GLSEN 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR
Start planning now! The school year is full of opportunities to participate in GLSEN events, address LGBTQ+ and social justice issues, learn about diverse communities, and take action to create safe and inclusive schools for ALL! Use this calendar to schedule your GSA meetings, lesson plans, student events, and staff development workshops as part of your ongoing multicultural and LGBTQ+-inclusion efforts.
AUGUST MARCH August 24 ALL MONTH! March 21-25 Marsha P. Johnson Day Women’s History Month National LGBT Health March 1 Awareness Week SEPTEMBER Zero Discrimination Day March 31 March 2 International Transgender September 5-11 September 16-23 National Read Across America Day Day of Visibility National Suicide Bisexual Awareness Week March 8 Prevention Week September 23 International Women’s Day September 15 - October 15 Celebrate Bisexuality Day Latinx Heritage Month APRIL OCTOBER ALL MONTH! April 22 Arab Heritage Month Earth Day ALL MONTH! October 14 Islamic Heritage Month GLSEN Respect Awards April 2 April 22 World Autism Awareness Day Day of Silence LGBTQ History Month National Week Against April 3-9 April 26 National Bullying School Pushout ALA’s National Library Week Lesbian Visibility Day Prevention Month October 21 April 10 October 11 International Pronouns Day National Youth HIV/AIDS National Coming Out Day October 23-30 Awareness Day October 12 Asexual Awareness Week Indigenous People’s Day October 26 MAY Intersex Awareness Day ALL MONTH! May 3 NOVEMBER Asian American and Pacific International Family Equality Day Islander Heritage Month May 17 ALL MONTH! November 7 Foster Youth Awareness Month International Day Against National Homeless Youth Trans Parent Day Homophobia, Transphobia, Awareness Month Mental Health Awareness Month November 8 and Biphobia Native American Heritage Month Intersex Day of Remembrance May 1-7 National Physical Education May 19 Trans Awareness Month November 13-19 and Sports Week Agender Pride Day November 1-5 Transgender Awareness Week May 2-6 May 24 Solidarity Week November 20 National Teacher Pansexual and Panromantic Transgender Day of Remembrance Appreciation Week Awareness Day
DECEMBER JUNE December 1 December 8 ALL MONTH! June 19 World AIDS Day Pansexual and Panromatic Pride Month Juneteenth Pride Day December 3 June 5-11 June 26 International Day of Persons December 10 QTBIPOC Pride Week Obergefell v. Hodges Anniversary with Disabilities Human Rights Day June 12 June 28 Pulse Night of Remembrance Stonewall Riots Anniversary JANUARY January 18 January 27 J U LY Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holocaust Remembrance Day July 14 July 16 January 24-28 Non-Binary People’s Day International Drag Day Freedom Seeds
FEBRUARY ALL MONTH! February 7-11 Black History Month National School Counseling Week February 3 February 20-26 National Women and Girls in Aromantic Awareness Week Sports Day
www.glsen.org | Engage with @GLSEN on AUGUST 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Marsha P. Johnson Day
29 30 31
SEPTEMBER 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 National Suicide National Suicide Prevention Week Prevention Week Begins Ends
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Latinx Heritage Bisexual Awareness Month Begins Week Begins
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Bisexual Awareness Week Ends Celebrate Bisexuality Day
26 27 28 29 30
www.glsen.org | Engage with @GLSEN on OCTOBER 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
ALL MONTH! 1 2 Islamic Heritage Month LGBTQ History Month National Bullying Prevention Month
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 GLSEN 15 16 Respect Awards National Indigenous Latinx Heritage Coming Out Day People’s Day National Week Month Ends Against School Pushout
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 International Asexual Awareness Pronouns Day Week Begins
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Intersex Asexual Awareness Awareness Day Week Ends
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NOVEMBER 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 5 6 Solidarity Week Solidarity Week Begins Ends
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Trans Parent Day Intersex Day of Transgender Remembrance Awareness Week Begins
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Transgender Transgender Day Awareness Week of Remembrance Ends
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 ALL MONTH! National Homeless Youth Awareness Month Native American Heritage Month Trans Awareness Month
www.glsen.org | Engage with @GLSEN on DECEMBER 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 World AIDS Day International Day of Persons with Disabilities
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pansexual Human Rights Day and Panromatic Pride Day
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
JANUARY 2022
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Freedom Seeds Holocaust Freedom Seeds Begins Remembrance Day Ends
30 31
www.glsen.org | Engage with @GLSEN on FEBRUARY 2022
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
ALL MONTH! 1 2 3 4 5 Black History Month National Women and Girls in Sports Day
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 National School National School Counseling Week Counseling Week Begins Ends
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Aromantic Aromantic Awareness Awareness Week Begins Week Ends
27 28
MARCH 2022
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
ALL MONTH! 1 2 3 4 5 Women’s History Month Zero Discrimination National Read Day Across America Day
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 International Women’s Day
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 National LGBT National LGBT Health Awareness Health Awareness Week Begins Week Ends
27 28 29 30 31 International Transgender Day of Visibility
www.glsen.org | Engage with @GLSEN on APRIL 2022
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
ALL MONTH! 1 2 Arab Heritage Month Freedom Seeds World Autism (HOLD) Ends Awareness Day
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALA’s National ALA’s National Library Week Library Week Begins Ends
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Earth Day Day of Silence
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Lesbian Visibility Day
MAY 2022
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 National Physical National Teacher International Family National Teacher National Physical Education and Appreciation Week Equality Day Appreciation Week Education and Sports Week Begins Ends Sports Week Begins Ends
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 International Day Agender Pride Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness Day
29 30 31 ALL MONTH! Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Foster Youth Awareness Month Mental Health Awareness Month
www.glsen.org | Engage with @GLSEN on JUNE 2022
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
ALL MONTH! 1 2 3 4 Pride Month
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 QTBIPOC QTBIPOC Pride Week Pride Week Begins Ends
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pulse Night of Remembrance
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Juneteenth
26 27 28 29 30 Obergefell Stonewall Riots v. Hodges Anniversary Anniversary
JULY 2022
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Non-Binary International People’s Day Drag Day
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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