National gay pride day 2018

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International Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st): International Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual holiday occurring on March 31 dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide. National GLBT Heath Awareness Week (Last Week of March): The Annual LGBT Health Awareness Week, an event that promotes the unique health and wellness needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Sponsored by the National Coalition for LGBT Health. There are four specific focal points: Get Educated, Get Tested, Get Involved, and Get Treated. National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (February 7th): National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) is an HIV testing and treatment community mobilization initiative for Blacks in the United States and across the Diaspora. Here’s a full list of all the LGBT awareness dates and what they represent Even though the global LGBT fight still has a long way to go (particularly here in Africa), it’s important that we recognize how far the fight for the right to love and live your truth has come and LGBT awareness days help us achieve that. Fast forward to 233 years later, LGBT civil rights movements are shaking down injustice and discrimination all over the world. The fight for LGBT equality and freedom has been ongoing since social reformer Jeremy Bentham wrote the first known argument for homosexual law reform in England around 1785.

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