Internationally recognized since 2009. A day to celebrate the trans community in a positive light, celebrating their lives and cultural achievements. This observance date was founded in 2009 by transgender activist Rachel Crandall, the head of Transgender Michigan, as a reaction to the lack of a day celebrating transgender people.
Internationally recognized since 2021. IAD is a coordinated worldwide campaign promoting the ace umbrella, including demisexual, grey-asexual and other ace identities. The four themes of IAD are Advocacy, Celebration, Education and Solidarity.
The International Day of Pink is a worldwide anti-bullying and anti-homophobia event where participants are encouraged to wear or display a pink shirt, echoing a mass gesture of solidarity with a student subjected to homophobic bullying in Cambridge, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2007. The International Day of Pink is a worldwide anti-bullying and anti-homophobia event held annually during the […]
A student-orientated day to end the silencing effect of anti-LGBTQ+ bias. Initially created by then-student Maria Pulzetti, the first event was organized by students at University of Virginia in 1996. It is currently organized by GLSEN. In 1997, one year after the day's creation, it went national, with over 100 institutions participating. Whilst there has been some participation […]
Internationally recognized since 2008. Annual day to celebrate, recognize, and bring visibility to lesbians.
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOT / IDAHOBIT) Internationally recognized since 2005. The main purpose of the 17 May mobilizations is to raise awareness of violence, discrimination, abuse, and repression of LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.
Internationally recognized since 2017. A day celebrated internationally to promote awareness of agender individuals.
Internationally recognized since 2015. An annual day to promote awareness of, and celebrate, pansexual and panromantic identities.
Menstrual Hygiene Day is an annual awareness day on May 28 to highlight the importance of good menstrual hygiene management at a global level. It was initiated by the German-based NGO WASH United in 2013 and observed for the first time in 2014.
A day to remember the Stonewall Riots, a reaction to the NYPD raid of the Stonewall Inn. This initial event was a galvanizing force for LGBT political activism, and argued by some to be the birth of the gay rights movement, in the United States and around the world. The world's first pride parade occurred on the 1st anniversary (28 June 1970).
The Unifor BCRC Pride Committee will be joining Unifor Local 333 in the Victoria Pride Parade!