LGBTIQA+ Days of Significance

Late January to early February

Council celebrates Midsumma to promote LGBTIQA+ inclusion in our community and workplace.

More info: www.midsumma.org.au

31 March

Trans Day of Visibility is an annual international celebration of trans pride and awareness, recognising trans and gender diverse experiences and achievements.

More info: www.tdov.org.au

17 May

International Day Against LGBTIQA+ Discrimination (IDAHOBIT) is a day to celebrate advances in LGBTIQA+ equality while also raising awareness of the discrimination LGBTIQA+ communities continue to face.

IDAHOBIT is the anniversary of 17 May 1990, when the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from the Classification of Diseases.

More info: www.idahobit.org.au/news/the-history-of-IDAHOBIT-may-17

June

Pride Month is a month-long celebration and acknowledgement of the achievements and progress made by LGBTIQA+ communities and the work still to be done.

It is a time to for LGBTIQA+ communities to show pride in who they are and for allies to celebrate with them.

Last Friday in August

Wear It Purple Day is an Australia-wide awareness day focused on celebrating, empowering and supporting LGBTIQA+ young people.

More info: /www.wearitpurple.org

23 September

Bi Visibility Day has been marked each year since 1999.

The day raises bisexual awareness, increases the visibility of the bisexual community and challenges bisexual and biromantic erasure.

More info: bivisibilityday.com

Last full week in October

Ace Week is an international campaign dedicated to raising awareness about and expanding education of asexuality and aromanticism.

More info: aceweek.org

26 October

Intersex Awareness Day is an international awareness day designed to highlight human rights issues faced by intersex people.

More info: ihra.org.au/category/articles/events/intersex-awareness-day

13-19 November

Transgender Awareness Week raises awareness and visibility of transgender people and the issues the community face. More info: Trans Month

20 November

Trans Day of Remembrance is an annual observance that honours the memory of the trans lives list to acts of transphobia and discrimination.

More info: Trans Day of Remembrance

1 December

World AIDS Day raises awareness across the world and in the community about the issues surrounding HIV and AIDS.

More info: www.worldaidsday.org.au/internet/wad/Publishing.nsf/content/home