2023 LGBTQIA+ Holidays & Remembrances
Jan 15, 2023 | Seattle Pride
2023 LGBTQIA+ Holidays & Remembrances
Throughout the year, the LGBTQIA+ community has much to celebrate and much to remember. Check out our list of holidays and remembrances in 2023. Plus, keep an eye on our events page for even more ways to be seen, take action and more!
January: National Mentoring Month
- Jan. 16-20: No Name-Calling Week
- Jan. 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February
- Feb. 19-25: Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week
March: Bisexual Health Awareness Month
- March 1: Zero Discrimination Day
- March 31: International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
- April 6: International Asexuality Day
- April 14: Day of Silence
- April 24-30: International Lesbian Visibility Week
May
- May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
- May 19: Agender Pride Day
- May 22: Harvey Milk Day
- May 24: Pansexual & Panromantic Visibility Day
June: Pride Month!
- June 5: HIV Long-Term Survivor’s Awareness Day
- June 12: Pulse Remembrance Day
- June 28: Stonewall Riots Anniversary
July
- July 6: Omnisexual Visibility Day
- July 9-15: Non-Binary Awareness Week
- July 14: International Non-Binary Day
- July 16: International Drag Day
August
- Aug. 13: Gay Uncle Day
September
- Sep. 16-23: Bisexual Awareness Week
- Sep. 23: Bisexual Visibility Day
October: LGBT History Month (U.S. and Canada)
- Oct. 11: National Coming Out Day
- Oct. 18: International Pronoun Day
- Oct 19: Spirit Day
- Oct. 23-29: Asexual Awareness Week
- Oct. 26: Intersex Awareness Day
November: Trans Awareness Month
- Nov. 5: Transgender Parent Day
- Nov. 8: Intersex Day of Solidarity
- Nov. 13-19: Trans Awareness Week
- Nov. 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
December
- Dec. 1: World AIDS Day
- Dec. 8: Pansexual Pride Day
- Dec. 10: Human Rights Day
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