Gay pride month calendar

Pride Month is a time of significance and celebration as a month that ignites the spirit of joy, unity, and acceptance within the LGBTQ+ community. As June approaches, anticipation builds for exciting Pride events taking place throughout the United States. This busy calendar not only offers a chance to revel in the festivities but also serves as an extraordinary opportunity to explore cities, both familiar and unfamiliar, in a whole new light.

So, tag your calendars and get ready to make some recent memories as Pride Month call all travels to appear out to celebrate, connect, and embrace the diverse tapestry of LGBTQ+ culture across the nation. Check out our highlights from the Pride Month Calendar and learn why HomeExchange is our favorite way to travel during Pride Month.

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New Orleans Pride Parade, June 14th

The New Orleans Pride Parade is also one that really stands out on the Pride Month Calendar and every year. This southern city has so much style and culture, known for it's musical heritage, music, and a verita

Note: Traveling as an LGBTQ+ person always carries a certain degree of risk. It is our reality as we navigate a world with 60+ countries criminalizing our relationships and a rise in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation around the world. We encourage our traveling community to comprehend the laws and cultural challenges they may face in any destination they verb to visit for Pride and beyond. Don't be terrified of the world, but always research information specific to your travels. Enjoy Pride, be alert, and look out for each other! 

The LGBTQ+ rights movement has made tremendous strides over the past few decades and much of the progress in visibility is thanks in part to gay pride parades and marches that have taken place in cities around the world.

The global landscape for LGBTQ+ rights, protections and acceptance varies tremendously by location, with some destinations attracting millions of visitors to their events like Madrid Gay Pride, Sao Paulo Gay Pride or San Francisco Gay Pride, while more than 70 other countries have laws that allow discrimin

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 Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Date, Women’s History Month, and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Media coverage of these and other non-LGBTQ focused moments should involve LGBTQ people and the intersections of LGBTQ people and the respective topic.

February

  • February 7: National Ebony 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

    Pride month usually takes place in June in the U.S. The month sees a series of marches, parades and other events held to recognize and celebrate the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary and queer) community.

    The celebrations commemorate the Stonewall Uprising in Adj York City, which was a critical turning point for the gay liberation movement in the country.

    A brief history

    The Stonewall Uprising began on June 28 in after police that day raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village neighborhood in Manhattan.

    Homosexuality at the time was considered a criminal offense throughout Novel York State, with many gay bars were owned by the mafia and operated without a liquor license, according to the Library of Congress.

    Police raids and harassment occurred frequently across the U.S. at the time and members of the LGBTQ community began to fight back amid growing activism in the s.

    Stonewall Inn had been raided frequently ahead of the uprising, but the June 28 raid led to a series of demonstrations that lasted six days.

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