Category: LGBTQ+

Infertility Survival Day, Ntl.: May 1

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Mother’s Day is a difficult day for women and families that want to have children, but cannot. Therefore, the Sunday prior to Mother’s Day is National Infertility Survival Day, set aside for those strugg...

January

Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Mo...

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<p>Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.</p> <p>Whereas the Senate is committed to the awareness, prevention, and deterrence of sexual...

January

AIDS Vaccine Awareness Day: May 18

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HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD) is an annual observance recognizing and thanking the thousands of volunteers, community members, health professionals, and scientists working together to find a safe and e...

January

Asian & Pacific Islander AIDS Awareness Da...

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National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services and first occurred in 2005. The purpose of the month is to alert the Asian and Paci...

January

Book Month, GLBT Ntl. (1969): June

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Marking the anniversary of the Stonewall Riot in 1969, National Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Book Month is an American Library Association awareness campaign celebrating books about the GLBT lif...

January

Gay & Lesbian (LGBTQ+) Pride Month (1969):...

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LGBTQ+ Pride Month commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Riots in Manhattan, New York. During this month, throughout the United States, there are pride parades, workshops, symposiums, and concerts that focus on...

January

Caribbean-American's AIDS Awareness Day: J...

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Caribbean-American AIDS Awareness Day seeks to raise awareness about the dangers of AIDS in the Caribbean-American communities and United States territories in the Caribbean. A multitude of events are or...

January

LGBTQ Equality Day, Ntl. (2003/13/15): Jun...

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LGBTQ Equality Day is tied to several Supreme Court Rulings and is held on the anniversary of the following decisions: June 26, 2003: Lawrence v. Texas States can no longer criminalize the private condu...

January

Get Yourself Tested for AIDS Day, Ntl.: Ju...

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International Get Yourself Tested for AIDS Day is supported by the US Department of Health and Human Services in America and similar government bodies and NGOs throughout the world. Locally many clinics...

January

HIV Testing Day, Ntl.: June 27

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First held in 1995, HIV Testing Day is sponsored by the US government and encourages people to get tested for HIV.

January

World Pride Day: June 30

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If you've been asleep the past twenty years (and you would have had to be), you probably haven't noticed that the entire month of June now wears a rainbow. It is wall-to-wall lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgen...

January

Bisexuality Day, Celebrate: September 23

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A bisexual person is sexually attracted to both men and women and often engages in sexual activity with both sexes. Celebrate Bisexuality Day or Bi-visibility Day is the bisexual community's annual celebr...

January

Gay & Lesbian History Month (1979): Octobe...

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October is LGBTQ+ History Month in the USA and includes National Coming Out Day. LGBTQ+ History Month celebrates the lives, history, and achievements of the US's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and...

January

Lesbian Day, Intl: October 8

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A lesbian is a woman attracted to other women sexually and is the L in the LGBTQ+ acronym. International Lesbian Day is believed to have originated in the 1980s in Oceania. The day is an opportunity to ed...

January

Coming Out Day, Intl., (1987): October 11

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International Coming Out Day is an LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, and Queer) community initiative to provide a safe day for LGBTQ+ persons to embrace their inner selves. When an LGBTQ+ perso...

January

Latino AIDS Awareness Day, Ntl.: October 1...

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The Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA), the Hispanic Federation, and others support National Latino AIDS Awareness Day to promote HIV testing and provide HIV prevention information and healthcare access to...

January

LGBTQ+ Center Awareness Day: October 19

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Centers, and locations for the community, continue to build, unite, and empower the LGBTQ+ community by offering services, including: Social services Mental health counseling Cultural programs Recreat...

January

Pronouns Day, Intl.: October 19

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International Pronoun Day is an initiative of the LGBTQ+ advocacy community, and its stated purpose is to make languages more inclusive for people who do not identify as male or female and the transgender...

January

Spirit Day: October 20

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On Spirit Day, people wear purple to support LGBTQ+ youth and take a stand against bullying. This awareness campaign is championed by GLAAD and is the most extensive annual anti-bullying campaign explicit...

January

ACE Week: October 23-29

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As part of the drive for inclusion in definitions of gender and sexual orientation and to promote greater visibility and acceptance of their lifestyle, a community of asexual persons (those with a lack of...

January