National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, originally and still colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day, is a Canadian statutory holiday to recognize the legacy of the Canadian Indian residential school system. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of […]
An annual day celebrating lesbian culture that originated in 1980 in New Zealand and Australia, but is now celebrated internationally.
Internationally recognized since 1988. A day to celebrate the act of "coming out", i.e. when an LGBT person decides to publicly share their gender identities or sexual orientation. National Coming out Day was founded in the United States by gay rights activists Robert Eichberg and Jean O' Leary on 1988 in Washington, DC, United States. By 1990 it […]
Internationally recognized since 2018. An annual event that seeks to make sharing, respecting and educating about personal pronouns commonplace.
Support for LGBTQ+ youth who are the victims of bullying, as well as to honor LGBTQ+ victims of bullying-related suicide. Comparable days exist in a number of other countries, including Australia (Wear it Purple Day) and the Netherlands (Purple Friday). Started in 2010.
Internationally recognized since 1996. Celebrated in October to commemorate the first intersex protest, which took place in Boston, Massachusetts.
Internationally recognized since 2009. A day that celebrates life and the love between transgender parents and their children, and between parents and their transgender children. Trans Parent Day
Internationally recognized since 2005. A day designed to raise awareness of the issues faced by intersex people. It marks the birthday of Herculine Barbin, a French intersex person. The event began as Intersex Solidarity Day, following an invitation issued by Joëlle-Circé Laramée, the then Canadian spokeswoman for Organization Intersex International.
Internationally recognized since 1999. Day to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia.
World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourning those who have died of the disease.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992. Celebrated on December 3rd around the world, IDPD mobilizes support for critical issues relating to the inclusion of persons with disabilities, promotes awareness-raising about disability issues and draws attention to the benefits of an inclusive and accessible society for all.
Human Rights Day is celebrated annually around the world on 10 December every year. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations.