies, late January

  • Trans Prisoner Day of Action and Solidarity - January 22 yearly

February

  • Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Month

  • LGBT History Month (UK)

  • Teen Dating Violence Awareness

  • International Sex Education Day - February 2 yearly

  • Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - February 7 yearly

  • Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week - The first full week after February 14

  • World Day of Social Justice - February 20 yearly

  • International Stand Up to Bullying Day - Semi-annual event - held third Friday of November and last Friday of February

March

  • Bisexual Health Awareness Month

  • Women’s History Month

  • LGBTQ+ Health Awareness Week - 4th week of March, Monday through Friday

  • Neurodiversity Celebration Week - 4th week of March, starting that Monday

  • Zero Discrimination Day - March 1 yearly

  • International Women’s Day - March 8 yearly

  • National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) - March 10 yearly

  • National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD) - March 20 yearly

  • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - March 21 yearly

  • Omnisexual Awareness Day - March 21 yearly

  • Trans Week of Visibility and Action - March 25-31 yearly

  • International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) - March 31 yearly

April

  • Arab Heritage Month

  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month

  • STI Awareness Month (Sexually Transmitted Infection)

  • National Deaf LGBTQ+ Awareness Week - 2nd or 3rd weeks yearly, starting Monday (varies)

  • Transgender Day of Empowerment - April 2 yearly

  • World Autism Awareness Day - April 2 yearly

  • International Asexuality Day - April 6 yearly

  • National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - April 10 yearly

  • National Transgender HIV Testing Day - April 18 yearly

  • National Nonbinary Parent’s Day - 3rd Sunday in April

  • Day of Silence - April 14, 2023 (varies)

  • Lesbian Visibility Day - April 26 yearly

  • Lesbian Visibility Week - April 22-April 28, 2024 (varies)

May

  • Asian American Pacific Islander Native Hawaiian Heritage Month

  • Foster Youth Awareness Month

  • Jewish American Heritage Month

  • Mental Health Awareness Month

  • International Family Equality Day - First Sunday in May

  • Disability Day of Mourning - March 1 yearly

  • Xenogender Visibility Day - May 15 yearly

  • Honor Our LGBT Elders Day - May 16 yearly

  • International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB⁠⁠) - May 17 yearly

  • World AIDS Vaccine Day - May 18 yearly

  • Agender Pride Day - May 19 yearly

  • World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development - May 21 yearly

  • Harvey Milk Day - May 22 yearly

  • Irish Marriage Referendum - May 22 yearly

  • Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness / Visibility Day - May 24 yearly

  • LGBTQ+ Domestic Violence Awareness Day - May 28 yearly

June

  • LGBTQ+ Pride Month

  • LGBTQ Families Day - June 1 yearly

  • LGBTQ+ Cancer Awareness Week - June 12-16, 2013 (varies, seems to be the full second or third week of June yearly)

  • Pulse Night of Remembrance - June 12 yearly

  • Neurodiversity Pride Day - June 16 yearly (used to be 18th, but moved it permanently)

  • Autistic Pride Day - June 18 yearly

  • Juneteenth - June 19th yearly

  • LGBT Equality Day - June 26 yearly

  • Anniversary of the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in the U.S. (Obergefell v. Hodges Anniversary) - June 26 yearly

  • National HIV Testing Day - June 27 yearly

  • Stonewall Riots Anniversary / Christopher Street Liberation Day / International Pride Day - June 28 yearly

  • Give Out Day - June 28th, campaign starts June 1

  • Queer Youth of Faith Day - June 30 yearly

July

  • Disability Pride Month

  • National Minority Mental Health Month

  • Trans Health Awareness Month

  • Abrosexual Awareness Day - July 2 yearly

  • Omnisexual Visibility Day - July 6 yearly

  • International Nonbinary People's Day - July 14 yearly

  • Nonbinary Awareness Week - starting on the Sunday or Monday preceding International Nonbinary People's Day

  • International Drag Day - July 16 yearly

August

  • Transgender History Month

  • International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples - August 9 yearly

  • Gay Uncle’s Day / Guncle's Day - Second Sunday in August

  • Transgender Flag Day - August 19 yearly

  • Marsha P. Johnson Day - August 24 yearly

  • Women’s Equality Day - August 26 yearly

  • Wear it Purple Day (Australia) - Final Friday of August

September

  • Bisexuality Visibility Month

  • Hawaiian History Month

  • National Grandparents Day - First Sunday after Labor Day

  • World Sexual Health Day - September 4 yearly

  • National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)

  • National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day - September 18 yearly

  • Bisexual Awareness Week - Starting the Sunday before September 23

  • Bi Visibility Day / Celebrate Bisexuality Day - September 23 yearly

  • International Day of Sign Languages - September 23 yearly

  • National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - September 27 yearly

October

  • National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)

  • National Disability Employment Awareness Month

  • LGBTQ+ History Month (US)

  • Domestic Violence Awareness Month

  • Filipino American History Month

  • Islamic Heritage Month

  • National Bullying Prevention Month

  • Nonbinary Children's Day - October 1 (two different organizers have created the same day; also on November 13)

  • Mental Illness Awareness Week - First full week in October

  • International Lesbian Day - October 8 yearly

  • World Mental Health Day - October 10 yearly

  • National Coming Out Day - October 11 yearly

  • Trans Cake Day / Cake for Trans Friends Day - October 14 yearly

  • Genderfluid Visibility Week - Third Sunday through the fourth Sunday

  • LGBT Center Awareness Day - October 19 yearly

  • Spirit Day - October 19 yearly

  • International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization - October 21?

  • International Pronouns Day - Third Wednesday of October yearly

  • Intersex Awareness Day - October 26 yearly

  • Ace Week - Last full week in October

November

  • Native American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month

  • National Homeless Youth Awareness Month

  • National Family Caregivers Month

  • Puerto Rican Heritage Month

  • Transgender Awareness Month

  • International Stand Up to Bullying Day - Semi-annual event - held third Friday of November and last Friday of February

  • Solidarity Week (formerly Ally Week) - varies

  • Trans Parent Day - First Sunday in November

  • Intersex Solidarity Day (IDS), Intersex Day of Solidarity, Intersex Day of Remembrance - November 8 yearly

  • Nonbinary Children's Day - November 13 (two different organizers have created the same day; also on October 1st)

  • Transgender Awareness Week - November 13-19, leading up to TDoR

  • International Transgender Day of Remembrance/Resilience (TDoR) - November 20 yearly

  • International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - November 25 yearly

December

  • World AIDS Day - December 1 yearly

  • LGBTQ+ Business Week - December 2-8, 2024 (varies)

  • International Day of Disabled Persons - December 3 yearly

  • Gender Expansive Parents' Day - December 6 yearly

  • Pansexual and Panromantic Pride Day - December 8 yearly

  • Human Rights Day - December 10 yearly

  • Demigenders Awareness and Pride Day - December 15 yearly

  • International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers - December 17 yearly

  • Trans Youth Day - December 28 yearly