Holidays

The days in the below table are commonly observed holidays, memorial days, days of awareness, and otherwise important days for people who are transgender, genderqueer, nonbinary, intersex, or members of traditional gender identities that do not fit into the Western gender binary.
Name 	Date 	Region 	Description
Trans Prisoner Day of Action and Solidarity 	22nd January 	Internationalhttps://transprisoners.net/about/ Archived on 17 July 2023 	
National Transition Week 	The last full week (Monday - Friday) in January	 	First observed on January 24th-28th of 2022. "This week was created to spread awareness, share information, and share personal experiences/stories about transition for transgender and nonbinary people."
LGBT History Month 	February 	UKhttps://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/ Archived on 17 July 2023, Hungaryhttp://www.lmbttortenetihonap.hu/ Archived on 17 July 2023 	
Femminiello PrideDanielle Oteri. "Femminiello Pride." Roads and Kingdoms (magazine). December 30, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/femminiello-pride/ Archived on 17 July 2023	2nd February 	Montevergine, Italy 	Since the thirteenth century CE, the Catholic festival of Candlemas on February 2 also honors the femminiello, a traditional gender-variant role in Italy. Pilgrims make their way to the remote mountain church at Motevergine, whose icon, the Madonna of Transformation, Mamma Schiavona, is said to have miraculously saved the lives of victims of homophobic violence in 1256 CE. The festival is celebrated with the long and energetic tammurriata dance, and a candle-lit procession, by pilgrims who are visibly gender nonconforming. Historically, this has been called juta dei femminielli. Since 2002, it has also been called Femminiello Pride.Giuseppe Melillo. "Una storia antica: Napoli, i femminielli e la figliata." Huffington Post (magazine). January 24, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://www.huffingtonpost.it/giuseppe-melillo/una-storia-antica-napoli-i-femminielli-e-la-figliata_a_23339374/ Archived on 17 July 2023
Transmasculine Visibility Day/Transmasculine Pride and Visibility Day 	20th February 	 	Established to commemorate the ENAHT (Encontro Nacional de Homens Trans, "National Meeting of Trans Men") organized by Ibrat (Instituto Brasileiro de Transmaculinidades, "Brazilian Institute of Transmaculinities") which took place on 20 February 2015.https://www.facebook.com/festivaltransarte/posts/1433114963780391https://www.facebook.com/gaavahbrasil/posts/pfbid0UMwZnrrrwJ9uRkrwrgcrmYf6GCMGKaRBqf78B2jRgHiEFhppYSvaFys1qPWdZx95l
Dies Sanguinis (Day of Blood) 	24th March 	Originating in Phrygia (where Turkey is today), spreading across the ancient Roman empire, as far as Roman London 	From 2,300 years ago to the 6th century CE, this was celebrated by the gender-variant Gallae priests of the goddess Cybele and the god Attis. The Day of Blood was celebrated by dancing around a felled and decorated pine tree, symbolizing the death and rebirth of Attis. As part of this ritual, any new Gallae initiates would voluntarily castrate themselves, as part of transitioning to a feminine appearance.Raven Kaldera. Hermaphrodeities: The Transgender Spirituality Workbook. Hubbardston, Massachusetts: Asphodel Press, 2008. P. 174-179.Laura Anne Seabrook, "About this comic." Tales of the Gallae. http://totg-mirror.thecomicseries.com/about/ Archived on 17 July 2023
Trans Day of Visibility 	31st March 	Internationalhttp://www.transstudent.org/tdov Archived on 17 July 2023 	
Day of Silence 	Various days in April 	Originated in Virginia, USA, has since spread internationally 	A student-led observance to take a day-long vow of silence in protest of the harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people in schools.
Nonbinary Parents Day 	3rd Sunday in April 	 	Created by educator and nonbinary parent Johnny Blazes.
National Transgender HIV Testing Day 	18th April 	USA 	A day focused on HIV testing, prevention, and treatment among transgender and nonbinary people.
Genderqueer Visibility Day 	25th April 	International? 	
Xenogender Visibility Day 	15th May 	International 	First celebrated in 2021.
