2023 Global Gay Pri Calendar

Contents:

• GAY PRI
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER PRI MONTH
• A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021

GAY PRI

Jam Lewis Stoll’s Birthday - January 18thDolly Parton’s Birthday - January 19thCelebrate this ally’s birthday by readg Dolly Parton’s most spirg quot — cludg about human rights and the LGBTQ+ munyTrans Prisoner Day of Actn and Solidary - January 22ndBrazilian Natnal Day of Transgenr Visibily - January 29thWeeks & MonthsNatnal Blood Donor MonthUse this day to advote for the rights of gay men to be able to donate bloodNo Name-Callg Week - Every third week of January‍‍FebaryHolidaysAnniversary of the Appotment of the First Openly Gay Uned Stat Feral Judge, Joseph Gale - Febary 6thNatnal Black HIV/AIDS Awarens Day - Febary 7thNatnal Freedom to Marry Day - Febary 12thAudre Lor’s Birthday - Febary 18thChosen Fay Day - Febary 22ndWeeks & MonthsAromantic Spectm Awarens Week - Week after Febary 14th‍‍MarchHolidaysZero Discrimatn Day - March 1stInternatnal Women’s Day - March 8thJa Mock’s Birthday - March 10thBayard Rt’s Birthday - March 17thInternatnal Day for the Elimatn of Racial Discrimatn - March 21stTwo-Spir and Indigeno LGBTQ+ Awarens to Celebratn Day - March 21stInternatnal Transgenr Day of Visibily - March 31stRead and share the ultimate gui on how to celebrate Transgenr Day of VisibilyWeeks & MonthsWomen’s History MonthRead and share our gui to celebratg Women’s History MonthBisexual Health Awarens MonthNatnal LGBTQ+ Health Awarens Week - Every last week of March‍‍AprilHolidaysGLSEN Day of Silence - April, Day VariNatnal Youth HIV & AIDS Awarens Day - April 10thNatnal Transgenr HIV Ttg Day - April 18thNonbary Parents Day - Every third Sunday AprilPhill Wilson’s Birthday - April 22ndLbian Visibily Day - April 26thWeeks & MonthsLbian Visibily Week - Full week after April 26thNatnal Deaf LGBTQ+ Awarens Week - Week Vari‍‍MayHolidaysInternatnal Fay Equaly Day - Every 1st Sunday of MayNatnal Honor Our LGBT Elrs Day - May 16thInternatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia - May 17thWorld AIDS Vacce Day - May 18thRead about the potential good news about an AIDS vacceAgenr Pri Day - May 19thWorld Day of Cultural Diversy for Dialogue and Development - May 21stHarvey Milk Day - May 22ndRead the bt quot om Harvey MilkPansexual and Panromantic Visibily Day - May 24thMeet the celebri you may not know are pansexualLaverne Cox’s Birthday - May 29thWeeks & MonthsMental Health Awarens MonthRead about how to celebrate Mental Health Awarens Month so you n better support the LGBTQ+ munyQueer and Transgenr Asian Amerin/Pacific Islanr Week - Every last week of May‍‍JuneHolidaysBrandi Carlile’s Birthday - June 1stTroye Sivan’s Birthday - June 5thRead about Troye Sivan’s actg but a film that fights HIV/AIDS stigmaHIV Long-Term Survivors Day - June 5thPulse Night of Remembrance - June 12thWorld Refugee Day - June 20thLearn about the anizatn Rabow Railroad is helpg LGBTQ+ refuge and this gui on how to celebrate World Refugee DayLarry Kramer’s Birthday - June 25thFirst Use of LGBTQ+ Pri Flag - June 25thLearn about the meang of the first Pri flag — and every LGBTQ+ Pri flag that’s e sceLGBTQ+ Equaly Day - June 26thLearn about the meang of LGBTQIA+ and other acronymsAnniversary of the Legalizatn of Same-Sex Marriage the U.

Johnson and dive to her bt quotWomen’s Equaly Day - Augt 26thWeeks & MonthsGay Uncle’s Day / Guncle’s Day - Every send Sunday Augt‍‍SeptemberHolidays​​Natnal HIV/AIDS and Agg Awarens Day - September 18th10th Anniversary of U. Repeal of ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell’ - September 20thAnniversary of the Foundg of It Gets Better Project - September 21stCelebrate Bisexualy Day / Bi Visibily Day - September 23rdNatnal Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awarens Day - Last Friday of SeptemberWeeks & MonthsBisexual Awarens Week - Starts on the Sunday before September 23rdAlly Week - Last week of SeptemberBanned Books WeekSupport LGBTQ+ thors wh our gui to how to fight book bansNatnal Suici Preventn WeekRead the bt quot about suici preventnNatnal Suici Preventn Awarens MonthRead and share this gui on how to take actn durg Suici Preventn Month — and read about how suici rat dropped when gay marriage was legalized‍‍OctoberHolidaysDan Savage’s Birthday - October 2ndInternatnal Lbian Day - October 8thNatnal Comg Out Day - October 11thMatthew Shepard Death Anniversary - October 12thInternatnal Pronouns Day - October 17thSpir Day for LGBTQ+ Youth - October 19thLearn how to support LGBTQ+ youth and take actnLGBT Center Awarens Day - October 19thIntersex Awarens Day - October 26thNatnal Transgenr Children Day - October 26thWeeks & MonthsLGBTQ+ History MonthRead about LGBTQ+ history om before StonewallNatnal Bullyg Preventn MonthAsexual Awarens Week (Ace Week) - Last full week of October‍‍NovemberHolidaysIntersex Day of Remembrance - November 8thRuPl’s Birthday - November 18thInternatnal Transgenr Day of Remembrance - November 20thInternatnal Day for the Elimatn of Vlence Agast Women - November 25thGivg Tuday - First Tuday after ThanksgivgLearn how to volunteer wh or donate to LGBTQ+ anizatns for Givg Tuday (and explore more ias to make a difference)Weeks & MonthsTransgenr Awarens Week - First two full weeks of NovemberNatnal Homels Youth Awarens Month‍‍DecemberHolidaysWorld AIDS Day - December 1stExplore good news about the fight agast HIV/AIDS the U. The uprisg beme a talyst for an emergg gay rights movement as anizatns such as the Gay Liberatn Front and the Gay Activists Alliance were formed, moled after the civil rights movement and the women’s rights movement.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER PRI MONTH

