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12 – Germany's parliament passes a law easing legal procedures for changing names and gender identity by a vote of 374 to 251. [ 11 ] 17 – Sweden 's parliament passes s law lowering the minimum age to legally change gender from 18 to 16 by a vote of 234 to 94.
LGBT event Location Official website Occurs every Start Gay Games: Various gaygames.org: 4 Years 1982 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia: Everywhere may17.org: May 17 2005 International Family Equality Day: Everywhere internationalfamilyequalityday.org: first Sunday of May 2012 International Transgender Day of ...
A 1970s gay liberation protest in Washington, D.C.. The first pride marches were held in four US cities in June 1970, one year after the riots at the Stonewall Inn. [3] The New York City march, promoted as "Christopher Street Liberation Day", alongside the parallel marches in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, marked a watershed moment for LGBT rights. [4]
A student-orientated day to end the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bias. Initially created by then-student Maria Pulzetti, the first event was organized by students at University of Virginia in 1996. [87] It is currently organized by GLSEN. In 1997, one year after the day's creation, it went national, with over 100 institutions participating. [88]
"from the holy day of the Resurrection of Christ our God until New Sunday (i.e. Thomas Sunday) for a whole week the faithful in the holy churches should continually be repeating psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, rejoicing and celebrating Christ, and attending to the reading of the Divine Scriptures and delighting in the Holy Mysteries. For in ...
Louis-Georges Tin, founder of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia [5]. The day, as a concept, was conceived in 2004. A year-long campaign culminated in the first International Day Against Homophobia on May 17, 2005. 24,000 individuals as well as organizations such as the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), the International Gay and Lesbian Human ...
[12] In 2009, the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa authorized the blessing of same-sex unions in a single parish: the Church of St John the Evangelist. Rather than issuing a specific rite, Bishop Chapman authorized an existing rite already in use for the blessing of civil marriages between opposite-sex couples.
Feasts of Jesus Christ are specific days of the year distinguished in the liturgical calendar as being significant days for the celebration of events in the life of Jesus Christ and his veneration, for the commemoration of his relics, signs and miracles.