Holidays

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The below table lists holidays, awareness/visibility days, and otherwise recurring celebrations related to bisexuality, pansexuality, omnisexuality, and other mspec identities.

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Date Name of event Details/Notes/References
19 January Unlabelled Visibility Day [1]
March Bisexual+ Health Awareness Month Led by the Bisexual Resource Center.[2]
21 March Omni Pride Day The date of March 21 (03-21) was proposed because rotating the M and N in "OMNI" makes it resemble the numerals 0321.[3]
17 May International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia Shortened to IDAHOBIT[4]
24 May Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness & Visibility Day [5]
June Pride Month Celebrated throughout the month of June to honor and uplift 2SLGBTQIA+ people. It began as a USA event to commemorate the Stonewall Riots of June 1969.
4 June Polysexual Pride Day [6]
2 July Abrosexual Pride/Awareness Day [7][8]
6 July Omnisexual Visibility Day [9][10][1]
26 July Polysexual and Polyromantic Visibility Day [11]
16-23 September Bisexual+ Awareness Week [12]
23 September Celebrate Bisexuality Day/Bi Visibility Day First observed in 1999. The date was chosen as it is the birthday of bisexual activist Gigi Raven Wilbur.[13][14]
8 December Pan Pride Day [15][16]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Queer Calendar". Pronouns.page. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. https://bihealthmonth.org/
  3. thepartyboy607 (6 November 2020). "national Omni Pride Day". r/omnisexual. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. "IDAHOBIT 2020". lgbtgreat.com. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  5. "May 24 is Pan Awareness Day". diversity.lbl.gov. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  6. Fluid Arizona [@FluidArizona] (8 June 2017). "Happy #Polysexual Pride Day! It's 4 days late & I'm very, very sorry. Was told it was on June 29th. #Ply Pride Day is June 4. Every year" – via Twitter.
  7. "What Does Abrosexual Mean? + Other Abrosexual Information To Help You Be A Better Ally!". Queer In The World. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  8. PurpleSpaceSquid (7 December 2020). "Establishing an Abrosexual Awareness Day". r/Abrosexual. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  9. "Omnisexual Visibility Day". GR LGBTQ+ Healthcare Consortium. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  10. "Omnisexual Visibility Day". Talk to the rainbow. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  11. "Polyromantic / Polysexual Visibility Day". BiVisibilityDay.com. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  12. "#BiWeek 2021: Celebrate Bisexuality+". GLAAD. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  13. "'Celebrate Bisexuality Day' Exists Because Of These Three LGBT Activists". HuffPost. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  14. "Gigi Raven Wilbur: Advice on Bisexuality and Intersexism". madameactivist. 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  15. Fluid Arizona (8 December 2021). "Happy Pan Pride Day! #panromantic #pansexual #pan #panpride #panprideday #fluid".
  16. "How You Can Celebrate Pansexual Pride Day". Gayety. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2022.