2019-2020 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. September February September 8–14 September 23 ALL Month! February 3-7 National Suicide Prevention Week Celebrate Bisexuality Day Black History Month National School Counseling Week September 15–October 15 September 23–27 February 6 Latinx Heritage Month GLSEN Ally Week National Girls & Women in February 16-22 Sports Day Aromantic Awareness Week September 23-27 Bi Awareness Week October ALL Month! October 16 March National Bullying International Pronouns Day ALL Month! March 23-29 Prevention Month Women’s History Month LGBT Health Awareness Month October 17 Islamic Heritage Month Spirit Day March 2 March 31 LGBTQ History Month National Read Across Transgender Day of Visibility October 19–27 America Day October 11 National Week Against School Pushout National Coming Out Day March 8 October 20–26 International Women’s Day October 14 Asexual Awareness Week Indigenous People’s Day October 26 Intersex Awareness Day April ALL Month! April 10 Arab Heritage Month National Youth HIV & November AIDS Awareness Day ALL Month! November 20 April 2 National Homeless Youth Transgender Day of World Autism Awareness Day April 12 Awareness Month Remembrance Earth Day April 7-13 Native American Heritage Month November 26-30 ALA’s National Library Week April 24 AIDS Awareness Week GLSEN Day of Silence November 13-19 Transgender Awareness Week May ALL Month! May 6-10 Asian Pacific Islander National Teacher December Heritage Month Appreciation Week December 1 World AIDS Day Mental Health Awareness Month May 17 Foster Youth Awareness Month International Day Against Homophobia, December 3 Transphobia, & Biphobia International Day of Persons May 1-7 with Disabilities National Physical Education May 22 & Sports Week/Trans Athlete Harvey Milk Day Awareness Week January January 20 June Martin Luther King Jr. Day ALL Month! June 12 January 20–24 LGBTQ Pride Month Pulse Remembrance Day GLSEN No Name-Calling Week First Week June 28 QTPoC Pride Week Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots facebook.com/GLSEN @GLSEN @GLSEN GLSEN.tumblr.com www.glsen.org September Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat • Latinx Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) 1 2 3 4 5 7 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 • National Suicide • National Suicide Prevention Week Begins Prevention Week Ends 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28/29/30 • Celebrate Bisexuality Day • Bi Awareness Week Ends • Bi Awareness Week Begins • GLSEN Ally Week Ends • GLSEN Ally Week Begins October Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat ALL MONTH! • National Bullying • Latinx Heritage 1 2 3 4 5 Prevention Month Month (September 15-October 15) • Islamic Heritage Month • LGBTQ History Month 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 • National Coming Out Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 • Indigenous People’s Day • International Pronouns • Spirit Day • Asexual Awareness Week Day Begins • National Week Against School Pushout Begins 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 • Intersex Awareness Day • Asexual Awareness Week Ends 27 28 29 30 31 • National Week Against School Pushout Ends November Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat ALL MONTH! • National Homeless Youth 1 2 Awareness Month • Native American Heritage Month 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 • Transgender Awareness Week Begins 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 • Transgender Awareness • Transgender Day of Week Ends Remembrance 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 • AIDS Awareness Week • AIDS Awareness Week • AIDS Awareness Week Begins End End December Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 • Word Aids Day • International Day of Persons with Disabilities 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28/29 30/31 January Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 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 • Martin Luther King Jr. Day • GLSEN No Name-Calling Week Ends • GLSEN No Name-Calling Week Begins 26 27 28 29 30 31 February Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat ALL MONTH! • Black History Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 • National School • National Girls & Women • National School Counseling Week Begins in Sports Day Counseling Week Ends 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 • Aromantic Awareness • Aromantic Awareness Week Begins Week Ends 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 March Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 • National Read Across America Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 • International Women’s Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 • LGBT Health Awareness Month Begins ALL MONTH! 29 30 31 • Women’s History Month • LGBT Health Awareness • Transgender Day of Month Ends Visibility April Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat ALL MONTH! • 1 2 3 4 Arab Heritage Month • World Autism Awareness Day 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 • ALA’s National Library • National Youth HIV & Week Begins AIDS Awareness Day 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 • ALA’s National Library Week Ends 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 • Earth Day • GLSEN Day of Silence 26 27 28 29 30 May Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat ALL MONTH! • 1 2 Asian Pacific Islander • National Physical Heritage Month Education & Sports Week/ • Mental Health Awareness Trans Athlete Awareness Month Week Begins 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 • National Physical • National Teacher Education & Sports Week/ Appreciation Week Begins Trans Athlete Awareness Week Ends 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 • National Teacher Appreciation Week Ends 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 • International Day • Harvey Milk Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, & Biphobia 24 25 26 27 28 29 30/31 June Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat ALL MONTH! • LGBTQ Pride Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 FIRST WEEK • QTPoC Pride Week 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 • Pulse Remembrance Day 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 • Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.