Transgender Day of Remembrance
2028-11-20 00:00 - 23:59 (America/New_York)
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is an annual observance held on November 20th that honors the memory of transgender individuals who have lost their lives due to acts of violence motivated by transphobia or prejudice. The day serves as a somber reminder of the discrimination, hatred, and violence that many transgender people face simply for being who they are.
TDoR began in 1999 to memorialize Rita Hester, a transgender woman murdered in Allston, Massachusetts. Since then, it has grown into an international day of reflection, advocacy, and action. Events may include candlelight vigils, marches, panel discussions, and educational workshops, all aimed at raising awareness about the issues facing transgender individuals and advocating for greater equality and protection of their rights.
It’s important to recognize TDoR not only as a day of remembrance but also as a call to action to address the systemic injustices and violence faced by transgender people worldwide. By honoring the lives lost and advocating for change, we can work towards creating a more inclusive and safer world for all transgender individuals.
This event will be hosted in person and virtually by Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance.

LGBTQIA+ Mixer - Malone - Moe’s Pub & Grill
2028-11-21 17:30 - 19:30, 2028-12-19 17:30 - 19:30, 2029-01-16 17:30 - 19:30, 2029-02-20 17:30 - 19:30, 2029-03-20 17:30 - 19:30, 2029-04-17 17:30 - 19:30, 2029-05-15 17:30 - 19:30, 2029-06-19 17:30 - 19:30 and 2 more dates | Moe’s Pub and Grill, 3357 State Route 11, Malone, NY, 12953, United States
Join us for our monthly LGBTQAI+ Mixer at Moe’s Pub & Grill in Malone!
Come and join us on the third Thursday of each month from 5:30 pm – 7:30 PM
The main restaurant has numerous dining options. On the West side of the building there is an outdoor seating area, making it ideal for watching beautiful North Country sunsets. The outdoor section boasts a heated, covered area to keep patrons dry and warm, as well as an open area where you can enjoy a cold refreshment while basking in the sun. Inside, there are two separate dining rooms to give the restaurant a more personal feel. Situated between the two is a one of a kind sports oriented bar area. The fully stocked bar also features eight varieties of draft beer served through our signature Polar Ice Tap. You can enjoy Mo’s Full Menu from the comfort of your barstool or from one of the beautifully handcrafted high top tables. Keeping in line with Mo’s focus on athletics, there are seven HD flat screen televisions in all. So grab your friends and come root for your favorite team. Whether it’s football, basketball, baseball, or hockey, you’re sure to catch all the action at Mo’s.
Moe’s Pub & Grill
3357 State Route 11
Malone, NY 12953
Ph: (518) 483-3667

LGBTQAI+ Mixer - Saranac Lake - Bitters and Bones
2028-11-28 17:30 - 19:30, 2028-12-26 17:30 - 19:30, 2029-01-30 17:30 - 19:30, 2029-02-27 17:30 - 19:30, 2029-03-27 17:30 - 19:30, 2029-04-24 17:30 - 19:30, 2029-05-29 17:30 - 19:30, 2029-06-26 17:30 - 19:30 and 1 more date | Bitters and Bones, 65 Broadway Street, Saranac Lake, 12983, United States
Join us for our monthly LGBTQ Mixer at Bitters and Bones in Saranac Lake!
Come and join us on the last Tuesday of each month from 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Good people. Good food. Good drinks. Non-ETOH drink options provided. Kitchen open until 9pm.
An Adirondack brewery and restaurant, Bitters & Bones offers craft beer made onsite, signature cocktails, and fresh local cuisine – all made with love.
Dine indoors in our rustic-industrial tavern or on our rooftop deck during summer months.
Bitters and Bones
65 Broadway Street
Saranac Lake, NY 12983
Ph: (518) 354-8270

World AIDS Day
2028-12-01 08:00 - 17:00
World AIDS Day is an opportunity for every community and each individual to honor the more than 32 million people who have died worldwide from AIDS-related illness. Observed on December 1, it is a day for voices to unite by sharing experiences, remembering those lost, and standing together in the fight against HIV.

