The Big LGBTQ Calendar: Awareness, visibility and remembrance days in 2022
A new year and there’s a whole load of new LGBT+ awareness dates to look out for so we’ve updated our Big LGBTQ Calendar for 2022.
Don’t forget the key months to look out for are LGBT History Month in Feb (October in the US) and Pride Month which is in June. Here are the key dates for LGBT+ awareness, visibility, remembrance and celebration days nationally and internationally.
If you’d like to check out the UK Pride Calendar 2021, with all the current confirmations and cancellations of prides around the UK, click here.
February
LGBT+ History Month (UK)
21st February Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week
March
Bisexual Health Awareness Month
1st March Zero Discrimination Day
5th March MARDI GRAS PARADE (Australia)
31st March International Transgender Day Of Visibility
April
6th April Asexuality Day
8th April Day of Silence (US)
26th April International Lesbian Visibility Day
May
8th May Asexual Visibility Day
17th May International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
19th May Agender Pride Day
22nd May Irish Marriage Referendum Day
22nd May Harvey Milk Day
24th May Pansexual & Panromantic Visibility Day
June
Pride Month
5th June HIV Long-Term Survivor’s Awareness Day
12th June Pulse Remembrance Day
28th June Stonewall Riots Anniversary
July
6th July Omnisexual Visibility Day
9th July Lesbian Visibility Day (Chile)
11th -17th July Non-Binary Awareness Week
14th July International Non-Binary Day
16th July International Drag Day
August
14th August Gay Uncle Day
26th August Wear It Purple Day (Australia)
September
16th – 22nd September Bisexual Awareness Week
23rd September Bisexual Visibility Day
October
LGBT History Month (USA and Canada)
8th October International Lesbian Day (Austraila & New Zealand)
11th October National Coming Out Day
20th October International Pronoun Day
21st October Spirit Day
24th October Asexual Awareness Week
26th October Intersex Awareness Day
November
Trans Awareness Month
6th November Transgender Parent Day
8th November Intersex Day Of Remembrance
13th – 19th November Trans Awareness Week
20th November Transgender Day Of Remembrance
December
1st December World AIDS Day
8th December Pansexual Pride Day
9th December Purple Friday (Netherlands)
10th December Human Rights Day
Are we missing any dates for our Big LGBTQ Calendar? Do let us know in the comments and we’ll update the page
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September 8, 2021 at 12:15 pm[…] date for pansexual people. On May the 24th there is the pansexual and panromantic day of awareness. You can check out other LGBT+ dates of awareness and visibility in 2022 here. There is also a Pansexual Pride day on the 8th […]