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List of LGBTQ awareness periods

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The following are lists of internationally recognized and domestically recognized LGBTQIA+ awareness periods, i.e. awareness days, weeks and months that focus on LGBTQIA+ matters.

Internationally recognized

NameDateYear StartedNotes
Agender Pride Day2017A day celebrated internationally to promote awareness of agender individuals.
Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week{{dtsformat=hideFebruary14}}The first full week following Valentine's Day (), beginning on Sunday2014
Aromantic Visibility Day{{dtsformat=dmJune5}}2023
International Asexuality Day2021IAD is a coordinated worldwide campaign promoting asexuality as a valid sexual orientation.
Ace WeekLast full week in October2010Week to promote awareness of those who do not feel sexual attraction to anyone. It was founded by Sara Beth Brooks in 2010.
Bisexual Awareness Week{{dtsformat=hideSeptember}}16-2014
Celebrate Bisexuality Day{{dtsformat=dmSeptember23}}1999
Genderfluid Visibility Week{{dtsformat=hideOctober24}}17-24 October2021
Drag Day{{dtsformat=dmJuly16 }}2009
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia{{dtsformat=dmyMay17}}2005
International Day of Pink{{Date table sortingApril10format=hide}}The second Wednesday in April2007
International Day to End Conversion Therapy{{dtsformat=dmyJanuary07}}2025
Intersex Awareness Day{{dtsformat=dmyOctober26}}1996
Intersex Day of Remembrance{{dtsformat=dmyNovember08}}2005
Lesbian Day{{dtsformat=dmyOctober8}}1980 (NZ) or 1990 (Aus)
Lesbian Visibility DayLesbian Visibility Day{{dtsformat=dmyApril26}}2008
National Coming Out Day{{dtsformat=dmyOctober11}}1988
Dyke Week{{dtsformat=dmyAugust09}}2022
Non-Binary Awareness WeekThe week, starting Sunday/Monday, surrounding 14 July2020A week dedicated to those who do not fit within the traditional gender binary, i.e. those who do not exclusively identify as a man or a woman, or who may identify as both a man and a woman, or may fall outside of these categories altogether. Promoted on Twitter as @NBWeek.
Non-Binary People's Day{{dtsformat=dmyJuly14}}2012
Pansexual & Panromantic Awareness Day{{dtsformat=dmyMay24}}2015
Pronouns DayThe third Wednesday in October2018An annual event that seeks to make sharing, respecting and educating about personal pronouns commonplace.
Trans Awareness Month{{dtsformat=hideNovember}}November2017
Trans Awareness Week{{dtsformat=hideNovember}}13-19 November2017
Transgender Day of Remembrance{{dtsformat=dmyNovember20}}1999
Trans Day of Visibility{{dtsformat=dmyMarch31}}2009
Trans Parent Day{{dtsNovemberformat=hide}}The first Sunday in November2009
Zero Discrimination Day{{dtsformat=dmyMarch1}}2014

Domestically recognized

Australia

NameDateYear StartedNotes
LGBT History Month{{dtsOctober}}2016
Mardi Gras ParadeThe first Saturday of {{dtsMarch}}1978
Wear it Purple Day{{dtsAugustformat=hide}}The final Friday of August2010

Brazil

NameDateYear StartedNotes
{{dtsJanuary29}}2004
{{dtsAugust29}}2003
National Gay Pride DayMarch 25A day started around 2020 to celebrate gay pride, specially gay men pride, in Brazil.
February 202015Commemorative date annually celebrating transmasculinity and trans men in Brazil.

Canada

NameDateYear StartedNotes
LGBT History Month{{dtsOctober}}1994

Chile

NameDateYear StartedNotes
Lesbian Visibility Day{{dtsformat=dmyJuly9}}2015

India

NameDateYear StartedNotes
Indian Coming Out Day{{dtsformat=dmyJuly2}}2012

Ireland

NameDateYear StartedNotes
Irish Marriage Referendum{{dtsformat=dmyMay22}}2015

Japan

NameDateYear StartedNotes
Dyke Weekend{{dtsformat=dmyMarch}}1994

Netherlands

NameDateYear StartedNotes
Purple FridayThe second Friday of {{dtsformat=dmyDecember}}2010

New Zealand

NameDateYear StartedNotes
Schools Pride WeekThe second week of June2019This week is aimed at high schools and allows students to celebrate diversity. It is championed by the charity InsideOut and has links to the UK-based and school-led diversity week

Ukraine

NameDateYear StartedNotes
Day of Remembrance of Homosexuals in Ukraine (victims of the totalitarian Soviet regime)12 December2006This day is celebrated as an important date to honor those who suffered from systematic repression and discrimination during the Soviet period.

United Kingdom

NameDateYear StartedNotes
LGBT History Month{{dtsFebruary}}2005
Trans+ History Week2024Observed the week starting with 6 May.

United States

NameDateYear startedNotes
Bisexual Health Awareness Month2014A month to raise awareness about the bisexual community's social, economic, and health disparities, advocate for resources, and inspire actions to improve bi people's well-being. Promoted on social media through #BiHealthMonth.
Day of Silence{{dtsformat=hideApril14}}The second Friday in {{dtsformat=dmyApril}}
Harvey Milk Day{{dtsformat=dmyMay22}}2010
Sapphic Visibility Day{{dtsformat=dmyApril9}}2024
HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day{{dtsformat=dmyJune5}}2014
LGBTQ+ business weekFall/Winter2023A week to celebrate and support LGBTQ+ businesses and raise awareness of economic issues faced by the community. In 2024, it will be celebrated the week of December 2nd.
LGBT History Month{{dtsOctober}}1994
LGBT Pride Month{{dtsJune}}
Pulse Night of Remembrance{{dtsformat=dmyJune12}}2017
Spirit Day{{dtsOctoberformat=hide}}The third Thursday in October2010
Stonewall Riots Anniversary{{dtsformat=dmyJune28}}1969
Transgender History Month{{dtsAugust}}2024

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