In 1978, artist and signer Gilbert Baker was missned by San Francis cy supervisor Harvey Milk – one of the first openly gay elected officials the US – to make a flag for the cy’s upg Pri celebratns. The ncept behd the ial Pri march me om members of the Eastern Regnal Conference of Homophile Organizatns (ERCHO), who had been anizg an annual July 4th monstratn (1965-1969) known as the "Remr Day Pickets, " at Inpennce Hall Philalphia. As members of the Mattache Society of Washgton, Frank Kameny and Lilli Vcenz participated the discsn, planng, and promotn of the first Pri along wh activists New York Cy and other homophile groups belongg to ERCHO.

The Law Library of Congrs has piled guis to memorative observatns, cludg a prehensive ventory of the Public Laws, Printial Proclamatns and ngrsnal rolutns related to Lbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgenr and Queer Pri Month.

Gay Pri, also lled LGBT Pri or LGBTQ Pri, byname Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri typilly volv a seri of events and is often pped by a para volvg marchers and lourful floats om the LGBTQ muny and s the Stonewall rts, LGBTQ dividuals had generally not broadst their sexual orientatn or inty, but the event galvanized the gay muny and sparked greater polil activism (see gay rights movement). In 1970, on the first anniversary of the rts, several hundred monstrators marched along Greenwich Village’s Christopher Street, which ns past the Stonewall, what many nsir the first Gay Pri march (though other memoratns were also held that year).

A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021

New York, particular, had a le that the simple prence of someone gay or genrqueer unted as disorrly nduct, effectively outlawg gay June 28, 1969, patrons of the Stonewall Inn, a popular bar wh a diverse LGBTQ clientele, stood their ground after police raid the tablishment. The rultg clash led to days of rts and protts, known as the Stonewall year later, on the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisg, thoands of people flood the streets of Manhattan the Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day March, regard as the first gay pri event ever.

As awarens creased, more activi and events were planned throughout the month and eventually, evolved to the month-long observance, aptly named Pri 1999, Print Bill Clton officially clared June as Gay and Lbian Pri Month, settg asi the month as a time to regnize the LGBTQ muny’s achievements and support the is the symbol of Pri? Along wh readg LGBTQ-spired books or postg a meangful Pri Month quote on Instagram, you n jo any of the natnwi celebratns held throughout the month of of the largt Pri events occurs New York Cy, the birthplace of morn gay rights movement. Ci hostg Pri Month events this year:Baltimore: June 17 - 25, 2023Chigo: Pri Ft, June 17 - 18, 2023; Pri Para, June 25 Denver: June 24 - 25, 2023Detro: June 10 - 11, 2023Key Wt: June 7 - 11, 2023Los Angel: Var events throughout JuneNashville: June 24 - 25, 2023New Orleans: June 9 - 11, 2023Portland: June 15 - 16, 2023Provcetown, RI: June 2 - 4, 2023San Francis: June 24 - 25, 2023Seattle: June 25, 2023LGTBQ Pri Month rourcTo learn more about Pri Month or fd addnal ways to get volved, check out the followg rourc:GLAAD, a non-ernment agency found to promote LGBTQ acceptance along wh intifyg and preventg discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer, a work of stunts, fai and tn advot workg to facilate LGBTQ safety and support Equaly Feratn is a LGBTQ advocy group workg to help advance the rights of LGBTQ Natnal LGBTQ Task Force, an advocy group dited to advancg eedom, jtice and equaly for LGBTQ Library of Congrs, for history on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer Pri Anti-Defamatn League, an anti-hate anizatn dited to fightg bias, extremism, discrimatn or hate.

However, some areas—pecially the Southern Hemisphere—pri events occur at other tim of the year.Origs of Pri MonthThe roots of the gay rights movement go back to the early 1900s, when a handful of dividuals North Ameri and Europe created gay and lbian anizatns such as the the Society for Human Rights, found by Henry Gerber Chigo the 1920s.Followg World War II, a small number of groups like the Mattache Society and the Dghters of Bilis published gay- and lbian-posive newsletters and grew more vol mandg regnn for, and prottg discrimatn agast, gays and lbians.