If you’re like me, you often learn of international days (weeks/ months) relevant to one or more of your identities late, from social media posts. So to help you track key LGBTQIA+ and Neurodiverse International Dates (mainly individually visibility days), here’s a concise calendar of both.
January
Nice quiet start to the year —no dates!
February
LGBTQ History Month (UK)
Week after 14th: Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week
March
8th: Weird Pride Day (embracing not being ‘normal’, courtesy of SJGroenewegen @sjgroenewegen.bsky.social)
18th-24th: Neurodiversity Celebration Week
30th: World Bipolar Day
31: International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
Autism Awareness Month
2nd: World Autism Awareness Day
2nd: International Day of Pink (Anti-Homophobia and anti-bullying)
26: Lesbian Visibility Day
May
13th-19th: Mental Health Awareness Week
16: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
19: Agender Pride Day
24: Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness and Visibility Day
June
LGBTQ Pride Month
1: LGBTQ Families Day
5: Aromantic Visibility Day
18: Autistic Pride Day
July
Week of July 14: Nonbinary Awareness Week
14: International Nonbinary People’s Day
31st: International ADHD Awareness Day
August
Chill! No dates.
September
Week of September 23: Bisexual+ Awareness Week
23: Celebrate Bisexuality Day
October
ADHD Awareness Month
LGBTQ History Month (US)
8: International Lesbian Day
10: World Mental Health Day
11: National Coming Out Day
17-24th: GenderFluid Visibility Week
Last week of October: Asexual Awareness Week
November
Trans Awareness Month
13th-19th: Trans Awareness Week
December
3rd: International Day of Person’s with Disabilities
1: World AIDS Day
8: Pansexual/Panromantic Pride Day
Am I missing important dates?
Let me know on Blue Sky Social, Mastodon or Facebook!
Sources for Above And More Details
Neurodiverse/ Disability Awareness: Business Disability Forum.UK
LGBTQIA+ Dates: https://glaad.org/reference/calendar/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBT_awareness_periods
My Connections to the Above Dates
My relevant identities to this calendar and my blogs about them are:
Nonbinary: Identifying as Nonbinary
Asexual & Aromantic: What Pride Means to Me
ADHD: I think I’m Neurodivergent; ADHD?
Managing My Neurodivergence (autism too?)
Chronic Illness (for anyone unclear, this tends to mean permanent physical disability): Living With Long Covid