Pansexual Pride Day
2028-12-08 08:00 - 17:00
Every year on December 8th we celebrate Pansexual Pride Day. This is one of two main days for the Pansexual community, the other being Pansexual and Panromantic Visibility Day on May 24.
Pansexual Pride Day is an annual event to celebrate Pansexuality and Panromanticism. It’s also a time to raise awareness of Pansexual and Panromantic people and highlight their life experiences. It’s a time when the community can share stories and experiences, and speak out around the issues faced.
What Is Pansexuality?
Pansexuality is one of the identities on the LGBTQ+ spectrum of sexual orientation, which are all natural and wonderful aspects of human diversity. It is, though, one of the less understood identities.
For Pansexual people gender plays no, or very little, part in whether they are sexually attracted to someone or not. So they could be attracted to anyone of any gender, binary or otherwise. Many Pansexual people may say they are just attracted to humans.
Attraction could be based on someone’s intellect, energy, physical appearance, shared interests or values. So in fact exactly the same things that allow anyone else to form connections.
Pansexual people can identify as queer, or as any gender, and are also much less likely to be concerned if the gender identity of their partner changes.

Human Rights Day
2028-12-10 08:00 - 17:00
Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The formal inception of Human Rights Day dates from 1950, after the Assembly passed resolution 423 (V) inviting all States and interested organizations to adopt December 10 of each year as Human Rights Day.
When the General Assembly adopted the Declaration, it was proclaimed as a “common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations”, towards which individuals and societies should “strive by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance”.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights sets out a broad range of fundamental rights and freedoms to which all of us are entitled. It guarantees the rights of every individual everywhere, without distinction based on nationality, place of residence, gender, national or ethnic origin, religion, language, or any other status.
Although the Declaration is not a binding document, it inspired more than 60 human rights instruments which together constitute an international standard of human rights. Today the general consent of all United Nations Member States on the basic Human Rights laid down in the Declaration makes it even stronger and emphasizes the relevance of Human Rights in our daily lives.
The High Commissioner for Human Rights, as the main United Nations rights official, and the Office of the High Commissioner play a major role in coordinating efforts for the yearly observation of Human Rights Day.

Zero Discrimination Day
2029-03-01 00:00 - 23:59
On Zero Discrimination Day this year, under the theme “Save lives: Decriminalise”, UNAIDS is highlighting how the decriminalisation of key populations and people living with HIV saves lives and helps advance the end of the AIDS pandemic.
Criminal laws targeting key populations and people living with HIV violate people’s human rights, exacerbate the stigma people face and put people in danger by creating barriers to the support and services they need to protect their health.
In 2021, the world set ambitious law reform targets to remove criminal laws that are undermining the HIV response and leaving key populations behind. Recognising decriminalization as a critical element in the response, countries made a commitment that by 2025 less than 10% of countries would have punitive legal and policy environments that affect the HIV response.
However, despite some encouraging reforms, the world is far from achieving the target. In fact, today there are 134 countries explicitly criminalising or otherwise prosecuting HIV exposure, non-disclosure or transmission; 20 countries criminalise and/or prosecute transgender persons; 153 countries criminalise at least one aspect of sex work; and 67 countries now criminalize consensual same-sex sexual activity, according to UNAIDS. In addition, 48 countries still place restrictions on entry into their territory for people living with HIV, while 53 countries report that they require mandatory HIV testing, for example for marriage certificates or for performing certain professions. 106 countries report requiring parental consent for adolescents to access HIV testing.
Criminalisation drives discrimination and structural inequalities. It robs people of the prospect of healthy and fulfilling lives. And it holds back the end of AIDS.
We must end criminalisation to save lives.

Bisexual Health Awareness Month
2029-03-01 - 2029-03-31
Every March, we come together as a community for Bisexual+ Health Awareness Month to raise awareness and bring attention to the disparities facing the bi+ community when it comes to health and health care spaces. HRC is again proud to support the Bisexual Resource Center, which founded Bi+ Health Month, and organizations across the country to observe the eighth annual #BiHealthMonth this March. This year’s theme of “Equity” further highlights the importance of looking at our work with careful attention to the intersectional disparities that impact the most vulnerable among us.
According to new data from Gallup, over half of LGBT adults (54.6%) are bisexual, with another 3.3% describing their sexual orientation as non-monosexual with terms such as queer and same-gender-loving. This means that 57.9% of the LGBTQ community is bi+ (bisexual, pansexual, queer, fluid or another non-monosexual identity).

