Events

Internationally recognized since 1999.

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.