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For the current year, this category includes: 331 events.
Events in this category cater exclusively to the lifestyle, needs, and challenges of the LGBTQ+ community worldwide.
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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.
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The entire month of June now wears a rainbow. It is wall-to-wall Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer celebrations, history, memorials, and awareness campaigns worldwide. June 30 marks the end of the mo...
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Over 150,000 rainbow-embracing people of every sexual and gender classification flood into Orlando, Florida, its hotels, and its theme parks for the annual Gay Days—a spring break-like extravaganza for th...
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Non-binary people's day celebrates individuals who do not consider themselves male or female, but both or neither. Katje van Loon spawned the idea for Non-binary Day in a 2012 blog post after discovering...
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If variety is the spice of life, then polysexuals want it all: gay, lesbian, straight, transgender, choose your identity. Sex is a buffet, and anything goes; polysexuals revel in the variety and sexual ad...
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Each November, the Pharmacists Planning Service. Inc (PPSI) hosts AIDS Awareness Month to educate consumers, patients, students, and professionals about tactics and tools to prevent the spreading of AIDS...
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The Gay Games is an international sporting and cultural event that promotes acceptance, inclusion, and the celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. Founded by Dr. Tom Waddell, an Olympic decathlete, the first...
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Intersex Day of Solidarity honors the birthday of Herculine Barbin / Abel Barbin (November 8, 1838 - February 1868), a writer who was born with both male and female genitalia. He was raised as a girl unti...
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From GLAAD, the Organizer: "Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the community by educating the public about who transgender p...
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Globally, transgender people are attacked and often killed because of how they present themselves. Transgender Day of Remembrance marks the murder of transgender woman Rita Hester on November 28, 1998. It...
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World AIDS Day is held in December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV, and commemorate people who have di...
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Pansexuals are romantic opportunists, preferring females one day, males another, and somewhere in between on additional days, depending on how they feel and what they believe is their "true self" minute b...
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Nonbinary or Queer Pride Day honors the birthday of performance artist and gender theorist Katherine Vandam Bornstein, born March 15, 1948. Bornstein, a leader in the LGBTQ+ community, self-declared as ge...
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National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD) is a nationwide effort to promote HIV testing in Native American communities through educational materials and marketing strategies. Goals and Objectives...
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The United States created Transgender Day of Visibility in 2021 via a Presidential proclamation as an annual observance honoring the achievements and resiliency of transgender individuals and communities,...
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) occurs in April each year. During SAAM, activists raise awareness about sexual violence and educate communities and individuals on preventing it.
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As part of the drive for inclusion in definitions of sexual orientation and greater visibility and acceptance of their lifestyle, a community of asexual persons, those with a lack of sexual attraction or...
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International Day of Pink occurs on the second Wednesday of April. It aims to raise awareness about bullying, discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, and transmisogyny worldwide. Numerous volunteer-org...
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International Day of Silence is organized by GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network). It is a day of action through silence. Students across the country use a lack of speaking to call attention...