Awareness Days | LGBTQA+ Center

Events Awareness Days

LGBTQA+ Awareness Months and Days serve the purpose of creating visibility of and raising support for marginalized populations within the community. For some awareness days, volunteers set up a booth in the Nebraska Union to share information about the day.

JANUARY

National Mentoring Month

Third week in January | No Name-Calling Week
January 27 | International Holocaust Remembrance Day

FEBRUARY

Black History Month

February 14 | Valentine’s Day
Week after February 14 | Aromantic Awareness Week
February 20 | World Day of Social Justice

MARCH

Women’s History Month
Bisexual Health Awareness Month

March 1 | Zero Discrimination Day
March 8 | International Women’s Day
March 21 | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 31 | International Transgender Day of Visibility

APRIL

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April, day varies | Day of Silence
April 18 | National Transgender HIV Testing Day
April 22 | Earth Day
April 26 | Lesbian Visibility Day

MAY

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
Mental Health Awareness Month

May 17 | International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
May 18 | World AIDS Vaccine Day
May 21 | World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22 | Harvey Milk Day
May 24 | Pansexual and Panromantic Visibility Day

JUNE

LGBTQA+ Pride Month

June 5 | World Environment Day
June 12 | Pulse Night of Remembrance
June 19 | Juneteenth
June 26 | LGBT Equality Day
June 26 | Anniversary of the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in the U.S
June 27 | National HIV Testing Day
June 28 | Stonewall Riots Anniversary

JULY

Disability Pride Month

July 14 | International Non-Binary People’s Day

AUGUST

August 9 | International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
August 26 | Women’s Equality Day

SEPTEMBER

National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15)

September 15 | International Day of Democracy
Starting the Sunday before September 23 | Bisexual Awareness Week
September 23 | Celebrate Bisexuality Day
Last week in September | Ally Week

OCTOBER

LGBTQA+ History Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15)
Filipino American History Month
National Bullying Prevention Month

First full week in October | Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 10 | World Mental Health Day
October 11 | National Coming Out Day
October 19 | Spirit Day; LGBT Center Awareness Day
October 26 | Intersex Awareness Day
Last full week in October | Asexual Awareness Week

NOVEMBER

Native American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month

First two full weeks in November: | Transgender Awareness Week
November 8 | Intersex Day of Remembrance
November 20 | International Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 25 | International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women