Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Pansexual & Panromantic Awareness Day: 24 May [49] 2015: An annual day to promote awareness of, and celebrate, pansexual and panromantic identities. Pronouns Day: The third Wednesday in October: 2018: An annual event that seeks to make sharing, respecting and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. [50] [51] [52] Trans Awareness Month ...
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 Visibility: Everywhere transgenderdayofvisibility.org: March 31 2009 Bisexual Awareness Week (BiWeek) Everywhere
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]
The LGBTQ+ community celebrates Transgender Awareness Week from November 13 to November 19 before Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20.
Christopher Street Liberation Day on June 28, 1970, marked the first anniversary of the Stonewall riots with the march, which was the first Gay Pride march in New York history, and covered the 51 blocks to Central Park. The march took less than half the scheduled time due to excitement, but also due to wariness about walking through the city ...
National Coming Out Day takes place Oct. 24 as JASMYN, local business and community leaders celebrate importance of LGBTQ+ representation.
LGBT History Month provides role models, builds community, and represents a civil rights statement about the contributions of the LGBTQ+ community. [3] As of 2022, LGBT History Month is a month-long celebration that is specific to Australia, Canada, Cuba, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Every year, schools in New Jersey and around the country hold a Day of Silence to raise awareness about the bullying of LGBTQ+ students, keeping quiet to represent the silencing of many queer voices.