Sexual and Gender

The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was set aside to memorialize those who have been lost due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The first candlelight vigil occurred in 1999. TDOR provides us all an opportunity to publicly mourn and honour the trans lives lost in our community over the past year, in addition to helping … Read more

Trans Parent Day 1st Sunday in November – Nov 5, 2023 This day was first established in 2009 and is a day to celebrate and honour transgender parents instead of the traditional Mother’s or Father’s Day. Today the day also includes parents who have transgender children. This day typically involves small celebrations and gift-giving to … Read more

  Celebrated internationally in October to commemorate the first intersex protest, which took place in Boston, MA outside the annual American Academy of Pediatrics conference in 1996. This day was first established in 2003 by Emi Koyoma and Betsy Driver, as a way to raise awareness and a day of action to end shame, secrecy and … Read more

India’s top court has left it to parliament to decide, agreeing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government that the legislature is the right forum to rule on the contentious issue. The unanimous order by a five-judge bench came as a huge disappointment to the LGBTQ community in the world’s most populous country, five years after … Read more

Spirit Day was first established in 2010 by Canadian teenager Brittany McMillan. It was created in response to a series of bullying related suicides of LGBT2Q+ students in 2010. This day encourages everyone to speak out against 2SLGBTQ+ bullying and standing with 2SLGBTQ youth, who disproportionately face bullying and harassment because of their identities. On … Read more