International Transgender Day of Visibility
2029-03-31 00:00 - 23:59 | SUNY Plattsburgh Angell College Center, 36 Rugar Street, Plattsburgh, 12901, United States
Each year on March 31, we honor International Transgender Day of Visibility!
We will be appearing in person at SUNY Plattsburgh on March 31st in the Angell College Center as we celebrate the joy and resilience of trans and non-binary people everywhere by elevating voices and experiences from these communities.
There are over 1.6 million trans, non-binary and gender-expansive youth (age 13+) and adults across the United States. We are parents and family members. We are your coworkers, your neighbors and your friends. We are a diverse community, representing all racial and ethnic backgrounds as well as all faith traditions.
While we have made significant progress in recent years, with more visibility than ever before, we are still fighting for basic human rights for the community. Today we are experiencing significant political attacks by extremists legislating hate in the states and in Congress. We also face an ongoing epidemic of fatal violence, especially against Black and Brown trans women.
Today and every day, we must celebrate all trans and non-binary people everywhere and combat disinformation, discrimination and hate impacting our community.

International Asexuality Day (IAD)
2029-04-06 00:00 - 23:59
International Asexuality Day (IAD) will take place on April 6th. IAD is a coordinated worldwide campaign promoting the ace umbrella, including demisexual, grey-asexual and other ace identities.
The four themes of IAD are:
Advocacy
Celebration
Education
Solidarity
These themes highlight the aims of recognising and enabling the work that the international ace community and organisations do, particularly in non-Western and/or non-English speaking countries.
We encourage anyone who identifies under the ace umbrella to participate in IAD, particularly but not exclusively in non-anglophone and/or non-Western countries. Participation could be as simple as sharing a post on social media, but there are also organisations all over the world who are holding events, running campaigns and supporting causes

Day of (No) Silence
2029-04-13 08:00 - 17:00
Day Of Silence is observed every year on the second Friday of April. This observance is led especially by the student community to bring awareness to the bullying of lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender students.
It is observed annually on the second Friday of April.
On this particular day, they vow to be silent for the whole day as a symbolic representation of the silencing of the LGBTQ+ community. The day is sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN).
The Day of Silence has been held each year in April since 1996. Since 2011, the event has been held on the second Friday of April, except in 2018, when it was observed on Friday, April 27, 2020, when it was observed on Friday, April 24, 2021, when it was observed on Friday, April 23, and 2022, when it was observed on Friday, April 22.
The Day of Silence is organized by GLSEN. Students are encouraged to obtain permission from their school before organizing the event.
GLSEN states that hundreds of thousands of students at more than 8,000 schools participated in the 2008 Day of Silence.

Lesbian Visibility Day
2029-04-26 00:00 - 23:59
Lesbian Visibility Week is observed from the 25th of April until the 1st of May and was established by West Hollywood Lesbian Visibility Committee with the help of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center in California in the year 1990. Lesbian Visibility Day is celebrated on April 26th, and is also known as International Lesbian Day. It was first observed in New Zealand in the 1980’s.
Did you know?
The order of the letters LGBT wasn’t the original order! It used to be GLBT, and was changed due to the impact that lesbians had on the gay community during the AIDS crisis. They supported and cared for them in their time of need and they stood in solidarity against the discrimination they experienced. Due to the increased solidarity, it resulted a rise of feminism in both sides, and thus the order change occurred.

Pride Month
2029-06-01 08:00 - 2029-06-30 17:00
Happy Pride Month from the Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance!
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. The Stonewall Uprising was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. In the United States the last Sunday in June was initially celebrated as “Gay Pride Day,” but the actual day was flexible. In major cities across the nation the “day” soon grew to encompass a month-long series of events. Today, celebrations include pride parades, picnics, parties, workshops, symposia and concerts, and LGBTQ Pride Month events attract millions of participants around the world. Memorials are held during this month for those members of the community who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS. The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally.
