Awareness Months and Days
January
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month; Cervical Health Awareness Month
- January 11th: National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
- January 27th: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February
Black History Month
- February 4th: Rosa Parks Day
- February 20th: World Day of Social Justice
- February 23rd-March 1st: Eating Disorder Awareness Week
March
Women’s History Month
- March 1st: Zero Discrimination Day
- March 8th: International Women’s Day
- March 21st: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- March 31st: International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- Day of Silence (Varies)
- April 7th: World Health Day
- April 18th: National Transgender HIV Testing Day
- April 22nd: Earth Day
- April 26th: Lesbian Visibility Day
May
AAPI Heritage Month; Jewish American Heritage Month; Mental Health Awareness Month
- May 8th: Asexual Visibility Day
- May 10th – May 16th: National Women’s Health Week
- May 17th: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
- May 18th: World AIDS Vaccine Day
- May 21st: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- May 22nd: Pansexual and Panromantic Visibility Day
June
LGBTQ Pride Month; PTSD Awareness Month
- June 5th: World Environment Day
- June 12th: Pulse Night Remembrance
- June 19th: Juneteenth
- June 26th: LGBT Equality Day
- June 26th: Anniversary of the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in the U.S.
- June 27th: National HIV Testing
- June 28th: Stonewall Riots Anniversary
July
- July 14th: International Non-Binary People’s Day
August
- August 9th: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People’s
- August 26th: Women’s Equality Day
September
National Hispanic Heritage Month (From Sept. 15th to Oct. 15th); Suicide Prevention Month
- September 15th: International Day of Democracy
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September 23rd: Celebrate Bisexuality Day
- During Bisexuality Awareness Week
- Last week of September is Ally Week
October
LGBT History Month; Hispanic Heritage Month; Filipino American History Month; National Bullying Prevention Month; Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- First week in October: Mental Illness Awareness Week
- October 10th: World Mental Health Day
- October 11th: National Coming Out Day
- October 19th: Spirit Day, LGBT Center Awareness Day
- October 26th: Intersex Awareness Day
- Last full week in October: Asexual Awareness Week
November
Native American Indian/ Alaska Native Heritage Month
- First Two Full Weeks of November: Transgender Awareness Week
- November 4th – November 11th: Student Recognition Week
- November 8th: Intersex Day of Remembrance
- November 8th: First Generation Recognition Day
- November 20th: International Transgender Day of Remembrance
- November 25th: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
December
- December 1st: World AIDS Day
- December 2nd: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- December 3rd: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- December 8th: Pansexual/Panromantic Pride Day
- December 10th: Human Rights Day
- December 18th: International Migrants Day