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AUG. 13: Transgender Pride in the
Park
An event featuring free food, free fun and great
friends held every year by Transgender Michigan.
www.transgendermichigan.org
AUG. 26-27: Michigan Pride Festival
The Pride Parade attracts thousands of spectators
annually and includes contingents from around the
state. People from all walks of life participate in this
annual event to show they have pride.
www.michiganpride.org
SEPTEMBER 2016
2-5: Arts, Beats And Eats
The annual festival offers more than 200
performances on nine stages, a highly ranked Juried
Fine Arts Show and local restaurants with some of
the finest cuisine in Metro Detroit.
www.artsbeatseats.com
10: Upper Peninsula Pride Fest
Based out of Marquette, Upper Peninsula Rainbow
Pride consists of people of all backgrounds with
one common goal: to bring PRIDE local!
www.uprainbowpride.com
18: AIDS Walk Detroit
AIDS Walk Detroit provides financial support
for programs in HIV prevention, education
and services for HIV positive individuals. The
organization promotes public awareness through
events and activities to ensure people living with
HIV/AIDS are treated with dignity and respect.
www.aidswalkdetroit.org
23: Celebrate Bisexuality Day
First observed in 1999 as a response to the prejudice
and marginalization of bisexual persons by both
the LGT and straight communities. The day is to
recognize and celebrate bisexuality, bisexual history
and the community and culture of bisexual people
everywhere.
OCTOBER 2016
LGBT History Month
7: ArtWorks Detroit
Formerly Dining By Design. A fundraiser for
HIV/AIDS prevention, awareness and more.
www.facebook.com/ArtWorksDetroit
11: National Coming Out Day
Begun surrounding the anniversary of the National
March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay
Rights, this day serves as a reminder of the power
of coming out.
12: Matthew Shepard Murdered 1998
One of the most notorious anti-LGBT hate crimes
in American history that would go on to spawn
an activist movement that would help change the
American landscape.
14: First National Gay March On
Washington, D.C. 1979
The first march on Washington, D.C. for LGBT
rights. It drew between 75,000 and 125,000
gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender people
and straight allies demanding equal civil rights
and urging the passage of protective civil rights
legislation.
16: Oscar Wilde Born 1854
The renowned Irish author, playwright and poet
would go on to become a figurehead for the LGBT
community long after his death.
26: Intersex Awareness Day
An internationally observed civil awareness day
designed to highlight the challenges faced by
intersex people.
University of Michigan-Dearborn
LGBT History Month Events
Held every year, the Dearborn branch of the U of
M family hosts a variety of events throughout the
month in honor of LGBT History Month.
NOVEMBER 2016
Transgender Awareness
Month
8: Election Day
Visit www.MiVoterGuide.com for information on
pro-LGBT candidates, causes and more.
17: Gay American Smoke Out
An opportunity for LGBT individuals to challenge
themselves to quit smoking. The Gay American
Smoke Out was first introduced in 1994 by the
Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community
Center. Typically held on the third Thursday in
November, the day was created to coincide with
the American Cancer Society’s “Great American
Smokeout.”
20: Transgender Day of
Remembrance
This day memorializes those who were killed due
to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The Day
of Remembrance is held in November to honor
Rita Hester, whose murder in 1998 kicked off the
“Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San
Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999.
24: Thanksgiving
27: Harvey Milk Assassinated 1978
Ann Arbor Wine Cellar
A charity event featuring good food, wine and
more.
Annual Jewish Book Fair
W RLD
AIDS
DAY
www.miunified.org
www.jccdet.org/bookfair-home
DECEMBER 2016
1: World AIDS Day
Held each year as an opportunity for people
worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show
their support for people living with HIV and to
commemorate people who have died. World AIDS
Day was the first ever global health day and the first
one was held in 1988.
See World AIDS Day Commemorations
11-12: Women in the Arts Festival
A celebration of regional women artists that takes
place during the second weekend of November
each year in East Lansing.
www.witafestival.com
Annual Sistrum Winter Concert
www.sistrum.org
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