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 	17th May 	Internationalhttps://may17.org/ Archived on 17 July 2023 	
Agender Pride Day 	19th May 	 	
Maverique Visibility Day 	31st May 	 	
LGBT History Month 	June 	Italyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month#In_Italy Archived on 17 July 2023 	
Queer History Month 	June 	Berlinhttp://queerhistory.de/ Archived on 17 July 2023 	
International Nonbinary Day 	14th July 	Internationalhttps://femmesblackmarket.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/calling-for-an-international-non-binary-gender-day/ Archived on 17 July 2023 	
LGBT History Month 	October 	USAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month#In_the_United_States Archived on 17 July 2023 	
National Nonbinary Kids Day 	1st October 	USA 	First observed in 2021, started by PFLAG Jacksonville & Professor Sex.
National Coming Out Day 	11th October 	USAhttps://www.hrc.org/resources/national-coming-out-day Archived on 17 July 2023, International 	"National Coming Out Day was created in 1988 to commemorate the 1987 March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights, which reportedly drew over 200,000 protesters to the nation's capital that Oct. 11."
Cake for Trans Friends Day, or Trans Cake Day 	14th October 	InternationalOctober 14, 2017. https://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/166404257550https://cybre.space/@cassolotl/98826563853949635 Archived on 17 July 2023 	Established by cassolotl in 2017, who wrote that in response to how most days about trans people "involve marginalised people doing yet more work to draw attention to themselves in a dangerous environment [...] Those days can be (and always are, for me) scary and sad. [...] So I declared [this] the first annual Cake For Trans Friends Day. I ended up shortening it to Trans Cake Day [...] Basically, instead of us doing all the work, people (especially cis people, I feel!) give cake to their trans friends and family to show them how appreciated they are. There’s so much anger and violence surrounding trans people, but I think we should be celebrated and loved. [...] a bit like Mother’s Day - a birthday for every trans person to celebrate together at the same time, and be showered with goodness by people who care about us."
International Pronouns Day 	3rd Wednesday of October 	Internationalhttps://pronounsday.org/faqs Archived on 17 July 2023 	Established in 2018. Ways to participate include using the #PronounsDay hashtag, telling about your pronouns on social media and on name badges, distributing leaflets, setting up a photo booth in public for people to take selfies with their pronouns, and other efforts to creatively raise awareness.https://pronounsday.org/participating Archived on 17 July 2023
Genderfluid Visibility Week 	Third full week of October 	International 	First observed from Oct 17-24 of 2021. The dates for 2022 will be October 16-22.
Intersex Awareness Day 	26th October 	Internationalhttps://intersexday.org/ Archived on 17 July 2023 	Started in 2003 by Betsy Driver and Emi Koyama. October 26 is the anniversary of a protest that took place in Boston by the Intersex Society of North America.
National Transgender Children Day 	26th October 	 	
Trans Parent Day 	1st Sunday in November 	USAhttp://www.transparentday.org/ Archived on 17 July 2023 	Established in 2009 to celebrate "the love between transgender parents and their children and transgender children and their parents".
Intersex Day of Solidarity or Intersex Day of Remembrance 	8th November 	 	This date was the birthday of Herculine Barbin (also variously known as Alexina Barbin or Abel Barbin), a French intersex person whose memoirs were later published by the philosopher Michel Foucault. The event was first celebrated in 2005.
Transgender Awareness Week 	13th - 19th November 	USA 	"Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around the issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community."
Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation 	12 - 20 November 	International"The Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation: FAQ." November 11, 2017. Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation. https://trans-rite.tumblr.com/post/167382057159/the-transgender-rite-of-ancestor-elevation-faq Archived on 17 July 2023	A 9-day non-denominational ritual ending with the Trans Day of Remembrance, honoring the spirits of trans people past and future. Each night, participants add a book to a stack on the floor, with a cup of water and a candle, forming a memorial altar that rises taller each night. Established 2014.
Trans Day of Remembrance 	20th November 	Internationalhttps://tdor.info/about-2/ Archived on 17 July 2023 	
Gender Expansive Parents' Day 	6th December 	Official holiday in North Carolina, USA 	Formally created in 2020
Demigenders Awareness and Pride Day 	15th December 	 	Created in 2021 by bluebolt712 to raise awareness about demigenders.
IAmNonbinary 	date varies each year 	International 	Observed by using the #IAmNonbinary hashtag on social media.
==See also==
* History of nonbinary gender
* Gender variance in spirituality
== References ==
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