8th April | Day of Silence 2022 (US)Ĭreated in the mid 90's by two college students, the Day of Silence is a national student-led demonstration where LGBTQ+ students and allies across the globe take a unified vow of silence to protest the harmful effects of both harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people within the education system. International Asexuality Day (IAD) will take place annually on the 6th April as a way to raise awareness to the discrimination still unfortunately faced by Asexual people whilst also creating a platform to educate others on a global scale about the Ace spectrum. International Transgender Day of Visibility was founded back in 2009 by Rachel Crandall as a reaction to the lack LGBT recognition with Transgender people, citing there was only one other well-known Transgender focused day, Transgender Day of Remembrance, which mourns the murders of Transgender people but does not acknowledge nor celebrate living members of the Transgender community. Occurring on the 31st March every year, International Transgender Day of Visibility is dedicated to celebrating Transgender people whilst also raising vital awareness of discrimination unfortunately faced by Transgender people throughout the world. 31st March | International Transgender Day of Visibility 2022
Zero Discrimination Day is helping to create a global movement of solidarity to end all forms of discrimination. Landing on the 1st March each year, Zero Discrimination Day highlights how people can become informed about and promote inclusion, compassion, peace and, above all, a movement for change. The first celebration for the Bisexual Community of the year Bisexual Health Awarenss Month is always celebrated in March each year just after the LGBT History Month celebrated in the UK in February.Īlso known as #BiHealthMonth Bisexual Awareness Month is more of a health awareness month for the Bisexual community and was first observed by the Bisexual Resource Center in the US in 2014, by the Bisexual Resource Center in the US. It is also a time for the community to celebrate their own experiences and existence! March All Month | Bisexual Health Awareness Month 2022
Generally occurring the first full week following Valentine's Day Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (ASAW) is an annual, international event meant to spread awareness and acceptance of aromantic spectrum identities and the issues which they face. 21st - 27th February | Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (ASAW) 2022 By allowing children to express themselves in a way that is unique to them their mental well-being can be possibly improved.
The aim is to encourage children to consider how they have grown, and how they can help others grow. The theme of Children's Mental Health Week this year is 'Growing Together'. 7th - 13th February | Children's Mental Health Week 2022 LGBT History Month is observed in February by the United Kingdom although not celebrated until October within the United States, Canada and Australia to coincide with National Coming Out Day on the 11th October. February All Month | LGBT+ History Month 2022 (UK)įounded in 1994 by Rodeny Wilson, LGBT History Month is a month long observance for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender history alongside covering the importance of both Gay Rights alongside other Civil Rights movements.
If you're looking for dates of pride events in the UK and Ireland throughout 2022 then be sure to check out our UK & Ireland LGBTQ+ Gay Pride Calendar 2022.
This page has been created to be as printer friendly as possible too so feel free to either bookmark this page or print it out to keep up-to-date with all LGBTQ+ events happening in 2022! We've created a lot of blogs over the past year highlighting numerous LGBT key dates and their importance within the LGBTQ+ community and we'll be updating this page as we create more. Welcome to the complete, printable list of LGBTQ+ awareness, visibility, remembrance and people's days, weeks and months in 2022 alongside other important key dates in the UK, USA, Canada and others.