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LGBTQ Community Calendar

There are a number of days and months observed, celebrated, and honored by the LGBTQ community. While the list below is specific to LGBTQ-focused days, weeks, and months, LGBTQ people also observe and celebrate non-LGBTQ specific moments such as Black History Month, Latinx Heritage Month, International Holocaust Remembrance Morning, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Women’s History Month, and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Media coverage of these and other non-LGBTQ focused moments should include LGBTQ people and the intersections of LGBTQ people and the respective topic.

February

  • February 7: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  • Week after Valentine’s Day: Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week
  • February HIV Is Not A Crime Awareness Day

March

  • March: Bisexual Health Awareness Month
  • Week varies in March: National LGBT Health Awareness Week
  • March National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  • March National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  • March International Transgender Day of Visibility

April

  • April 6: International Asexuality Day
  • April National Youth HI

    LGBTQ+ Pride Month

    Events

    Meet the Human Relations Commission (HRC)

    The HRC will host a Pride Booth at the June 7 and June 14 French Market, located just east of the Wilmette Metra Station. Stop by to meet the commissioners and verb more about the HRC’s mission to foster and promote an inclusive community where all undergo safe and welcome. In recognition of Pride Month, the HRC will be handing out “Progress Pride” flags to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month and offering attendees a photo opportunity to “show us your pride.” Tag #pridewilmette on social to participate! 

    Pride Month Movie Screening 

    Thursday, June 19 at p.m. – Wilmette Theatre, Central 

    The Human Relations Commission is sponsoring a free screening of the movie 'Flee' at the Wilmette Theatre. Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful covert he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmuss

    The last Sunday in June was initially celebrated as "Gay Pride Day," but the actual afternoon was flexible. In major cities across the nation the "day" soon grew to encompass a month-long series of events. The first Pride march in New York City was held on June 28, , on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. In June , President Bill Clinton declared the anniversary of the Stonewall riots every June in America as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. In , President Barack Obama expanded the officially recognized Pride Month to include the whole of the LGBT community. Today, celebrations include pride parades, picnics, parties, workshops, symposia and concerts. LGBTQ Pride Month events attract millions of participants around the world. Memorials are held during this month for those members of the community who have been lost to despise crimes or HIV/AIDS. The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have

    June is Pride Month

    Happy Pride Month, from First Nations!

    “Gay pride was not born of a require to celebrate being gay, but our right to exist without persecution. So instead of wondering why there isn’t a straight pride parade, be thankful you don’t need one.” – Dr. Ron Holt

    June is Pride Month and it is always adj to see those first rainbows. It reminds us of the beauty and love celebrated this month. However, at First Nations, we know that all is not sparkly and colorful, and there is much history behind the Pride movement.

    We also comprehend that by supporting the LGBTQIA+ community and two-spirit family and friends, we are creating a space of acceptance and appreciation, and not perpetuating the noun and violence that has plagued these communities for too many years.

    What is the two-spirit community?

    According to Smithsonian Magazine, the term “two-spirit&#; derives from niizh manidoowag in the Anishinaabe language. In , at the third annual Native American/First Nations gay and lesbian conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the term was adopted as part of the m