2023 Queer Diversity Equity & Inclusion Calendar (DEI)
There are plenty of ways to celebrate queer people and a great place to start is knowing important dates, anniversary and awareness days for queer people. Many of these awareness days combat ignorance about the LGBTQ community and bring attention to their various histories and struggles. This calendar is the perfect addition to your toolkit for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Often, DEI calendars feature ethnic, national or religious holidays and observances but leave out LGBTQ holidays (with exception to pride month).
We recommend bookmarking this page, especially if you’d like your workplace to become more inclusive for queer people. It’s a small step to bringing in folks from the margins into our collective communities. Work can be a place for community, and we must know which days to gather.
You can use this calendar to strengthen your marketing and outreach to specific demographics you’d like to reach for authentic connections. Targeting potential employees, customers and peers through timely events is a great way to signal that you’re committed to LGBTQ equity. Make sure that your initiatives and campaigns are well informed with this queer holiday, celebration and awareness day calendar.
February
07: National Black HIV/AIDs Awareness Day
12: National Freedom to Marry Day
25-29: Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week
March
Bisexual Health Awareness Month
01: Zero Discrimination Day
20-24: National LGBT Health Awareness Week
31: International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
06: International Asexuality Day
14: Day of Silence
24-30: International Lesbian Visibility Week
26: Lesbian Visibility Day
May
07: International Family Equality Day
16: National Honor Out LGBT Elders Day
17: International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia
19: Agender Pride Day
22: Harvey Milk Day
24: Pansexual and Panromantic Visibility Day
June
Pride Month
05: HIV Long Term Survivors Day
12: Pulse Remembrance Day or Pulse Night of Remembrance
24: UpStairs Lounge Arson Attack Remembrance Day
26: Anniversary of Sam-Sex Marriage Legalization in Obergefell v. Hodges
28: Stonewall Riots Anniversary
July
06: Omnisexual and Omniromantic Pride and Visibility Day
10-16: Non-Binary Awareness Week
14: International Non- Binary Day
16: International Drag Day
August
September
17-23: Bisexual Awareness Week
23: Bisexual Visibility Day
October
LGBTQ History Month
08: International Lesbian Day
11: National Coming Out Day
18: International Pronoun Day
19: Spirit Day
22-28: Asexual Awareness Week
26: Intersex Awareness Day
November
Trans Awareness Month
05: Trans Parent Day or Transgender Parent Day
08: Intersex Day of Remembrance or Intersex Solidarity Day
12-18: Trans Awareness Week or Transgender Awareness Week
20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
December
01: Worlds AIDS Day
08: Pansexual Pride Day
10: Human Rights Day
