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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]
October was chosen by Wilson as the month for the celebration because the first and second LGBTQ Marches on Washington, in 1979 and 1987, were in October; National Coming Out Day is on 11 October, chosen to mark the date of the Second March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987, and October is within the academic calendar year. [27]
15 – Australia's Cumberland City Council repeals the ban on books about same-sex parenting in council libraries, passed 14 days earlier. [25] [26] [27] 16 – The Landtag of Liechtenstein repeals the ban on same-sex marriages. The bill comes into effect on January 1, 2025. [28]
The Hawaii LGBT Legacy Foundation (HLLF) has announced the lineup of events for Honolulu Pride 2024, with celebrations culminating in the Honolulu Pride Parade and Festival set for October 19.
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]
Advent, the other pivotal season on the calendar, comes exactly four Sundays before the start of Christmas (if Christmas falls on a Sunday, that day does not count), or the Sunday closest to St. Andrew's Day (November 30). [3] Like the other Western Church calendars, the first Sunday of Advent is also the first day of the liturgical year. [4]
The name of each day of the week is called "Bright" (e.g., "Bright Monday") and the week's services are unique, varying greatly from those during the remainder of the year. The services are entirely sung, and the Paschal hymns are included with the stichera taken from the Sunday Resurrection propers in the Octoechos , rotating through the ...